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Just Go renews Tui deal
■ Ace sets up Pace to help agents sell cruises
Rupert Murray.
A Tui spokesman said the fran-
The Association of Cruise Experts has launched THE FIRST ever First Choice franchisee chise scheme had continued after
an initiative to help agents sell more cruise has signed a new five-year contract the merger with First Choice, using
holidays. PACE is designed to support and guide after three years of success under the only First Choice, rather than the
agents through training modules to reach expert, brand. Thomson brand name.
intermediary and ambassador levels. The 12-shop miniple Just Go became “The scheme means customers
■ Cruise news, p18 a franchisee three years ago, seven see the First Choice brand and won’t
years after starting up and this year notice anything different.
■ ITB to hold communications debate celebrates 10 years in business. “The shops are operated in line with the First
Leading figures from travel, politics and the Co-founder Mark Johnson (pictured) said the Choice guides and treated as part of our busi-
media will meet at the first ITB Berlin Media move had strengthened the business to the point ness, involved in everything we do right down to
Summit to discuss the future of communications where he hoped to open eight more stores in the attending our managers’ conference.”
in the tourism industry next month. They will next five years. Tui encouraged agencies interested in joining
ask how travellers and tourists of the future “The name above the door alone has helped, the franchise scheme to get in touch.
will obtain their information during the session the commercial terms are great, we have access And Johnson said he would advise anyone
at the Berlin Exhibition Grounds on Friday to Tui’s own product and we benefit from na- considering it to “go for it”, saying it was still
March 12 from 12pm to 2pm. tional advertising campaigns and traffic driven helping sales.
by the First Choice website,” he said. “It was slow at the start of January due to the
■ Ice crystals to blame for 2008 BA crash “Turnover and profit are up significantly on weather, but it has picked up. July and August
A British Airways aircraft that crash landed at the pre-franchise period.” have been strong with Florida, cruise, Turkey,
Heathrow lost power because of a build up of ice The operator has one other franchise partner Egypt, Mexico and Cuba leading the way, and our
in its fuel system. The ice crystals meant the flow – the 39-shop Bowens Travel. average price is up £75 on last year,” he said.
of fuel was restricted to both engines, according
to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB).
The aircraft was carrying 136 passengers when it
narrowly missed the perimeter fence at Heathrow
and crashed landed on January 17, 2008.
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