01.12.11 News SPECIALIST OPERATORS
W&O seeks niche brands to take over
TOUR OPERATOR Western & Oriental is looking to buy niche tour operators to add to its portfolio. The company, which went private in April when it was purchased by Raj Kumar’s Furze International group, said it could now be “more proactive”. Managing director Kerry Golds told
TTGthat it was looking for specialist operators which would be “complementary” to its existing brands that also include Regent Holidays and Rainbow Tours. “We would look at specialist niche
areas such as activities – the only destinations we would look at would be Australasia, which we don’t currently cover.”
Golds added that the company was looking to grow “organically” in Africa and Latin America. “Africa-specialist Rainbow has
always sold through the trade but it was more incremental business, now we are really pushing the brand through agents,” she added.
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set problems for independents ” Decisions by the Air Transport Licensing Board on applications by independent airlines to operate scheduled services would do “little to help Britain’s civil aviation industry plan” for the future, TTGreported.
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December 1, 1961
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polarised with the five biggest travel organisations controlling more than 61% of capacity for the following year. The league leaders were Thomson, Intasun, Horizon, British Airways Holidays and Rank Travel.
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December 4, 1986 “Big five control 61%” The market was becoming
Humble asks the trade to ‘stuff its rucksack’
Philippa Jacks
TV PRESENTER Kate Humble has called on the travel trade to support the charity she was inspired
to set up after visiting a remote school in Mali. The Stuff Your Rucksack
website, which Humble founded, enables travellers to search for projects in the destination they are visiting, to see what items they can take with them to make a practical difference. “Anyone in the travel industry knows that people will always ask, what can they do to better the lives of the people who live in those places? But we also know that just handing things out willy-nilly in the street can be much more damaging than helpful,” she said. “My big dream is that one
day, every traveller will say ‘I’ve got my tickets, I’ve got my passport, and I’ve checked Stuff Your
people,” Humble insisted. Humble started her TV career
Humble: promoting responsible holidays
Rucksack’,” she added. Most of the featured projects are
in developing countries in Africa and Asia but the website also features destinations such as Egypt, Jamaica and Saint Lucia. “Whether you’re on a bucket-and- spade or an exotic multi-destination holiday, it is possible to do your bit to make your holiday count for other
on the Holidayprogramme, before going on to present Animal Park, Springwatch, Wild in Africa, Lambing Liveand, most recently, The Spice Trail, about which she gave a presentation at an Explore consumer day at the Royal Geographical Society last month. In an interview with TTG, she said that holidaymakers should balance the impact of long-haul travel by staying in environmentally-sensitive accommodation, and by sharing their wildlife experiences to raise awareness of conservation issues. “It would be very hypocritical of me to ask you to care about a particular species and then stop you from going to see these things. For people to take an interest in wildlife they have to able to experience these things,” she said.
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December 1, 2006 “Cook to bid for First Choice?”
MyTravel’s plan to buy the mainstream division of First Choice was delayed as Thomas Cook was also in talks. Despite the trend towards DIY packaging, Cook believed it could integrate First Choice’s short-haul business.
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