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We have just announced that we have financially protected the money lost by customers in our Australian business because of the demise of Air Australia. It’s even worse in Australia, but it is proof that airlines need to be included as the Travel Compensation Fund (Australian government scheme) only includes agents and some wholesalers but not airlines. It’s scandalous that travel sellers are bonded but not travel providers. David Speakman Travel Counsellors


I agree with David Speakman when he says that travel providers


Emails, Tweets, Facebook, web comments and your opinions – what the travel trade is saying this week


COMMENT OF THE WEEK


Air Australia failure shows need for reform


should not be excluded. The original proposal going back ten years to charge £1 per passenger departing the UK no matter by what method would have solved this a long time ago – simple and fully protecting all consumers. Ken McLeod


Advantage Travel Centres


ALL THEY seem to be doing is bringing in “something” in April to score


brownie points because they are politicians and they said they would – not that those two points always go together (“Villiers grilled by transport select committee”, ttgdigital). You try and explain to the consumer what they are covered for with this and why it is called Flight-Plus when in fact it’s an Atol. An Atol is an Atol and the consumer understands it. Peter Cookson Spear Travels


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FRIENDS & FOLLOWERS


From last week’s ttgluxurySeminar:


@CHIENBLEU Thanks for a great event. Fab


crowd/speakers from whom I learned so much in the short time there. Invaluable!


@HASLEMERETRAVEL Refreshing to hear from the


“experts” that Haslemere Travel’s fave destinations are those that are the places to visit…Sri Lanka /Burma / Antarctica


@AITOAGENTS Another #Aito member attending


#ttglux – they are everywhere. Only the best allowed in the doors! @itcagents


@HOLIDAYSPLEASE Great seminar! Inspiring speeches


and interesting new media discussions for 2012


@RBROADTRAVEL Thanks @aprilhutchinson


@luxurylou for #ttglux, great speakers and full pad of notes! Really helps us stay ahead


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travel trade gazette


uk & ireland edition Issue 2994


CONTENT Daniel Pearce brand director 020 7921 8008 April Hutchinson ttgluxury editor 020 7921 8440 alhutchinson@ttgluxury.com


NEWS Lucy Siebert managing editor (news) 020 7921 8003 Sophie Griffiths deputy news editor 020 7921 8010 Patrick Whyte news reporter 020 7921 8011


Media partner of the ITT


FEATURES Philippa Jacks managing editor (features) 020 7921 8038 Katherine Lawrey deputy features editor 020 7921 8018 Carlie Trotter features writer 020 7921 8004


CONTENT PRODUCTION Matthew Parsons brand production manager 020 7921 8015 Ben Sneath sub-editor 020 7921 8006


TTGDIGITAL.COM Ciaran O’ Fathaigh digital manager 020 7921 8017


ART & DESIGN Jasveer Mehay group head of design 020 7921 8430 Matthew Leech digital art editor 020 7921 8014


COMMERCIAL & EVENTS Sheryl Makin sales director 020 7921 8023 Louise Napier ttgluxurysales manager 020 7921 8508 Ricky Wilkes sales manager 020 7921 8195 Jodie Collins account manager 020 7921 8022


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@DANIELPEARCE Almost as excited by the prospect


of New Order reforming for the Olympics as I am by the prospect of today’s #ttglux seminar


@PURE_THESHPW Thank you ttgluxury for a


brilliant event yesterday. Great talk by @jonnybealby


FIND OUT ALL THE LATEST LUXURY NEWS AT TTGDIGITAL.COM/TTG-LUXURY


Peter Jones account manager 020 7921 8019 Kimberley Smith events sales manager 020 7921 8025 Vanessa Powell office manager 020 7921 8029


CLIENT SOLUTIONS Sheryl Makin sales director 020 7921 8023


CLASSIFIED & RECRUITMENT Jodie Collins account manager 020 7921 8022


ADVERTISEMENT PRODUCTION Stephen Miller display production manager 020 7921 8027 stephen.miller@ubm.com Mark Saunders digital production 020 7921 8386 mark.saunders@ubm.com


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