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NEWS Hot Stories
Anatolian Sky boss fights in vain to save operator; crunch time for lates market; ‘Don’t talk us into Brexit hole’; Carnival UK plea to agents; US sales defy $ rate
Round-up News
Special Report
Talk Back
News You Can Use
Mystery Shopper
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22 Comment 30 40 Destinations 42
Special Reports Travelmood trumpets US triumphs Face to Face: Frank Del Rio
Thomas Cook celebrates 175 years Talk Back EasyJet, Anatolian Sky, Mercury Holidays
NEWS YOU CAN USE Product Titan, Malta Tourism, Taber
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Freedom and CPTA turn to niches; Brand USA launches Insight; Wendy Wu recruits
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Operator Trafalgar, Insight, Travelmood 22 Cruise Clia Cruise360, Tui Discovery Aviation United, Gatwick, Norwegian
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FRONTLINE Comment Jonathan Sloan: Brexit shock 30
Competitions Win cash to value of sale! 34 Mystery Shopper Hull trio set Vegas test 40
DESTINATIONS The US
Neighbourhoods: San Diego 42
National Parks: Nevada, Utah and Arizona 49 48 Hours: A weekend in Boston Shopping: Stateside spending sprees
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Indian Ocean The Seychelles: Upsell with add-ons
COVER STAR Sophie Brown of Hays Travel, Middlesbrough page 36
BUSINESS NEWS
Round-up PTD, APC strikes, Abta 2016 78 Back page Abta’s four-point Brexit plan 80
68 WHAT
LUCY DID THISWEEK
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Caught up with Caribbean suppliers Sandals, Resort Marketing, Kerzner and the Jamaica Tourist Board at the CTO Summer Party.
Enjoyed one of the best days ever at Miles Morgan Travel’s 10th birthday bash – tank- driving, clay pigeon-shooting and archery.
Took my kids on an organised fossil hunt at Beachy Head and found ammonites, sea sponges and an amazing shark’s tooth!
7 July 2016
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Lucy Huxley Editor-in-chief @Lucy_Huxley
A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR Sadness and silver linings
I
was at a travel event last Tuesday night when I heard about the terrorist attack on Istanbul airport and people
commented at once that it could be the nail in the coffin for any business reliant on Turkey. And so when I learned on Friday evening that Turkey specialist Anatolian Sky Holidays had ceased trading, I can’t pretend I was surprised. Instead, I just felt desperately sad, as I knew boss Akin
Koc would have fought to the bitter end to try to keep his beloved company afloat (page 4). It was such a huge part of his life that he likened the failure of the 26-year-old tour operation to losing a family member. And agents commenting on our story were just as upset. One described herself as ‘heartbroken’ that such an established and highly regarded specialist should fall victim to a decimated market which, until a few years ago, was one of the strongest for UK holidaymakers. Industry observers had similar fears that the market to the US would slump after the vote for Brexit, as the value of the pound fell against the dollar (page 6). How heartening it is to hear then, as we produce our annual US-themed special edition of Travel Weekly, that far from seeing a decline, US specialists are reporting a mini surge in bookings – and high-value ones too. They are attributing the rise to holidaymakers
craving both a perceived ‘safe’ destination and fixed-priced holidays while the economic situation in the UK is in limbo. As we officially enter the lates market this
week (page 5), maybe the saving grace has been the predictably awful British weather.
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