NEWS ROUND-UP NEWS IN BRIEF
Hilton quits Gold Medal for sales role at Trafalgar
Gold Medal’s head of sales and business development, Ruth Hilton, is to join Trafalgar. She has been appointed sales and business development director for the UK and Ireland following Julie Brooker’s departure in June. Hilton will start her new role on October 3.
Monarch extends Sharm cancellation until February
Monarch has cancelled all flight bookings to Sharm el-Sheikh until February 9. The carrier had hoped to resume flights from October 30 for this winter. It is still taking bookings from February 10 to the end of April 2017, but will review this in the coming weeks. The move came despite new prime minister Theresa May discussing efforts to improve security at Sharm el-Sheikh airport with Egypt’s President Sisi last week.
Package pioneer Ugo dies after six decades in travel
Package holiday pioneer Giulio Ugo has died aged 88. One of his first achievements was to lead package tours in the 1950s to the Alps, taking miners from the north of England on trips during his time at Albany Travel. Ugo, a former chairman of the Chartered Institute of Marketing Travel Industry Group, died on July 30.
COMMENT: “If we’re going to get people off their sunbeds, we have to sell them the benefits of getting out and about” Jeremy Ellis, page 30
Global beach clean bags record six tons of rubbish
Amie Keeley and Phil Davies
Tui, Thomas Cook, Kuoni and Jet2 helped organise beach cleans that saw a record amount of rubbish collected as part of this year’s Make Holidays Greener month in July.
More than 6,000kg of waste was
collected by almost 2,000 people during the campaign – double the amount collected in 2015. A total of 125 beach cleans were
organised in 23 countries and included 68 Travelife-certified hotels. More beach cleans are planned for August and September. Make Holidays Greener is
now in its seventh year having been launched by the Travel Foundation. It was set up following the success of a trade-focused campaign that saw thousands of agents and operator staff undergo online training in sustainability. As well as beach cleans, the campaign, which is now managed by Abta, has turned its focus on consumers and seen more than 700 holidaymakers make green
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Advantage appoints Paula Lacey following Ken McLeod departure
Advantage Travel Partnership has appointed Paula Lacey to the new role of group commercial director. Lacey joins from easyHotels,
where she had been global franchise director since October 2014. She has also worked for Tui and Thomas Cook. The new role, which Lacey takes
up on September 14, was created after Ken McLeod stepped down from the board. McLeod served
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as corporate director on the Advantage board from July 2004, with responsibility for airline relationships and business travel. Managing director Julia Lo Bue- Said said: “Paula has a clear record
BAGS OF FUN: Beach clean at the Ramada Khao Lak Resort, Thailand
“Our industry is uniquely placed to make a difference to beaches globally”
pledges, including to recycle water bottles and re-use hotel towels. Nikki White, Abta destinations and sustainability director, said: “It is fantastic to see so many people taking part and showing that they care about their environment. “Cleaner, greener beaches are good for tourism, and our industry
is uniquely placed to make a difference to beaches globally. “Of course, beach cleans can
take place all year round and I would encourage anybody thinking of taking part to join in.” Travel Foundation chief executive
Salli Felton said: “Make Holidays Greener is a success story for us. We always said we want to introduce sustainable initiatives. Abta was always involved and Travelife was keen to get more involved, so we
handed it to the industry.” › Special Report, page 10 › Nikki White: Comment, page 63
of building high-performing, customer-focused teams. “The role will bring together
various functions of the company across our business and leisure travel disciplines, ensuring our focus remains on driving forward commercial opportunities for all members.” Lacey said: “Advantage has
done a great job in putting itself at the forefront of the independent sector and I can’t wait to join and help the organisation achieve its future ambitions by adding my own experience and skills to a very talented team.”
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