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Neilson to open three clubs but downsizes in Turkey
Malaysia Airlines appoints Bresh head of leisure sales
Malaysia Airlines has appointed Steven Bresh as head of leisure sales for the UK. In the newly created role, Bresh will initially oversee strategic partnerships with UK operators. He has held senior aviation roles at Kuoni, Tui Travel and Virgin Holidays.
Cooper joins Jet2holidays as head of regulation
Industry consultant and former head of the Federation of Tour Operators Andy Cooper has joined Jet2holidays as head of regulation, compliance and resilience. Cooper was director of government and external affairs at Thomas Cook for five years until 2014, and has been working for Jet2 as a consultant since May 2015. Cooper’s comment articles on industry issues have appeared regularly on Travel Weekly Business:am.
Hapag-Lloyd to launch two expedition ships in 2019
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has unveiled plans for two new expedition ships. The 240-passenger vessels, which will launch in spring and autumn 2019, will expand the line’s fleet to five ships. One will serve German-speaking markets, and the other will be for all markets.
Pandaw recruits Rosa as sales and marketing chief
Pandaw Expedition Cruises has appointed Marco Rosa as vice- president of sales and marketing. He will be responsible for boosting the company’s profile and building trade ties. Rosa’s previous employers include Costa Cruises and Abercrombie & Kent.
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Neilson is to drop a third Beachclub in Turkey on the back of falling demand, but plans to open properties in Croatia, Greece and Sardinia.
The Seaside Beachclub in
Ortakent will close at the end of October. Two other Turkey resorts – Andriake Beachclub in Demre and the Adakoy Beachclub near Marmaris – closed earlier this year. Its Phokaia Beachclub in Foca
will remain open for 2017. Managing director David Taylor said Seaside had “not performed as well as normal” this year and the lease was coming to an end. “With the concerns around
Turkey, the market as it is and with the [Seaside] lease coming to a natural end, we decided to just focus on our other club in Turkey,” he said. “We hope to go back [to Turkey]
when the market calms and consumer confidence is restored.” Taylor said the company had been looking to expand outside of
Jet2holidays’ agent conferences will take place in Cyprus
Jet2holidays has announced details of its two 2016 agent conferences. The ‘VIP’ events will take place
at the Athena Royal Beach Hotel in Cyprus from November 28 to December 3. The dates were revealed by head of trade sales Alan Cross at a launch event last week attended by more than 50 agents in Leeds. About 120 of its top-performing
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LEEDS: Alan Cross (right) with commercial director Steve Lee
agency partners will attend a two- night conference from December 1, which will include presentations, supplier showcases, a gala dinner, and an awards ceremony.
KALAMATA: Buca Beachclub opens next year
“We hope to go back [to Turkey] when consumer confidence is restored”
Greece and Turkey in the last year. Neilson will open the Alana Beachclub in Paklenica, Croatia and the Baia del Mori Beachclub, Budoni, Sardinia for 2017 and has not ruled out opening more in Italy. Buca Beachclub – the company’s
first adult-only resort – will open near Kalamata, Greece next year. The changes mean Neilson will
operate 10 Beachclubs in 2017. “We’ve been hunting [for clubs] in the western Mediterranean and the two new destinations [Croatia and Italy] were up there on our target list,” said Taylor. “Croatia is fantastic for what we do with water and land sports and we always wanted something with a Mediterranean feel and Sardinia trumped all others.” Asked where else Neilson would
look to operate in the future, Taylor said: “We’re looking at other parts of Italy.” Read more about Neilson’s new Beachclubs in next week’s Travel Weekly.
New for this year is a dedicated
two-night conference for agents based in the Midlands following news that
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays is to begin flying from Birmingham airport from March. This two-night conference will
take place on November 28. Cross said: “Partnerships with
travel agents are a fundamentally important part of our business, which is why we want to recognise the most successful agents. “It’s great to be able to reward
so many new agents by taking them on these special two-night conferences to Cyprus.”
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