Travel News July/August 2022


THE BIG TRAVEL TRADE EVENT 2022 39 TRAVEL TRADE EVENT 2022


Left: Tourism


Seychelles’ Karen Confait


showcases Seychelles to Hazel Simpson and Gillian McVeigh, Limavady Travel


Above: Martin Penrose of Emirates Holidays networks with agents at the Big Travel Trade Event


Right:


Jet2holidays Kat Davies and Kerry Burnham


were set up and ready to interact with agents at this years event


Above: James Rogers of DoSomethingDifferent.com kept agents sweet as they networked at the BTTE 2022


Above: Pam Bryans, Spring Hotels and Terence Murphy, Terra Travel, were happy to be back at this years event


Right: Loganair’s Donna McHugh with agents Laura Cassidy and Orla Donaghy of Heathside Travel Experts


Above: David Sanderson, Oceania Cruises, networking with agents Jackie Geddis and James Burke of Hays Travel


Right:


Pallladium Hotel Groups’ Joanne Peters and


Above: Don Clarke and Angela Muir, Stuba, chatted with agents


Left: Lisa Tuckman of Seaside Collection Hotels


informing agents


Sheigh Boyce, Dorothea Pop and Christina Holland from Oasis Travel


Left:


Stephanie Robertson, Canadian Affair and American Affair, pictured with agents Natalie


McQuade and Lorraine Garrett of Hays Travel


Lena Pedrotta networked with agents Naomi Kerr and Chloe Moore Heathside Travel Experts


Right:


Azamara’s Stuart Pearce and Nicola Singleton caught up with


Lynda Pyle and Daniel Steabler from Brilliant Travel at the Big Event 2022


Right: Mark Richardson and Aristos Diomedous, enjoyed


speaking with agents at this years event. Pictured here with Tracy Lowry and Aoibheann Smyth


Above: Luke Swarbrook of Blue Diamond Resorts, caught up with Savannah and Maxine Bracewell of Travel Max


WHAT DOES POST COVID RECOVERY LOOK LIKE FOR THE TRAVEL TRADE?


Hotel Jardin - “Good, good. We didn’t pick up as quick


as Tenerife. The hotel is closing next year for six months for refurbishment. But what has happened is, we have about twenty junior suites and the bookings are rising. So people are coming over, and people are going for the top end suites. People have saved their money to purchase the top end. So, we are focusing on refurbishments, more junior suites, more duplex suites. But it is definitely worth it.”


Iberostar- “Post-covid recovery for Iberostar is looking very very bright indeed. I believe our policies and partnerships with our partners over the past two difficult years, especially with our travel with ease policy protecting clients, has really benefited us now. I feel like we have more confidence now in the market, both partners and clients, than we ever had before. And our focus over the past few years has been sustainable travel and our wave of change campaign.” Seaside - “It seems that all our clients are returning and hopefully some new ones as well, so everything is looking very positive at the moment.” H10 Hotels - “Travel has certainly come back sooner than anticipated. For us, we have seen a sustained period where we are achieving numbers that we were achieving before the pandemic. So that tells me that Travel has returned and is exactly where it needs to be.” Ratehawk - “Ratehawk did really well during COVID, because we’ve got a lot of UK and Irish content. As travel abroad was halted, we had a lot of agents interested in our UK and Ireland offerings. Interest has increased drastically, agents are thirsty for more knowledge.” Blue Diamond - “For us, we have seen a massive impact on bookings, business wise it wasn’t great. As it was for everybody else. However, we have came out the other side of it really well. We are fully booked up now until the end of September. All of our brands are long- haul, so eight months in advance booking stage for us. We are opening new hotels, so for us it’s all going in the right direction.”


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