NEWS ROUND-UP IN THE PICTURE: Universal finale
Universal Orlando Resort will host the live finale of Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway on April 7. The seventh episode of the current series will be filmed
at dining, entertainment and shopping complex Universal CityWalk, in the Orlando theme park, and will feature stunts, star guests and surprise appearances. The partnership was announced by the Geordie duo
on Saturday in a sequence that featured well-known characters from the Orlando parks, including Minions, The Simpsons and film franchise Madagascar. Virgin Holidays revealed plans to charter an
aircraft to fly more than 200 winning viewers to be in the audience for the filming of the live show. Last year the ITV show filmed its live finale at Orlando theme park Walt Disney World Resort.
Dawson & Sanderson to relocate its flagship store
Juliet Dennis
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travelweekly.co.uk
Dawson & Sanderson is to relocate its flagship store to the “northeast’s busiest high street” as part of a £2 million investment.
The 23-shop agency chain is
moving its Newcastle store and head office from Ridley Place, its location for more than 40 years, to adjoining Northumberland Street. Managing director Chris Harrison said the move, planned for mid-April, would make a big difference in terms of footfall. The 56-year-old business will be one of the only regional brands on the high street, known as the busiest shopping street in the northeast of England. All 50 staff, including 25 travel consultants, will move to the new ‘superstore’, which will house retail staff on one level and head office staff in offices above the shop. The new premises will be given a complete refurbishment to give it a “modern look and feel”.
NEW LOCATION: A mock-up of the shopfront in Northumberland Street
NEWS IN BRIEF
P&O Cruises raises daily charge to £7 per passenger
P&O Cruises is increasing its recommended daily gratuity from £6 to £7 per passenger, a year after hiking it from £5 to £6. The increase applies to cruises departing after March 23.
Hurtigruten cancels Roald Amundsen’s first season
The delayed delivery of new Hurtigruten expedition ship Roald Amundsen has forced the line to cancel its inaugural season. The ship was due for delivery in July but will now be handed over in 2019. Passengers are being offered a full refund.
The new store will also include
“It will have a simplistic design – a hybrid of comfort with a modern touch”
Dawson & Sanderson is also
recruiting a “couple” more consultants to work in the store. Consultants are split into
experts in cruise, worldwide and beach holidays, and separate customer opening events are planned in partnerships with different suppliers.
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a large foreign exchange area, staffed by eight consultants, and will retain traditional brochure racks and window posters. Harrison said: “We want to
retain our identity as a travel agency. It [will have] a simplistic design – a hybrid of comfort with a modern touch. “Northumberland is a much busier street. All city centres are shrinking and what was a good secondary location [Ridley Place] is now not. To have a thriving business we need to be in the prime locations.”
Cassie Hayes’ Tui Southport agency to reopen in March
The Tui shop where agent Cassie Hayes was attacked will reopen after a refurbishment on March 19. The Southport store has been closed since Hayes was killed on January 13.
Saga Travel merges cruise and holidays sales teams
Saga Travel has merged its cruise and holidays regional sales teams. The move follows the appointment of Robin Shaw as chief executive of Saga’s holidays and cruise divisions in January.
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