FRONTLINE 1975 T ravelnews, February 1975
O The future of Horizon Midlands as an independent company was ensured with the acceptance by Court Line’s liquidators of an offer by a consortium for a 58% controlling stake. It was disclosed The Thomson Travel Group, holding company for Thomson Holidays, Britannia Airways and Lunn
Poly, was a member of the consortium. O Travelnews revealed talks over proposals for a big hike in Abta subscriptions, particularly for larger companies, would take place next month. Basic subscription rates were set to go up by 25% to meet rises
in overheads and administrative costs. O The number of holidaymakers that went on package holidays in the first half of 1974 was down by 27.3% on the same period last year, according to the Department of Industry.
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T ravel W 2000 eekly, February 2000
O The front pages this month were dominated by BA’s plan to axe agency commission from 2001. The airline planned to bring consultants from the US to advise retailers how to charge service
fees to make up for lost commission. O A straw poll by Travel Weekly found consumers were unaware high street agents were offering discounts of 30% off summer 2000 holidays, with many believing it was still better value to bag a last-minute bargain. The market was 2.6% down on last
year with post-Christmas sales down 8%. O Airtours UK Leisure Group unveiled plans to pour millions of pounds into developing sales through the internet,
interactive TV and mobile phones. O Holidaybreak bought Explore Worldwide for £30 million and Ryanair barred agents from selling its fares for eight new routes.
T
ravel Weekly, February 2010
O Poor weather at the turn of year was blamed for a poor performance in the market, with three consecutive months of growth coming to an end in January, according to official figures from GfK Ascent-MI. The British Retail Consortium called it the worst January on the high
street for years. O Tui scrapped discounts for two days to see how it affected bookings. UK managing director Dermot Blastland was inspired by the story of a Chicago prostitute who increased fees by 67% by identifying which clients
2010
would pay more. In the Tui trial, bookings fell by 50%. “Crucially, that told us that 50% weren’t fazed,” he said. Tui then trialled smaller discounts, and said it was confident it could make up for a sales drop by an increase
in holidays sold at a higher price. O A rival lobbying group to Abta to
influence government policy was mooted. O An industry seminar was told that proposed changes to the Atol regulatory regime to include component sales could be challenged
as anti-agency and anti-competitive. O And Carnival UK rejected claims it was sidelining smaller agents.
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