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Beaches Turks & Caicos resort to close in 2021
Beaches’ 758-room Turks & Caicos resort will close from January 2021 “until further notice”. Parent company Sandals Resorts International blamed “critical issues” dating back “several years”.
Silversea offers 167-day global expedition cruise
Silversea Cruises claims to be offering the first-ever round- the-world expedition cruise. The 167-day voyage on Silver Cloud will call at 107 destinations, from Ushuaia to Tromso. The sailing departs on January 30, 2021.
Tipto reveals 19 roadshows from Brighton to Leeds
Tipto has released the dates and locations of its latest roadshow and SuperShow events, which start this month. The 19 Face 2 Face roadshows and five SuperShows start in Brighton on February 26 and end in Leeds on May 15. See the full list at:
go.travelweekly.co.uk/TiptoShows
Ryanair blames quarterly loss on drop in airfares
Ryanair reported a €20 million loss for the three months to December despite an 8% increase in traffic as average fares fell 6% year on year. The budget carrier is on course to make €1 billion in profit for the 12 months to March.
COMMENT: “The family holiday is here to stay and it takes on many different appearances” Jacqueline Dobson, page 32
Six operators sign up to new Safer Tourism Pledge
Harry Kemble
harry.kemble@
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Six leading operators have signed up to a pledge from the Safer Tourism Foundation to reduce death, injury and illness on holiday.
Thomas Cook, Cosmos, Neilson, British Airways Holidays, Saga Group – including Destinology, Titan Travel and Saga Holidays – and Intrepid Travel have all committed to the six-point pledge. The Safer Tourism Pledge,
which launches in April, is “a safety stamp” of six commitments, from improving health and safety management for tourists to sharing incident data. Each supports the foundation’s
goal to cut the number of avoidable deaths, injuries and illnesses among Britons on holiday. The Safer Tourism Foundation
was formed in 2016, a decade after patron Sharon Wood’s two children died of carbon monoxide poisoning while on a Thomas Cook holiday in Corfu. Chief executive Kathy Atkinson said 90% of 2,000 travellers polled in a recent survey expressed an interest in a safety pledge.
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First Rate supports FHA’s campaign to ‘adopt a caravan’
First Rate Exchange Services has become the first company to support the Family Holiday Association’s ‘adopt a caravan’ initiative, covering the costs of running one of the charity's caravans for a year. Caravans cost up to £10,000
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DEATHS: Christi and Bobby Shepherd, aged seven and six, died in 2006 from carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty boiler in Corfu
She said: “The pledge is designed to tell the public what they want to know. What we are trying to do is stop people getting hurt and dying on holiday. We want people to travel well and better so they keep on travelling.” Audley Travel, British Airways
Holidays, Explore, Thomas Cook and Tui were among the brands that helped the foundation draw up the pledge. Atkinson hopes all 25 of the charity’s partners will soon commit to the pledge. She added that it had been “a
challenge” to develop a common set of commitments that was applicable to all travel brands. Two of the six commitments have
alternate versions that apply to adventure tour operators. Meanwhile, the Safer Tourism
Foundation is planning to run four campaigns during 2019, focusing on carbon monoxide poisoning, road safety, young adults and the sea. The campaign on carbon
monoxide poisoning, aimed at self-catering ski holidays, launched last week.
a year and are used by families in need, especially during the peak school holiday period. Each caravan can host up to 45 families a year on three to four-night breaks. As part of the ‘adoption’, First
SUPPORT: Michelle Shepherd, FHA, presents a certificate to Matthew Starks, First Rate, for adopting ‘Shirley’ the caravan
Rate named the caravan ‘Shirley’ in memory of Shirley Smith, an employee who died in 2018. The FHA aims to double the number of families it supports by the end of 2020. It currently helps about 4,000 families a year.
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