THIS WEEK IN... A STEP BACK IN TIME
2009
n Travel Weekly kicked off its Fraud Awareness Month, with credit card fraud, identity theft and “dubious business deals” flagged as the main risks. Meanwhile, a heavy snowfall which grounded flights led to Abta renewing calls for a third runway at Heathrow. n All-inclusive sales rose, accounting for more than 25% of bookings made through high street agents in January, while Abta responded to an upsurge in domestic sales by offering guidance for agents to capitalise on demand. n Former Tui Travel distribution director Derek Jones was announced as Kuoni’s new distribution director, joining fellow former Tui exec Peter Rothwell, while Thomas Cook’s former e-commerce director Andy Tidy joined Multicom as a non-exec director. n The industry’s favourite columnist Maureen Hill paid tribute to Travel Weekly’s much-loved head of events Penny Akam, who was honoured at the Globe Travel Awards after losing her fight against cancer the previous year.
1994
We take a look through
the Travel Weekly archives in our 50th year to find
out what was making the headlines 10, 25 and 45 years ago…
1974
n The fallout from the Horizon Holidays collapse dominated the front page, with losses tipped to reach £3 million. Holidays operated by Horizon and 4S were still due to be honoured, after the operator’s goodwill was acquired by Court Line, but there was no room in the new business for Horizon founder Vladimir Raitz.
n Under the headline “It’s Howdy, Partner!”, British Airways announced it would be working in partnership with American Airlines to link networks, while TWA announced a May 1 start date for its long-awaited New York-Dublin service. n Fuel surcharges were a hot topic, with TOSG members expected to recommend that the surcharges should be commissionable but not included in the headline price. n Meanwhile, Abta held talks with its American counterpart Asta, with the ultimate aim being to “woo Asta back into membership of the Universal Federation of Travel Agents’ Associations”.
n Le Shuttle Holidays became the first major non-Abta tour operator to be sold through Abta agents after being refused entry to the association. The decision came after nine months of talks, after the two parties were unable to agree bonding terms. n Operators to Florida were expected to dump capacity to the state after a 40% slump in bookings, with Spain taking most of its share, while Air Canada ditched first class on all its routes after revealing that only one in four passengers in the premium cabin paid for their seats. n Hopes for a positive ski season were boosted by good ski conditions, and charter carrier Knight Air started its first scheduled services from Leeds/ Bradford to Aberdeen, Cardiff, the Isle of Man and Southampton. n P&O Cruises marketing director David Dingle predicted a boom in cruise sales – saying he expected the UK market to increase from the current 250,000 to more than 500,000 by the millennium.
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