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NEWS Hot Stories
Trade expects sales rush after the snow; Abta urges government to fix loophole; WOWcruise plans to expand in the UK; McAuley: Brand merger would be ‘suicide’; Ocean cruise growth slows to 0.5%
FRONT COVER John Hays with apprentices, from left, Jarrad Robinson, Sophie Greenwood and Sophie Crawford PHOTO: STEVE CAULTHARD
Round-up ATD Foundation; Cook closures; Daly quits 08 National Apprenticeship Week news
Face to Face
Lisa McAuley, Gold Medal and Travel 2 Talk Back
InteleTravel; Cook; Norwegian; Royal
NEWS YOU CAN USE Product Disney, Regent, Haven, Funway 19
Operator Thomas Cook, Olympic Holidays 21 Cruise Silversea, Celebrity, Clia Aviation Norwegian, Ryanair
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FRONTLINE Comment Ken McLeod: PTD uncertainty 26
Caught on Camera Wendy Wu, Aito A Day in the Life Apprenticeships Mystery Shopper Widnes, Cheshire
DESTINATIONS
Cruise Events & Festivals: Carnivals, jazz, F1
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Indian Ocean: On Fred Olsen’s Boudicca 47 American Rivers: Mississippi and more
WIN! 53
UK & Ireland Royal Experiences: Tap into wedding fever 58 Darwin Forest: Outdoors fun at Landal park 63
A three or four-night short break in Easter incentive Hop to Haven page 34
BUSINESS
Round-up Cook, ATD, Booking Holdings 70 Back page BA bypasses smaller agents 72
WHAT
LUCY DID THISWEEK
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Chaired a Travel Weekly Executive Dinner with Travelopia boss Will Waggott and 30 other travel leaders, a year after it was sold by Tui.
Battled against snow-enforced train disruption and school closures to get to work, but did some wicked sledging on Saturday!
Took a trip down memory lane to the 1980s by taking my eight-year-old daughter to a roller disco (minus the ra-ra skirt or leg-warmers!)
8 March 2018
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04 10 12 16 A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
All aboard the apprenticeship T
he many benefits of becoming an apprentice in travel were highlighted this week by the National Union of
Students (NUS). The students’ group estimated travel apprentices who
access NUS discounts save a combined £2.2 million a year on their own leisure activities, including travel. This means young people who are learning while being
paid to forge a career can enjoy a lifestyle as fulfilling as any of their peers in full-time employment. And they won’t have racked up the eyewatering debts that many of their friends who went to university will have. No doubt, the status of apprentices will be given a much-needed boost during National Apprenticeship Week this week (page 10). Unfortunately, it comes amid further criticism of the
way they are being funded since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy on large companies a year ago. Described as a “lose-lose” by the head of an influential engineering skills body after a fall in the number of new apprentice starters, there have been calls for a rethink. Clearly there are teething problems with the levy. But, as
we’ve previously reported, our sector wants to see it given more time to bed in rather than see more change. Travel Weekly’s Apprenticeships in Focus and Apprentice Rising Stars series (page 32), in addition to our annual Take Off in Travel publication, all underline our support for apprentices in travel. And we agree wholeheartedly with the NUS,
they are a wonderful opportunity. No wonder Hays Travel’s six apprentice open days this week (page 10) were due to see thousands of would- be trainees check out the amazing opportunities offered by the UK’s biggest indie agent.
Lucy Huxley Editor-in-chief @Lucy_Huxley
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