NEWS ROUND-UP NEWS IN BRIEF
Marella boss Karen Doyle leaves Tui after nine years
Karen Doyle has left Tui after nine years. Doyle was promoted to Marella Cruises general manager of supplier management and ancillary revenue last year. It is understood Doyle left the business a few weeks ago for personal reasons.
MSC postpones christening of Seaview by one week
MSC Cruises has postponed the Genoa christening of MSC Seaview by a week, to July 9, as the new ship requires “a few extra days of final fitting”. Passengers on the cancelled maiden sailing, including fewer than 100 Britons, will be fully refunded and offered 50% off a future cruise, while agents’ commission will be protected.
South Shields to pay tribute to Chloe and Liam
People in the South Shields area plan to turn their towns blue and pink on May 22 to mark the first anniversary of the deaths of Westoe Travel apprentice Chloe Rutherford and boyfriend Liam Curry, who died in the Manchester Arena terror attack, and to raise funds for the Chloe and Liam Together Forever Trust.
ROL Cruise promotes Sarah Wikevand to MD
Sarah Wikevand has been promoted to managing director of independent cruise retailer ROL Cruise. Former managing director Jeremy Dickinson will take on a more strategic role as chairman. Ellie Fielder and Rosie Weir have been appointed to two other internal- facing managing director roles.
Wizz Air sets up UK arm and obtains operating certificate
Hungarian airline Wizz Air has been granted a UK air operator’s certificate. Newly-formed Wizz Air UK is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wizz Air Holdings.
A2Btransfers rebrands to HoppaGo and boosts tech
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The A2Btransfers trade brand has been retired after 13 years following a rebrand of the transfers and holiday taxis specialist to HoppaGo.
The firm, which was set up in
2005, acquired Resorthoppa from Lowcost Travel Group in 2012 before becoming the Hoppa Group. It will continue operating its B2C brand Hoppa. Along with the rebrand, HoppaGo
has launched a new website and trade technology that it says will “increase capacity tenfold” and help agents convert sales. The supplier said it wanted
to make agents’ lives easier by offering automated account reporting, a new booking engine and white‑label or software integration via API connections. Private taxi point‑to‑point capabilities and other flexible bookings have been added to give agents more choice. Parent company Hoppa Group
received a £5 million investment from growth capital provider
Win tickets to Good Food Summer Show with Travelsphere
Travel agents could win one of five pairs of tickets to the BBC Good Food Summer Show as Travelsphere becomes a sponsor of the celebrity chef event. The operator will be headline sponsor of the Big Kitchen stage at next month’s event where celebrity chefs will cook live in front
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travelweekly.co.uk 10 May 2018 MATT HALL: ‘We are focusing this new launch on our trade partners’
Boost&Co last year to take A2Btransfers “to the next stage”. HoppaGo chief operating
officer Matt Hall said: “We are experts in our field with more than 10 years’ experience and this new platform will increase our capacity tenfold, which will assist agents with conversions. “We are focusing this new
launch on our trade partners and want agents to feel confident that we have their reputation in mind with every transfer we fulfil and that their customers will always
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have an efficient and reliable experience with us.” Sales director Chris Harrington
added: “We appreciate that selling ancillary products is not a priority and want to make it as easy as possible to sell ground transportation by offering a one‑stop shop offering the widest choice of options and excellent service.” Existing A2Btransfers agents
will be automatically redirected to the new site,
hoppago.com. New agents can register online.
the Travelsphere Big Kitchen will be Mary Berry, James Martin, the Hairy Bikers, Tom Kerridge, Michel Roux Jr and Raymond Blanc. Winning agents will also be
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of an audience at shows in Birmingham and Glasgow. Among the stars cooking in
able to meet the operator’s travel ambassador, TV presenter Penny Smith. She will join chef Marcus Bean at the Birmingham NEC on June 14-15 to create meals inspired by her Travelsphere trip to the Amalfi Coast. Agents booking Travelsphere
between May 10-31 will be entered into the tickets draw.
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