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‘9 to 5’ operators should be praised, not rapped
Comment: Working nine to five, not a way to make a living I think [Miles Morgan’s] article is backwards. It is the people who work extended hours for minimum wage that should be looked after better, not expected to work later. If anything, these operators are looking after their employees and creating a better, more balanced working environment.
ANDREW SMITH
Neilson puts the ‘boot of Italy’ into Tui’s claim
Story: Tui claims to be first UK operator selling Calabria breaks I think Tui will find its intelligence is wrong. Neilson Active Holidays opened a beach club in the area this summer, in May 2018, served by a dedicated British Airways charter from Heathrow each Saturday into Lameza Terme.
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PIP TYLER overseas director, Neilson Active Holidays
Qatar chief’s sexism should force change
Story: Qatar Airways boss apologises for gender comment His comments were deplorable and embarrassing, but I can’t see them destroying the Qatar Airways brand. I’m not excusing him – there’s no place for that attitude in the industry – but I think they speak more of a cultural dissonance. Let’s hope this blatant sexism forces some attitudinal change, though.
PHIL BLOOMFIELD
TWEETS THIS WEEK
Victoria Costello @Victoria21_atTC Proud to announce that Travel Counsellors has been named in The Sunday Times International Track 200 for a seventh year.
Newells Travel @NewellsTravel Natalie & Debi from our Liskeard branch were lucky enough to enjoy the first sailing on Royal Caribbean’s new liner Symphony of the Seas.
conference kittie @conferencekitti Macron needs to forget the G7 and get back to France to kick French air traffic controllers who are misery makers for our industry.
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“The risk will only grow as terrorists understand the value of publicity and the dependence of poorer
economies on their earnings from tourism.”
SIR MICHAEL FALLON, former defence secretary › ITT Conference 2018, page 17
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This is a Pyrrhic victory for those tour operators that have successfully lobbied for a ‘level playing field’. But the whole operator v OTA row is arguably now a sideshow. The greater threat comes from the accommodation-only giants like
Booking.com and Airbnb. They will be the winners. KANE
Giving the industry three weeks to work with the new regulations is shameful. BEIS had two-and-a-half years to get this right but gave the impression they put it to one side until the last moment. ALAN BOWEN
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New package rules are shamefully late
Story: Package Travel and Atol Regulations finally released OTAs previously playing at being a tour operator will now have much more liability – and that cannot simply be covered by insurance. It is a massive difference, good for the consumer, and about time too. I suspect operators agree and others might not. NICK COOPER
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