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Vietnam’s visa scheme is a vast improvement
Story: Vietnam extends visa exemption for UK passport holders
Getting a visa on arrival in Vietnam was like an inquisition, and we had to pay too. I have been there since under the visa exemption scheme for UK citizens and it is so good I am going back again, to Hanoi, in a few months’ time. That is the way to encourage tourists.
MICHAEL HILL
Hats off to shy, sharp and very generous Ken
Story: Gold Medal founder donates £56m to charity in year I met Ken Townsley at travel industry events in the 1990s in Manchester, when he and Anne Gilbert turned up. A funny guy, good businessman and, by all accounts, a very fair employer. Good for him giving something back – rare in these days.
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Hats off to Ken for giving so much back. A shy but very sharp man.
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TWEETS THIS WEEK
Denise Hodgson @denise_hodgson1 (Travel the World 2) These tasty treats on Avalon Tapestry were hard to resist! #CliaParis18
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Cruise with Ben & David @CruiseWithBD We’ve just been on our first ever river boat and we were blown away. The @avaloncruisesuk Tapestry II is gorgeous! #CliaParis18
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QUOTE OF THE
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“Machines read faces in some cases better than border staff. We can board a 400-seat plane in about 22
minutes. The biometric trial is very exciting.”
ISABEL HILL, director, US National Travel and Tourism Office › Business, page 86
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Norwegian’s cost model is so fragile
Special Report: Norwegian Air ‘needs lower cost base’ With oil at over $70 a barrel (and jet fuel significantly higher), the long-haul low-cost model breaks. While engine issues are clearly not of Norwegian’s making, the model is so fragile that any ‘turbulence’ exacerbates the weaknesses in a fundamentally flawed business model. Their issue is not one of cost but of revenue. If you cannot raise revenue sufficiently – either in the ticket price or across ancillaries – you are toast. Norwegian’s ticket prices across the majority of the year indicate the first problem; the fact that long-haul aircraft only get at best two opportunities to sell ancillaries to the customer in 24A tells the rest of the revenue story. BOB SCHUMACHER, managing director sales, UK, Ireland and Offline, United Airlines Travel Weekly invites a response from Norwegian
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