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Vilnius hits the G-spot with its marketing drive
Story: Lithuanian capital bills itself ‘the G-spot of Europe’ This is a very good piece of marketing, but I wonder what Ernst Gräfenberg, the physician who brought this part of the anatomy to people’s attention, would think of a city pushing his theory to promote itself? He must be smiling in his grave.
PATRICK DOYLE
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Border queues should be set 30-minute limit
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Story: BA boss calls for end to ‘border farce’ at Heathrow These queues show contempt for the weary travellers and are symptomatic of a monopoly situation, where passengers have no choice. Why not double or treble the number of machines for this purpose? The government should set a limit of half an hour for clearance, with fines for breaches.
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Andrew Monk @AmonkMonkey (VSA Capital) Tui and Cook stocks under pressure, so how come Dart Group’s (Jet2) keep rising? Either it will fall or they are taking massive market share?
Ashley Quint @LuxuryTravelled (TravelTime World) Agents love an alternative option. Norwegian has great product and gives agents a platform when up against BA Holidays or Virgin Holidays.
Ricky Wilkes @RichardDWilkes Agents need to work harder to justify their point of difference as sadly none of my peers would consider using one.
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“We have considerably reduced our seasonality and our susceptibility to external challenges. Turnover is up
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FRITZ JOUSSEN, chief executive, Tui Group › Business, page 62
Brexit ‘lawlessness’ will have consequences
Story: No-deal Brexit warning on flights Brexit is not remotely comparable to the millennium bug. That was a clearly defined problem for which we had a long time to prepare. With Brexit, governments will probably simply ignore countless laws to ensure there is no catastrophe on Brexit day. However, such lawlessness will have consequences, and the long-term economic damage Brexit will cause to both the UK and the EU is
undeniable.Deliberate self-harming is considered a psychiatric condition when done by an individual.
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Pricing ‘rip-off’ is matter of perception
Story: Breaks in summer school holidays ‘unaffordable’ for six in 10 parents ‘Summer price hikes’ and ‘summer rip-offs’ are perceived as such due to the ludicrous ‘off-peak’ discounting. For most of the year, there’s a 20%-30% margin on pricing, but the ‘50% off’ figures that are in the market during low season are what cause the perception of rip-off pricing. Super-low pricing is unsustainable – just ask Monarch. And when airlines and
operators collapse, it adds extra cost to the remaining suppliers due to increased costs of lending, credit card fees and bonding etc. It’s time this pricing perception was addressed in the consumer media as every
year it’s the same story: that travel firms ‘rip off’ consumers. If this were true, travel firms’ earnings would all be 20%- 30%, but we often hear that 3%-5% is a ‘good’ return. ALEX STUART
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