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NEWS Hot Stories
Aito higlights Birdfair holiday operators; Agents ‘experimenting’ with LTA sales; New operator targets ‘sex adventurists’; Scenic removes table with ‘mistruths’; Turkish lira fall may spark surge in lates
WIN!
Round-up Virgin’s Next stores; Oceania revamp
A place on a fam trip to Sydney with Qantas and Destination New South Wales page 30
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Celebrity Edge at Clia; Norwegian sales 10 Talk Back
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Summer price ‘hikes’; Vilnius ad hits the spot; border queues; no-deal Brexit
NEWS YOU CAN USE Product Brand USA, Snapgroup, Sandals 15
Supplier MSC, Shearings, P&O Operator Funway, Back-Roads Touring
FRONTLINE Competition Tech Kickstart
Comment Derek Moore, Aito Readers’ Lives Andrew Earle
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Caught on Camera This week in pictures 28 Mystery Shopper Bexhill-on-Sea
32 DESTINATIONS
Family Holidays October: Hot spots for half-term
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SPOTLIGHT P&O Cruises’ Iona Insider incentive is an ‘incredible opportunity’, says Alex White
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Active & Adventure Nevada: Head out for wild west fun
34 Butlin’s: Discover the magic of a staycation 43 WHAT 48 Weekends: Active short-break escapes 54 BUSINESS
Round-up Tui Q3 results; Amadeus buys 62 TravelClick; agents ‘adopt mixed models’ Back page Abta 2018 convention preview 64
LUCY DID THISWEEK
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Took part in a fun Facebook Live session with Qantas and Destination New South Wales, promoting their amazing fam trip incentive.
Finalised a fantastic agent competition to win holidays to Dubai, Cape Town, Mauritius and the Maldives. It launches soon – don’t miss it!
Spent a few days on Studland Beach, at Corfe Castle, in Wareham and in Swanage on a trip to Dorset and the stunning Jurassic Coast.
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Lucy Huxley Editor-in-chief @Lucy_Huxley
A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR Protection needs funding A
ito has highlighted a glaring hole in enforcement of the Package Travel Regulations (PTRs) this week. Derek Moore, Aito chairman, notes in a comment for
Travel Weekly that a consumer buying a holiday from a non-EU tour operator at the British Birdwatching Fair in the Midlands is entitled to full consumer protection under the PTRs but may not enjoy it (page 22). Aito’s frustration with trading standards, which is
responsible for enforcing consumer law in this area, is understandable. But it highlights a wider problem with local enforcement of consumer rights, fair-trading rules and the PTRs given the scale of trading standards’ responsibilities and its lack of resources amid the continuing squeeze on the spending of local authorities which fund it. A revamp in this area is required in the interests both of consumers and businesses.
Turkey’s silver lining It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good, goes the saying. And yet the currency crisis in Turkey (page 6) may provide just the stimulus the lates market needs after bookings stalled through the recent heatwave. Holidaymakers to Turkey saw their spending money surge
by 24% between Monday last week and Tuesday this, with the Turkish lira having almost halved in value since January. Yet the wider fallout may prove more serious amid warnings the crisis could spread. South Africa’s currency fell 10% in value on Monday. It may also threaten the market to Turkey itself if inflation triggers renewed instability, just two years after the failed coup, which so hammered tourism to the country in 2016-17.
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