Trade can retain hope for a strong 2022 A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
One of the national newspapers summed up the mood of many in the travel industry with a recent headline: It’s beginning to look a lot like (last) Christmas. Yet despite this understandable feeling of déjà vu, it is worth reminding
ourselves that the industry is in a very different place to 12 months ago and is far better placed to regain a sense of momentum when the wind turns in its favour again. The emergence of the Omicron variant will have curbed the enthusiasm of those who naively believed the pandemic was coming to an end. But the vaccine rollout and an accelerated booster programme offer hope that its impact will be short-lived enough to allow for a strong year in 2022 (pages 4-5).
The outlook for next year and beyond is analysed in detail in our 10th Travel Weekly Insight
Annual Report, published in partnership with Deloitte (page 6). I am delighted that the 60-page report is once again available for free, at
travelweeklyinsight.co.uk, to support our readers and partners as they take stock of the past year and plan for the next. This issue is our final edition of 2021, and I sincerely hope that your only weekly travel trade
magazine has been a source of support and valuable information over the course of another tumultuous year. As always, we will continue to deliver our market-leading news coverage and analysis on
travelweekly.co.uk until we return in print from January 6. Until then, the entire Travel Weekly team joins me in wishing you all a safe and peaceful Christmas.
Lucy Huxley, editor-in-chief, Travel Weekly Group CONTENTS NEWS Agents hope for meaningful peaks 4
Ski specialists help clients navigate rules 4 ‘Omicron setback could be short-lived’ 5 Insight Report; TV ad campaigns Silver Travel agency; BA subsidiary
SPAA Awards
Suppliers and agents hailed at Scottish association’s
centenary event in Glasgow page 10
Special Reports SPAA Centenary Awards, Glasgow 10
Aspire Awards: winners and photos 12 comment
Lisa McAuley: Acceptance is key ploy 16
NEWS YOU CAN USE Product Jet2, Exodus, Play, IAG, Eurail
FRONTLINE agent diary
THE QUEEN’S AWARDS FOR ENTERPRISE:
INTERNATIONAL TRADE 2020
FRONT COVER PICTURES: Shutterstock/Inara Prusakova, sirtravelalot; Sarah Lucy Brown; Singapore: Singapore Tourism Board/ Nicky Loh
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Clare Dudley: Training pays dividends 26 Your Stories Julie Chapman explains how she juggles two jobs 28
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WHAT LUCY DID THIS WEEK
OWas honoured to present the agency awards at the SPAA centenary ceremony in Glasgow – and accept recognition for T
ravel Weekly’s
25-year partnership with the association
OEnjoyed the Seabourn Christmas Lunch, along with many of the line’s top cruise agents.
OTook my daughter to the Capital Radio Jingle Bell Ball at the O2 where we saw the likes of Ed Sheeran, KSI, Tom Grennan and Anne-Marie!
in the picture Aspire Escapes, Gleneagles
competitions
Disneyland Paris, Qatar, Queensland 32 Get Social Plan B restrictions, Teletext, Shapps 35
DESTINATIONS Asia
Singapore: Discover nature reserves and more on new trails created for the post-pandemic traveller 36
If Only, G Adventures, Ocean Florida 20 Virgin, Silversea, APT, Hurtigruten
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escorted tours Malta: Sample the sights at a slower pace on one of Cox & Kings’ new and unhurried Spotlight tours 40
BUSINESS NEWS
On the Beach reduces losses to £37m 46 Tui upbeat despite posting €2.5bn loss 46 ‘Consumer caution predates Omicron’ 47 Families ‘key bookers’ in early 2022 47 BTA blasts airlines for NDC approach 48
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