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Travel Counsellors tops £28k in Reuben telethon


Juliet Dennis juliet.dennis@travelweekly.co.uk


Travel Counsellors has raised more than £28,000 for Reuben’s Retreat in a 23-hour live telethon.


TV presenter Vernon Kay and


actress Julie Hesmondhalgh took part in the action-packed fundraiser screened globally on Travel Counsellors channel TCTV. Reuben’s Retreat founders Nicola and Mike Graham, who works for Travel Counsellors, joined charity patron Hesmondhalgh on the TCTV sofa to launch the telethon in memory of their son Reuben, who died aged 23 months following an aggressive brain tumour. The Comic Relief-style event included everything from a Travel Counsellors version of ‘Carpool Karaoke’ and silent auction to


an Australian version of Wish You Were Here…? and a Zumba class. Kay appeared live on TCTV,


which showed his visit to Reuben’s Retreat in Glossop, Derbyshire. In a special tribute to Reuben,


a ‘TC Kids’ episode featured a magician and Reuben’s favourite dish – sausages and mash. Within the first eight hours,


G Adventures reveals incentive for 100 agents worldwide


G Adventures has announced its largest-ever incentive programme, which will see 100 agents from all over the world go on a trip to see one of its social enterprise projects. Fifteen places on the small-group


adventure operator’s Change Makers Challenge are for agents from the UK and Ireland – 10 will be based on sales performance,


YOUNG: Reveals incentive


three handed out to those who can demonstrate the impact they make in their own community and two will be wildcards. The Change Makers Summit


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Tui faces legal proceedings from Tunisia attack victims


A law firm representing 80 people including families who lost loved ones in the 2015 terrorist attack in Tunisia has brought legal proceedings against Tui. The operator, which had guests at the Imperial Marhaba Hotel, said it would cooperate with the judicial process, instigated by Irwin Mitchell.


Newmarket Holidays staff are put under consultation


CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Vernon Kay, the charity’s Sarah Leah and Nicola Graham and Travel Counsellors’ Steve Byrne; training team in Carpool Karaoke; and the head office support team do Zumba


“We are dumbfounded by the way in which the whole company got involved”


Travel Counsellors was raising about £2,000 each hour. Donations continued after the telethon ended and as Travel Weekly went to press the total had reached £28,107 – smashing the £23,000 target. Nicola said: “We are dumb-


founded, not only by the amount


raised, but by the way in which the whole company got involved. We cannot thank them enough.” Travel Counsellors operations


director Karen Morris said the event was “something very special”. She added: “We laughed, cried and had lots of fun along the way.” The charity offers bereavement counselling and a retreat for families of children with terminal or life-limiting illnesses. It plans to complete a hydrotherapy pool and sensory, movie, play and chill zones in the coming months.


will take place in a mystery destination that is home to one of its Planeterra projects. Company founder Bruce Poon Tip will join the group on the final night. Agents from the UK & Ireland will join counterparts from central Europe, Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand for the week- long trip to see G Adventures’ responsible travel initiatives. The incentive is live now and runs until March 31. Managing director Brian Young


said: “It will be massively beneficial from agents’ perspective.”


Newmarket Holidays staff have been put under consultation as part of a review of its UK coach holiday business, which accounts for less than 15% of its annual turnover. The operator confirmed it had sold its educational division to Next Generation Travel this week.


Fatal Majorca flash floods were ‘isolated incident’


Flash floods in Majorca that led to the deaths of 10 people – including a British couple – were an “isolated incident”, the Balearic Islands Tourism Board said as it called for support from the UK travel industry. The floods were the worst in the destination for 80 years.


Hurtigruten appoints Anthony Daniels as MD


Hurtigruten has promoted UK and Ireland head of sales Anthony Daniels to the new role of UK general manager. It follows the departure of EMEA managing director Magnus Zetterberg.


AWTE reveals Downton star Carter as lunch speaker


Downton Abbey star Jim Carter, who played butler Carson, will speak at this year’s Association of Women Travel Executives Christmas lunch on December 3. The London event will raise money for Richard House Children’s Hospice and is currently 50% sold.


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