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FRONTLINE 1974 T ravelnews, September 19, 1974


O Thomas Cook paid £200,000 out of its own funds to 6,500 disappointed Court Line clients who had booked holidays with the failed Clarksons and Horizon brands. In an ad campaign it pledged customers would never again face a “summer holiday gone bust”


when booking through its agents. O Travelnews reported that the government, following a meeting with Abta, planned to make an interest-free loan of up to £6 million to a fund to back up the bonding system. It was claimed this meant full refunds could then be paid to 100,000 out-of-pocket


Court Line clients by the new year. O It was revealed that UK visitor trips abroad in 1973 increased by 7.6% to


8.6 million compared with 1972. O Meanwhile, an advertisement for Pickfords Travel [bought by Airtours in 1992 and rebranded to Going Places], read: “In 1984 We’ll Still Be Going Places…”


This T


week in...


We take a look through the


ravel Weekly archives in our 50th year to find out what was making the headlines 10, 25 and 45 years ago . . .


T ravel W 1994 eekly, September 21, 1994


O It was reported First Choice could face a compensation bill of thousands of pounds to a one-shop Manchester agent trading as 1st Choice Travel. The retailer was believed to be demanding a substantial sum from the operator to change its name and end confusion which began when Owners Abroad


relaunched as First Choice Holidays. O Meanwhile, Thomson Holidays marketing director Rosemary Astles became the second member of its senior management team to be poached in three months, and Airtours outlined plans to shake off its bucket-and-spade-only image with a


revamp of long-haul brand Tradewinds. O In airline news, United Airlines revealed plans to fly its new Boeing 777s on some transatlantic routes. It was the first and largest airline customer for the twin-engined long-range aircraft, with 34 on order next summer.


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eekly, September 25, 2009


O Concerns over cashflow prompted Bath Travel to offer clients a discount for paying upfront for their holidays following slow summer sales. Bath Travel director and former Abta president Stephen Bath said


maintaining cashflow could be a challenge. O British Airways boss Willie Walsh outlined a landmark deal to cut airline carbon emissions by 50% to the United Nations and called for a global agreement on aviation emissions.


2009


O Industry leaders at the Advantage Conference predicted a tough 2010 but remained cautiously optimistic, with Tui Travel distribution director Nick Longman saying: “Eurozone countries can still be


great value.” O And in World Travel Market news, it was revealed then-London Mayor Boris Johnson would open the 30th WTM after backing a major tourism campaign to attract domestic and overseas visitors to the capital.


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