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NEWS Hot Stories
A1 Travel ‘victim of Monarch collapse’; BA starts charging GDS fee next week; Tui invites clients to try ‘smile chair’; Atas reveals strong growth in sector; Koc returns with Diamond Sky Holidays
Round-up EARN!
Love2shop vouchers with every Warner Leisure Hotels booking page 34
Hoseasons cuts brochures; dnata/If Only 08 Funway trade profile; Abta LifeLine
Special Report
52 years and out: Thomson name goes Talk Back
CAA, easyJet, Atas Conference, WHSmith
NEWS YOU CAN USE Product G Adventures, Intrepid, St Lucia 17
Ski Inspiring Travel Co., Ski Independence 18 Cruise Oceania, MSC, Princesss, CMV Operator Arena Rail, Butlin’s, Premier
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FRONTLINE Comment Steve Dunne: awards matter 26
Day in the Life Rachel Bicker, Gatwick Spotlight
Jet2.com flight simulator Mystery Shopper West End, London
DESTINATIONS
Aviation Airport Add-ons: Boost your commission 45 US Flights: Latest routes and flight guide 51
Canada
AVIATION Add on lounge passes, parking and hotel stays to boost your commission
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Calgary and Edmonton: Explore Alberta 56 Winter: Skiing, scenery, wildlife, cities
63 BUSINESS
Airline Distribution Costs Report says 80 carriers underestimate direct-sell costs
WHAT
LUCY DID THISWEEK
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Lucy Huxley Editor-in-chief @Lucy_Huxley
Joined top cruise agents and designer Kelly Hoppen at Somerset House for the latest Celebrity Cruises reveal of its new ship Edge
Was honoured to present the inaugural Atas Awards to seven deserving agencies, alongside Atas chairman Giles Hawke
Joined a Kuoni ‘Family Adventure’ press trip with my kids to the Sugar Beach resort in Saint Lucia. Still pinching ourselves...
26 October 2017
travelweekly.co.uk 3 10 12 15 04 A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
Tour sector’s time has come T
here was a moment last Wednesday at our inaugural Association of Touring & Adventure Suppliers’
Conference when I knew we’d hit on something big. Seven supplier executives were taking it in turn to bust
myths about the sector and each had just a minute to convince the audience of their argument. At one point, as the hooter signalled the 60 seconds were
up, an agent jumped to her feet to ask for the myth-buster to be given more time as she was so interested in the points being made. In my 20 years of covering agent conferences, I’ve never seen a delegate demand a speaker be given more time! But the agent was not alone in her enthusiasm to find out
more. Atas Conference attendees were thirsty for as much information on the sector as they could get their hands on. Many told me they’d never heard of some of the suppliers
exhibiting at the trade fair, and they went home with bags stuffed to the brim with information. One had even pre-drawn a chart and was going around ticking off which operators offered things like guaranteed departures, home pick-ups and no single supplements. Abta this month identified touring and adventure as one of the hottest trends in travel, so maybe the strength of demand to attend the Atas Conference should have come as no surprise (page 6). Retailers, ranging from the multiples to consortia and small independents, have already started asking for delegate places for next year’s event. It seems this sector’s time has finally come
and we are determined that Atas will support everyone involved to make the most of it.
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