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Portsmouth’s cruise plan is great news
Story: Portsmouth targets doubling of cruise calls This is great news for UK holidaymakers. Cruises have so much to offer in terms of adventure as well as service.
MICHELLE SPRIDDELL
The CMA should tackle ‘market abuse’ by OTAs
Story: Why OTA ‘rate parity’ clauses should be banned The online travel agents are abusing their market position and the Competition & Markets Authority is helping them. OTA commissions are probably double what they would be if there was fair competition. It is time for the CMA to stop kicking this can down the road.
PAUL SAWBRIDGE
We believe that if competition had been wholly fair, the two dominant OTAs would never have achieved $100 billion in value – more than the top four global hotel groups combined.
DAVID WESTON
QUOTE OF THE
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“We don’t talk about Brexit in my shops. I told staff ‘It’s there, it might impact, but we will succeed through
sheer bloody-minded determination”
MILES MORGAN, managing director, Miles Morgan Travel › Comment, page 26
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21 February 2019
travelweekly.co.uk17 I doubt trade’s Brexit talks will bring clarity
Story: Travel industry leaders to meet government for Brexit talks I wish this delegation every luck. I am afraid that as the politics is still being played out in the House of Commons, the clarity they seek will be less than forthcoming. The clock is ticking, and we in travel are no wiser as to what is going to happen than we were in 2016 after the referendum. When the delegation leaves after its talks with the government’s representatives, everything, I’m sad to say, will still be as clear as mud. PATRICK DOYLE
TWEETS THIS WEEK
James Whitaker-S @traveljamess (Travel Designers) It’s begun! Let the February Half Term Madness commence! #holidays #marketing
Cathie O’Dea @CathieodeaTC (Travel Counsellors) Sorry to see another airline bite the dust. Flybmi had a lot of good regional routes. Good luck to all their staff who have lost their jobs.
Ocky White Travel @OckyWhiteTravel Exciting day – our Kuoni branded banner arrived just in time for our first wedding fair of the year
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Flybmi’s failure raises questions
Story: Loganair takes over collapsed Flybmi Aberdeen services Is it not strange that Flybmi chose to file for administration on Saturday and did not act on the Friday or wait until Monday? It’s good that Loganair is in a position to potentially employ Flybmi staff who have lost their jobs. But, being a sister company, does it not have an unfair advantage over the market? It is a concern that the same group that owns Flybmi owns Loganair, as this
could prejudice creditors of Flybmi and offers Loganair an unfair advantage over its regional competitors – as demonstrated by the routes it is now picking up at extremely short notice. Transparency must prevail. This is looking as murky as the mist rising from the Mull of Kintyre.
C CRACKERS Travel Weekly would welcome a response from Flybmi, Loganair or parent firm Airline Investments
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