Globes winners were as inspiring as ever A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
The Travel Weekly Globe Travel Awards are always an uplifting occasion, but the buzz in the Great Room of London’s Grosvenor House hotel was especially palpable this year. Once again it was a night of great celebration and dazzling
entertainment, with Jonathan Ross joining me on hosting duties and Beverley Knight and Tinie Tempah filling the dancefloor with brilliant performances (pages14-18). Yet the main focus was on the array of trade-friendly brands and inspiring individuals who came to the stage to pick up the industry’s most coveted awards.
As you would expect, the cruise sector was one of the stars of the
show, with Seabourn’s Lynn Narraway scooping a richly deserved Outstanding Achievement Award and other winners including Royal
Caribbean International, the sponsor of this week’s cruise-themed edition of Travel Weekly. But perhaps the most uplifting of all the presentations was to the winner of our inaugural Supplier Representative of the Year award, Riviera Travel’s Lloyd Morris (page 6). The shortlist for this award featured 10 incredible on-the-road reps, and any one of them would have been a worthy winner. But it was Lloyd who secured the most votes from our travel agent readers and the reaction in the room as his name was announced was testament to the high regard in which he is held by so many. To check out all the action from the night, including a video interview with Lloyd, please head
to
travelweekly.co.uk and our various social media channels, and make sure you don’t miss our 36-page Globes photo special in next week’s edition.
p Lucy Huxley, editor-in-chief, Travel Weekly Group CONTENTS NEWS News
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Abta members ‘working on’ pricing rule 4 Cruise agents report growing momentum 4 Competitive pricing spurs summer sales 5 Globes winners react to their triumphs 6 Explora boss’s aims; Magari recipe cards 8 INTERVIEW
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Andy Harmer: Time to embrace cruise 20 NEWS YOU CAN USE
NCL, Travelpack, easyJet, CV Villas 25 P&O Cruises, Crystal, Oceania, Royal 26 Travelsphere, Fred Holidays, Neilson 30
FRONTLINE agent diary
Sharon Thompson: Cruise is buoyant 34 Your Stories Deanne Moses-Wright on selling accessible cruises 36
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St Kitts Tourism Authority, Anzcro, Aito 41 competitions Emirates incentive, cruise and holidays 44
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Rhine: Uniworld’s trials with biofuels 55 Mediterranean: Orange groves and
authentic culture await on a fly-cruise 61 Douro: A round-up of six
of the best new cruises on Portugal’s River of Gold 67
Antarctica: Experts’ tips for selling expedition cruises to the frozen south 73
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WHAT LUCY DID THIS WEEK
OHad the great pleasure of hosting the Globe Travel Awards and got to meet Jonathan Ross, Beverley Knight and Tinie Tempah, who were all lovely!
OHad a cruise-y start to the week, recording a webcast with Imagine Cruising’s new chief executive and meeting with Clia and Celebrity Cruises.
OCaught up with The T
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the weekend. Who isn’t watching it?!
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