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NEWS ROUND-UP


Homeworker duo set up agency as part of Brilliant


Juliet Dennis juliet.dennis@travelweekly.co.uk


Two former homeworkers are joining forces to set up an online travel agency and homeworking network under Barrhead Travel’s Brilliant Travel brand.


Managing director Garry


Butcher and director Alistair Stewart have worked as travel agents for around five years and ran homeworking franchise The Travel Service together before deciding to go it alone. Their new business, Travel


Portfolio, will operate as a managed service travel partner of Barrhead Travel. It is currently working on website brands which will feed calls to a small homeworking network. Travel Portfolio will operate under Barrhead’s Atol and have access to the group’s suppliers. By joining the Brilliant brand,


which aims to double in size this year, it also has the option to open a shop in the future. Butcher, who also worked as business development manager for agency RubyBlue Travel and


Shortlists unveiled for ‘young’ awards at Hall of Fame 2018


The shortlists for this year’s British Travel & Hospitality Hall of Fame young manager and young entrepreneur awards have been revealed. The Hall of Fame awards, part


of Travel Weekly parent Jacobs Media Group, will be revealed at The Dorchester hotel in London on Monday (April 30). This year’s travel inductees are Bruce Poon


Aito members show strong support for Project Protect


Just over half of the Association of Independent Tour Operators’ members have signed up to support its sustainable tourism project. In total, 64 operators have


backed Project Protect, set up 18 months ago to help protect destinations worldwide. ‘Protect’ stands for people, resources, outreach, tourism, environment, conservation and tomorrow. Aito is aiming for all members to


back the five-year project. The association is working with


CO-FOUNDERS: Alistair Stewart (left) and Garry Butcher 75%


Share of commission Travel Portfolio home- workers could earn


has experience of helping small businesses use social media, said: “At present we need to focus on getting the brands up and running. Once they are, we will start to get a profile on social media.” The websites under production


include Caribbean Dreams, Vacation USA and Cruiselines.co.uk. Future brands could include Dreams of Africa and Dreams of India. Butcher hopes to recruit around


six to eight homeworkers in total. So far it has appointed two. He said: “The Travel Portfolio


will develop and market the brands for our network of specialist and general travel homeworkers.” Agents will receive 60% of the commission earned for working from enquiries generated by the group’s OTA but could earn up to 75% for self-generated sales.


The young manager of the year


w Kayley Fernandes, head of marketing, Shearings Holidays


(travel) finalists are: w Anna Clarke, GM cruise customer experience, Tui UK & Ireland


w Simon McIntyre, group head of sales, Hotelplan UK


Tip, founder of G Adventures; Taleb Rifai, former secretary general of the UN World Tourism Organisation; Hugo Burge, former chief executive of Momondo Group; and Graham Pickett, global leader for travel and aviation at Deloitte.


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w Adam Vanstone, campaigns and partnerships marketing manager, Flight Centre


w Gemma Watson, customer services manager, CMV


w Mark Lowman, sales operations manager, Princess Cruises


w Ryan Potter, head of engineering finance, northern region, Tui UK


the University of Surrey, which has developed a programme to train, mentor, collect data and analyse the results of sustainability pledges made by operator members. Examples of operator projects


include Explore’s pledge to increase the number of women running tours, initially in Vietnam, India and Sri Lanka, by 10%, and improve women’s rights in the tourism industry. In 2017 it trained six female tour leaders.


SUCCESS: Explore tour guide Indira The young entrepreneur of the


w Paul Joseph, co-founder and director, Health & Fitness Travel


w Sam Cassem and John Stephenson, directors, Your Travel


year (travel) finalists are: w Tiff Burns, founder and chief executive, LuckyTrip


w Irra Ariella Khi, chief executive, Vchain Technology


w Daniel Salmon, managing director, Never a Wasted Journey


w Essa Saulat, co-founder and chief marketing officer, Esplorio


w Celeste Owen-Jones, co-founder and chief executive, Live2Leave


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