26 Sep 2003
| by Simon Ellery
Press trips can go badly wrong. Simon Ellery asks travel PROs how to cope with missed flights...It's every travel PRO's worst nightmare. The plane's delayed, the hotel isn't finished ...
to transport breakdown - often happen and are unpredictable. But what can the travel PRO do to amend ...
for travel PROs is to obtain widespread media coverage for their clients. And despite past experience ...
01 Nov 2003
Travel World (CTW)....Travel World (CTW).
TTG Asia Media managing director Mr Darren Ng said 271 exhibiting companies from 28 ...
in the same hall with a separate CTW pavilion.
“There could be some overlap but travel management companies ...
shows,” Mr Ng said.
“Some corporate travel managers are also meeting and event organisers ...
06 Nov 2003
| by Daniel Rogers
Sustainable tourism emerged as the stark theme of the 2003 ABTA Convention, the travel industry's annual conference, with the creation of a charity called The Travel Foundation.
Backed by three of the UK's biggest travel brands - TUI Thomson, Thomas Cook and First Choice - The Travel Foundation aims ...
03 Feb 2003
| by PAUL TWITE
Travel clubs have been around since the last war, but they are still a good way to motivate staff...With organisations such as the Society of Incentive and Travel Executives (SITE) roaming the globe and preaching to anyone who will listen, the benefits of travel as an incentive have been well documented.
But pre-dating even this enthusiastic operation is a wealth of travel clubs established by like ...
24 Jul 2003
The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, produced by River Publishing, is launching travel awards
04 Dec 2003
| by MediaWeek
Wallpaper?s travel mag for trendies...Style magazine Wallpaper is branching out into foreign fields with the launch of a new "urban travel" magazine called Navigator. The launch is an extension of the travel section within the magazine ...
-packaged, fast-track guide for the sophisticated, design-conscious traveller, determined to see and experience ...
04 Sep 2003
| by Holly Acland, editor of Marketing Direct
Travel firms are learning the value of a good contact centre in tough times, discovers Holly Acland....that the phone can come into its own. The travel industry is recognising more and more that the contact centre ...
-cost alternative to the high-street travel agent, the fact remains that they are still a cost, and are being squeezed in today's economic climate.
Tough market
The travel industry is facing one of its toughest ...
23 Jan 2003
| by MediaWeek
Travel titles the new hot ticket...Observer Travel: the latest addition to the paper's successful monthly stable ...
with travel the latest battleground. This Sunday will see the debut of The Observer Travel Magazine ...
hit with the readers. And Travel , a stand-alone title published under The Sunday Times ...
03 Feb 2003
Travel as an incentive has become increasingly complex, so promotions need knowledge and planning....that travel is a major motivator.
Powerful pull
Exotic destinations and different cultures are powerful ...
that promotional travel can be planned at any time, and taken at any time.
But as the use of travel in SP has ...
source of information, as well a hands-on knowledge of consumer travel trends, is key. Where once a trip ...
01 May 2003
| by Holly Williams
PR agency Rooster is masterminding the European launch of a travel industry organisation designed...travel agents, tour operators and suppliers, such as car rental firms and insurance companies ...
software, which the body claims is adding to the travel sector’s financial woes.
TOWARD Europe believes a ...
originally approached dozens of firms in the travel industry to help set up the body, and has since secured ...