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“Apologies for the silence around here in recent weeks. It's been a busy summer and ...”

“Thomas Cook reps Richard Carson and Nicola Gibson have finally been found not guilty of ...”

“The prolonged trial of Thomas Cook reps Nicola Gibson and Richard Carson appears to be ...”

“Most tourist destinations would love to be facing the problems that Dubai is currently facing. ...”

“Rupert Murdoch has finally announced that he is going to put a paywall up for ...”

“If you contact a customer services team with an issue and don't hear from them ...”
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“As the trial of Thomas Cook Reps, Richard Carson and Nicola Gibson, continues at Greek ...”
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“The Times this weekend wrote about the tragic case of an Inghams customer who was ...”

“Are BAA the EMI or Manchester United of the travel world? Bought at an inflated ...”

“Yesterday saw the start of the trial of Thomas Cook reps Richard Carson and Nicola ...”

“There are plenty of tough jobs in travel, but does it come any tougher than ...”

“Are the Cuban government intent on improving US-Cuba relations? Maybe not. Are they keen on ...”

“ I can understand why BA cabin crew have voted in favour of strike action. ...”

“The Comittee on Climate Change (CCC) has released its Aviation Report with rather predictable conclusions. ...”

“In Australia a judge has ruled against Erin Matiland setting up a women-only tour operator ...”

“If there's one thing the travel industry can be proud of this year it's the ...”

“As tourism leaders from around the world converged on London last week for the World ...”

“It's been a frustrating week dealing with airlines. What I find most frustrating about the ...”
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“We have just had to endure what, from my experience, is a fairly typical British ...”
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“One of the more interesting parts of Panorama's dreary documentary on Ryanair on Monday was ...”
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“Abta last week declared that they are proposing changes that would result in bed banks ...”

“It goes without saying that the American campaign to boycott Scotland based on the decision ...”

“Over the last few days I've been looking at quite a few websites run by ...”
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“As EyeforTravel pointed out today, it's been a pretty successful summer for competitions run by ...”

“Question: You're a tour operator and you've been trying to push a resort for a ...”

“Visit England is thinking of incorporating user generated content in its star rating system. I'm ...”
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“With all the bleak forecasts for the 09/10 ski season, it's good to see some ...”

“ A piece on air passenger duty on the BBC News. It appears the government were ...”

“ Is anyone else bored of viral videos? Particularly when they are as lame as this ...”
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“The British government seems intent on whipping up its very own perfect storm for the ...”
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“Summer holidays are fast-approaching, accompanied by the silly season of travel writing. Sure, it's a ...”

“Crystal have released their Ski Industry Report 2009, which is the usual mix of facts, ...”

“Will BA start offering commission to UK travel agents again? In their current predicament, I'm ...”

“We're half way through the year and looking back at my posts so far it's ...”

“Congratulations to John McEwan, who has won the election to become the new Abta chairman. ...”

“2010 is going to be an interesting winter for the ski industry. Ski operator Erna ...”

“There is now only one week left in the Abta contest between John McEwan and ...”

“Interesting piece in the NYT about wi-fi on flights and how the airlines are thinking ...”

“The Daily Mail has a piece today entitled Falling pound spells costlier holidays abroad for ...”

“This week a minibus of Canadian tourists was shot at in Jamaica. This may not ...”

“The struggle to make flights 100% secure can lead to decisions being made that would ...”

“The mess the CAA and ABTA have jointly managed to make of the collapse of ...”

“One of the big travel cliches this year is that everyone is escaping the Eurozone. ...”

“April saw three well-established tour operators in three different countries go under and leave customers ...”

“The CAA today released its consultation to raise the ATOL Protection Contribution (APC). The document ...”

“It's not been a great day for the travel industry. Shares in travel firms and ...”

“So, the budget has come and gone and with no mention of APD, it looks ...”

“It's bad news if the company you have booked your holiday with goes under. It's ...”

“Another day, another couple of tour operators bite the dust. In Canada, Conquest Vacations has ...”

“This weekend The Times started an article by Susan D'Arcy entitled The 10 most ingenious ...”

“The Telegraph this weekend ran the headline ABTA issues Darling with rescue plan for tourism. ...”

“We've said in previous posts that it's hard to knock Twitter. You can maybe knock ...”

“It's a natural reaction when times get a little tricky to look to reposition yourself ...”

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“I'm not particularly surprised that Luton Airport has introduced a fee for £1 for dropping ...”

“The news that Sunsail has closed its three Turkey operations has hit the national media, ...”

“News that hotels are following the lead of airlines and introducing more and more charges ...”

“The news that two Thomas Cook staff will go to trial over the death of ...”

“The news that BAA will have to sell Stansted and probably Glasgow airports as well ...”

“I've read a lot about social media and travel companies on various sites recently. People ...”

“The NY Times this week reported that eastern US ski resorts have had a great ...”

“With Tourism Concern saying any gains tourism brings to an area are outweighed by the ...”

“The NY Times takes an epic train journey from New York to San Francisco. It ...”

“Good luck to Worldchoice in setting up an alternative to ABTA. In the short term ...”

“The World Economic Forum has published its exhaustive Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2009. Out ...”

“For a country strong on tradition, Switzerland can occasionally be quite innovative. The impressive Zurich ...”

“Despite the continuing troubles, Sri Lanka still doggedly attracts tourists and The FT visits the ...”

“I'm not going to write about Ryanair, because everyone else has in the last few ...”

“The FT visits Manzanar in the Californian desert which was an internment camp for 10,000 ...”

“After yesterday's post about how abject the British government is when it comes to tourism, ...”

“A rather diverse group of UK travel bigwigs has criticised the UK government's handling of ...”

“Visit Britain has expressed its disappointment that the weakness of the pound hasn't led to ...”

“The FT visits Banda Aceh which has been devastated by war and 2004's tsunami, but ...”

“One of the most interesting articles I have read over the  last month was this ...”

“It's looking increasingly likely that the Obama administration will end the 46 year ban on ...”

“I've been involved in the travel business, one way or the other, for nigh on ...”

“The  NY Times ventures to Grenada (nice article, great photos), Katmandu and makes maple syrup ...”

“Today it's from TUI saying 87% of their sample intend to travel overseas this year, ...”

“The  Travel press have been on the Twitter bandwagon for some time now and although ...”

“Darren over at Travel Rants has had a bit of a go at the travel ...”

“1. In a month full of articles about Washington DC, Rupert Cornwell's in The Independent ...”

“The Telegraph goes camping in Australia in a strange 4x4 with a pop-up tent. The Times ...”

“In The Telegraph Charles Starmer-Smith goes skiing in St Anton in a campervan and there's ...”

“Explaining their redundancies this week Kuoni said "“This is not a personnel cutting programme; it’s ...”

“With our media roundup we take pride in our almost masochistic desire to trawl the ...”
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“Thomson UK MD Dermot Blastland has warned about travelling with smaller firms this summer. This ...”

“The FT clearly feels The City is still flush with cash and visits the super ...”

“UK Operator Activities Abroad have found themselves a bit of adverse publicity by sending a ...”
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“The  Telegraph heads north and goes late-season skiing in Norway and Sweden. Both can be ...”

“More snow hit the alps this week, but many ski operators' minds will be on ...”

“Following my post about Oman last week, I read with interest Cheapflights.co.uk's press release today. Stating: ...”

“More skiing. The Chronicle goes to Banff and has a good time. Skiing is part of ...”

“Hey, everyone's gone to Africa. Not to be outdone by The Telegraph, The FT has ...”

“At The Telegraph it's Africa week with some budget-busters: a safari in Zambia and elephant ...”

“The Telegraph this week looked at Zermatt's ski schools. Zermatt has healthy competition amongst its ...”

“Another article  about Oman in The Western saying how fabulous it is. Oman certainly is fabulous ...”

“Retired travel professional taking an outsiders view of what is happening in the travel business. ...”

“Welcome to Travel Shorthand. We're going to be looking at the travel business and its ...”
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