Wow, talk about hitting the tarmac – running!! So I have been back for just over two weeks and it seems an eternity ago since I was on holiday. I am not saying it is not fun or interesting but usually I intersperse my weeks with networking. The return to ...
I have just returned from the most amazing holiday to Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. I have been away a fortnight but it feels like a longer when I look back on everything we have done. That is the beauty of the kind of holidays we organise - the variety and ...
I am at the airport waiting for my flight to Thailand where we will go on to Laos for a few days and then onto Vietnam and Cambodia. I am so excited! However Iain – our Sales and Marketing Director asked me politely to ensure I post a blog before ...
Ben Nevis has been conquered!!! But don’t I know it - known for the very high shoes I wear I have resorted to flats this week. Ooh my legs! What I really loved about the climb was the camaraderie as we were going up the mountain – not least because ...
I have had a week of euphoria. We were asked to tender for some business back in April and on Monday I received a phone call to confirm we had been awarded the contract. This is a very prestigious contract to win as it is the UK contingents and support ...
I have recently joined the Board of AITO. AITO is the Association of Independent Tour Operators and there are 143 tour operator members. I joined for two reasons – one, is that I do think that sometimes if you are a member of an association or it you are a ...
Not every one is honest about how they are trading in this climate - and it is refreshing when people are. It can also help to stimulate discussion and innovative ideas about how to increase business. We have had a few meetings with hoteliers and airlines in the last couple ...
You can call me old fashioned... but I don’t get it!! Yes I get the need for technology and the need for e-commerce, but I really do think the world has gone mad!! We have internet dating, internet friendships, friends reunited, facebook and now a new phenomenon – ‘twittering’. This ...
Recession – what recession? My husband Steve went to take his daughter and boyfriend to Heathrow yesterday and I took his son Matthew and his new wife to Gatwick. The airports were heaving and both Rachel’s flight to Washington and Matthew’s flight to Las Vegas was chocker block. Whether for ...
Well, something has happened, we have just had a really good two week period of bookings and to my knowledge there are no politicians in there on expenses! Far be it from me to cast aspersions, after all some of our clients may well be politicians, but if there is ...
All this talk about recession conflicts with some of the things I am witnessing in terms of how busy some places are. It may be that it is overseas people coming to the UK to take advantage of the good exchanges rates for both for euro and dollar against the ...
In my world, when someone says ‘I have done a Mandy’ they are not referring to Peter Mandelson but something zany or scatty that they have done. I have been told it is an endearing feature but for any of you that are similar to me – you will agree ...
I heard a high ranking Army officer being interviewed on the radio, who I immediately took to him as he had a manner that instantly commanded your respect, a necessary skill for his role. He was also very self deprecating about the many obvious achievements that he had been involved ...
I wish to further discuss my previous points of the importance of face to face interaction and meetings. Last week, Iain Fenton our Sales, Marketing & Product Director and I went to a travel trade exhibition in Berlin. I was in my element – back to back meetings (much to ...
To follow on from previous communications: have you ever wondered at the fact that when you walk down a road or indeed get the same train every day as others, you may see the same people doing this for literally years? Or even travel in the same carriage as them ...
Well the snow has really hit in the South East. It has been said that this part of the world are never prepared for this kind of thing – lots of critical judgement on our public services. Hearing the news all the main roads have been gritted, bus services in ...
We took our son David out for dinner for his 18th birthday (where does the time go?) and they were fantastic in the restaurant – first time we had been there. I mentioned that it was my son’s birthday when I booked, just the evening before and their attention to ...
Whilst totally predictable, I think it is relevant to put in this blog how I forecast 2009 will be for many of us. I could add the wish list of how I would like it to be, but guess blogs are full of that already, ah, but that it be ...
