Five Minutes With Caroline Reid, Customer Delivery Manager at BA’s Passenger Medical Clearance Unit
Our Five Minutes with… this month is Caroline Reid, Customer Delivery Manager at British Airways’ Passenger Medical Clearance Unit. How did you get into medical services at BA? I joined BA in sales training then decided to go into corporate sales to learn more about the financial aspect of the business. I spent a few […]
Impact of The Ukraine War on Travel
On the day the UK government declared Covid restrictions unnecessary, a fresh crisis emerged with the invasion of Ukraine, bringing renewed impacts on travel. Any conflict the scale of Ukraine’s has major knock-on effects, but the timing, as countries emerge from the pandemic, seems so far not to have dented pent-up demand. Airline chiefs are […]
The Real Cost Of Flying
If 2022 really does turn out to be the start of the post-pandemic era, then in theory, airline chiefs should be looking forward to better times. There are already signs of a concentration on yield over expansion, with most carriers cautious about capacity and reining in plans for new routes until things settle. Tight supply […]
The Renaissance of Long-Distance Rail
Some might dismiss it as Interrailing for grown-ups, but in theory, overnight and long-distance trains should really be considered by any carbon-conscious traveller. In the age of flight shaming and net-zero carbon ambitions, rail operators are making a big deal of train travel’s sustainability, with Spanish train operator Renfe on message here, having 80% of […]
5 Minutes With Peter Hayman, Travel Insurance Specialist
Our Five Minutes With… this month is with Peter Hayman of P J Hayman & Company Ltd, the travel insurance specialist and schemes intermediary. How did you get into travel insurance? It was my father’s business, which was in Petersfield. That’s going back to the mid-70s. It was a very unprepossessing start; we insured Meon […]
How to Reduce the Cost of Travel in 2022
Whilst the latest figures from the IMF (International Monetary Fund) predict that the global economy is expected to grow by 4.2% in 2022, and that corporate travel will be required to drive this recovery, prices are due to rise as the travel supply chain looks to manage capacity, cover increasing costs (eg energy) and recoup […]
5 Minutes With Kim Burgess, Chief Customer Officer at Feefo
In our latest ‘5 minutes with’ post, we ask Kim Burgess, the Chief Customer Officer at Feefo, where does the exec responsible for rating the world choose to travel themselves. 1. What’s been your best travel experience? My honeymoon. We did a mini-tour of Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and it was fabulous. The inner […]
Business Travel Outlook for 2022
It’s that time of year when experts start looking ahead to next year. Predictions are always of interest, but in travel, there are perhaps currently no experts, because Covid and the rise of the Omicron variant means a spreadsheet is about as much use as reading tea leaves when it comes to forecasting what 2022 […]
Update to requirements for fully vaccinated travellers
Following the emergence of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 the latest gov.uk travel update states that every traveller entering the UK must now self-isolate and take an approved PCR test by the end of day two after their arrival. What do I need to do? Before departure you will have to show proof of a […]
Five Minutes with Julia Lo Bue-Said, CEO at The Advantage Travel Partnership
In the latest of our ‘5 minutes with’ posts, we talk to Julia Lo Bue-Said, Chief Executive Officer at The Advantage Travel Partnership. What was your journey to becoming the CEO at The Advantage Travel Partnership? It has been a very long journey! In fact, I will have been at Advantage for 26 years in […]
