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  • News: GTMC welcomes third new member this month

    The GTMC has welcomed its second Uniglobe member and the third new member this month – Uniglobe Preferred Travel.

    Preferred Travel was incorporated in November 1992 and is one among Uniglobe’s largest affiliates sharing global accounts with its network partners across five continents.  The corporate has its headquarters in Brighton, Sussex and in addition has an office in Westminster, London, they employ over 30 members of staff.

    Uniglobe Preferred Travel’s managing director, John Burroughes said: “We are delighted to join the GTMC and look ahead to sharing best practice with one of the best within the business.  We’re wanting to make a favorable contribution to the recognised voice of our industry.”

    GTMC chief executive Paul Wait said:  “We warmly welcome Uniglobe Preferred Travel to the GTMC.  Within the history of the GTMC it’s unprecedented to have three new members in a single month and we’re now at a record variety of members with the count being thirty-nine. The GTMC membership truly represents the voice of commercial travel and travellers within the UK. The industry faces its next phase of change and challenge and the GTMC is easily placed with its increasing membership to shape the long run and certainly contribute toward UK PLC.”

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  • UK holiday spending higher inside the north than the south

    People within the north of britain are spending almost £200 greater than their southern counterparts on their holiday this year – consistent with research* released today by lastminute.com. With house prices inside the south of britain up greater than twice that of the united kingdom as a complete, and typical London house values hitting an all-time high of £318,214, the price of southerners’ homes is perhaps affecting their time away.

    The research revealed that 2013 holiday spending inside the north of the rustic is up by a standard of £118 per person when compared with 2012, and nearly a 3rd (29%) of northerners who will go on holiday this summer plan to spend over £1,000 per person this summer. Over the border, 30% of Scottish holidaymakers also plan to splash out in any case a grand per person, but just one in 5 southern holidaymakers are prepared to do an analogous.

    When it involves gender splits amongst holiday-goers, men were found to be the most important holiday spenders, allocating £918 each on average – when compared with women who were set to spend a regular of £831 this year.

    Mark Maddock, Managing Director of lastminute.com UK and Ireland said, “Our findings have highlighted a north-south divide we’re not used to seeing, and it could be that the price of housing is commencing to impact southerners’ purchasing power. However, people should get maximum value from their hard-earned holiday budgets and at lastminute.com we will guarantee fantastic getaways for reasonable prices.”

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  • UK holiday spending higher inside the north than the south

    People within the north of britain are spending almost £200 greater than their southern counterparts on their holiday this year – consistent with research* released today by lastminute.com. With house prices within the south of britain up greater than twice that of the united kingdom as an entire, and typical London house values hitting an all-time high of £318,214, the price of southerners’ homes could be affecting their time away.

    The research revealed that 2013 holiday spending within the north of the rustic is up by an ordinary of £118 per person in comparison with 2012, and nearly a 3rd (29%) of northerners who will go on holiday this summer plan to spend over £1,000 per person this summer. Over the border, 30% of Scottish holidaymakers also plan to splash out no less than a grand per person, but only one in 5 southern holidaymakers are prepared to do an identical.

    When it involves gender splits amongst holiday-goers, men were found to be the most important holiday spenders, allocating £918 each on average – in comparison to women who were set to spend a regular of £831 this year.

    Mark Maddock, Managing Director of lastminute.com UK and Ireland said, “Our findings have highlighted a north-south divide we’re not used to seeing, and it can be that the price of housing is starting to impact southerners’ purchasing power. However, people should get maximum value from their hard-earned holiday budgets and at lastminute.com we will guarantee fantastic getaways for reasonable prices.”

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  • GTMC welcomes third new member this month

    The GTMC has welcomed its second Uniglobe member and the third new member this month – Uniglobe Preferred Travel.

    Preferred Travel was incorporated in November 1992 and is one among Uniglobe’s largest affiliates sharing global accounts with its network partners across five continents.  The corporate has its headquarters in Brighton, Sussex and likewise has an office in Westminster, London, they employ over 30 members of staff.

    Uniglobe Preferred Travel’s managing director, John Burroughes said: “We are delighted to join the GTMC and watch for sharing best practice with the fitting within the business.  We’re desirous to make a good contribution to the recognised voice of our industry.”

    GTMC chief executive Paul Wait said:  “We warmly welcome Uniglobe Preferred Travel to the GTMC.  Inside the history of the GTMC it’s unprecedented to have three new members in a single month and we’re now at a record collection of members with the count being thirty-nine. The GTMC membership truly represents the voice of commercial travel and travellers within the UK. The industry faces its next phase of change and challenge and the GTMC is definitely placed with its increasing membership to shape the long run and certainly contribute toward UK PLC.”

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  • GTMC welcomes third new member this month

    The GTMC has welcomed its second Uniglobe member and the third new member this month – Uniglobe Preferred Travel.

    Preferred Travel was incorporated in November 1992 and is one among Uniglobe’s largest affiliates sharing global accounts with its network partners across five continents.  The corporate has its headquarters in Brighton, Sussex and likewise has an office in Westminster, London, they employ over 30 members of staff.

    Uniglobe Preferred Travel’s managing director, John Burroughes said: “We are delighted to join the GTMC and anticipate sharing best practice with the very best within the business.  We’re desirous to make a good contribution to the recognised voice of our industry.”

    GTMC chief executive Paul Wait said:  “We warmly welcome Uniglobe Preferred Travel to the GTMC.  Inside the history of the GTMC that’s unprecedented to have three new members in a single month and we’re now at a record collection of members with the count being thirty-nine. The GTMC membership truly represents the voice of industrial travel and travellers inside the UK. The industry faces its next phase of change and challenge and the GTMC is easily placed with its increasing membership to shape the longer term and definitely contribute toward UK PLC.”

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