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News July 2008 - Learn about Scottsdale, Arizona with Travel Uni Travel Uni's newest addition is the Scottsdale Specialists training programme. To celebrate its launch the Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau is giving away a Scottsdale Spa Basket filled with Scottsdale's signature spa collection items and lotions from Once in a Bloom Fragrances, Inc. plus 10 signature business card holders to 10 lucky agents who also complete the programme by July 20th. Names will be drawn at random. July 2008 - The Business Travel Magazine launches its new website The Business Travel Magazine website has been given a complete overhaul and is now live. The site now includes regular news updates, various links to past articles in the magazine, photo galleries and numerous extra pages. There's also a reader poll giving visitors the chance to vote on a burning industry topic – and all respondents will be entered into a monthly prize draw to win a case of wine! The Business Travel Magazine eMag version is also available via the website with easy navigation and 'live' links on all advertisements connecting directly through to websites or e-mail addresses.
July 2008 - New Award for Selling Long Haul Selling Long Haul has picked up a major Visit USA Association Travel Media Award for the 'Best Travel Trade Publication Feature'. The award was presented at the Intercontinental Park Lane in London on July 2nd to the writer of the feature, Chris Coplans. His article, 'Rich Pickings', appeared in the March 2008 edition of Selling Long Haul (page 68) and gave travel agents an update on America's Golden State, California. The Visit USA Association Travel Media Awards were created nine years ago to recognise and thank media for their contribution to the promotion of the USA through their work. Entries are judged on three main criteria: 1. the quality and factual accuracy of the writing 2. whether the feature actually makes readers want to pack their bags and visit 3. whether the feature gives clear information on which of the Association’s 200+
members can provide further assistance May 2008 - New look CSG goes live OnBoard Hospitality's newly designed and more user friendly Caterers and Suppliers Guide is now live. May 2008 - Selling Long Haul online Since Selling Long Haul became available online, the number of hits has been steadily rising and is now exceeding 100,000 per month. May 2008 - Join the golf and spa club A brand new Worldwide Golf and Spa supplement has been distributed with the May edition of Selling Long Haul magazine to help agents benefit from this important holiday sector. May 2008 - Sweet Home Alabama Alphabetically it might be America’s first state but for an increasing number of the 4.5million Brits heading for the USA each year, Alabama is also top of the list as a state to be visited. May 2008 - Travel Uni launches another two online training programmes Penn-Pals the Pennsylvania training programme and Great Lakes are now live. April 2008 - The Business Travel Conference update The organisers of The Business Travel Conference 2008 are pleased to announce that Skyteam has signed up as the event’s main sponsor. April 2008 - The A-Z Travel Directory The A-Z Travel Directory (formerly known as The Essential Travel Agents Guide) is now online in association with Selling Long Haul and Short Breaks and Holidays. The easy to use site is the 'yellow pages' for the travel industry. » Advertising opportunities - email Jackie Luff April 2008 - Travel Uni Update Agents can now sign up to 3 great new training programmes. Costa Brava, Cayman Islands and Jolly Beach Resort & Spa are now live. March 2008 - Selling Long Haul now also online At the beginning of March Selling Long Haul launched its new website at www.sellinglonghaul.com . A central feature is the flip-page digital version of the entire magazine, which will be available a full week or so before the hard copy is distributed. February 2008 - Flavour of the month Gate Gourmet, the world's largest independent provider of airline catering
and provisioning services and also one of our biggest clients has featured
OnBoard Hospitality on their news website.
December 2007 - The Business Travel Magazine: the best in the business! The Business Travel Magazine is delighted to announce that it has been named Business Travel Publication of the Year 2007 at the Business Travel Journalism Awards. The event was held on December 4th at One Whitehall Place, London, and saw The Business Travel Magazine take the top prize amid stiff competition, just 13 months after launching. The Business Travel Journalism Awards, now in their fourth year, are held in high regard across the industry and attracted sponsorship from Continental Airlines, Eurostar, Thistle Hotels, Qantas, Etihad and Lufthansa, among others. Presenting the award, Andrew Waller, executive vice president UK, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, said: ”In a year during which coverage of business travel is at an all-time high, the choice of which publication does it best was, I’m told, a heated debate amongst the judges – particularly when, if you look more closely at all the titles, they aim to target slightly different audiences, from buyers to travellers and SMEs to multi-nationals. Based, however, on how well the winning title combines high quality reporting with compelling design and an easy-to-navigate format, the judges all concluded that The Business Travel Magazine thoroughly deserved this award.” Said Martin Steady, managing director of Business Magazines International, publisher of The Business Travel Magazine: “We are absolutely thrilled to receive this award. Over the last year there has been an incredible combination of hard work and vision, and a determination by our publisher and our editorial and design departments to deliver a truly fit-for-purpose publication that combines superb content with visual impact and reader-friendliness.” » www.thebusinesstravelmag.com November 2007 - Green Media award for Selling Long Haul The first-ever Tourism Authority of Thailand Best Green Media Award has been presented to Selling Long Haul. The presentation was made on the eco-friendly Thailand stand at World Travel Market on November 13 by HRH Princess Ubolratana of Thailand to publishing director/managing editor Alan Orbell. The award followed Selling long Haul’s increasing coverage of green issues and, specifically, the recent publication of the Thailand Travel Trade Guide 2008, the first supplement produced by the monthly magazine on 100 per cent recycled paper. The ‘Best Green Media’ award was one of three with two green tour operator awards going to Exodus Travel and Intrepid Travel. Commenting on the TAT Green Awards, HRH Princess Ubolratana of Thailand said “I would like to personally congratulate all the nominees and winners of today’s Green Awards, representing over 160 tour operators and many friends in the media, who work in close cooperation with the Tourism Authority of Thailand London. Each one of you has made a great achievement to be here today.” Read more in the December edition of Selling Long Haul. November 2007 - BMI launches new Guide to Representation & PR Companies Whatever field they are operating in, every business knows that ongoing and imaginative marketing campaigns can make the difference between remaining permanently hidden and standing out from the crowd. To help travel companies worldwide become familiar with the many excellent UK PR and marketing companies, BMI is delighted to announce the first-ever dedicated reference guide to this important sector. The Guide to Representation & PR Companies includes sections on Representation companies, PR companies and those organisations offering both services. Each entry includes contact details, plus everything you need to know about the organisation, such as their their key personnel, their line up of clients, their specific areas of expertise and the services they offer. November 2007 - Look out for your bumper issue of Selling Long Haul! The November issue of Selling Long Haul is an 88-page bumper issue which includes a great mix of features on destinations around the globe. Catching the attention of our writers this month are the Caribbean, Dubai, Edmonton, the Seychelles, India and Kazakhstan. In fact the Selling Long Haul editorial team have been travelling the globe to source our news and features. In October, editor Steve Hartridge was in Sri Lanka covering both the delights of the capital, Colombo, and Kuoni's much-anticipated annual mega fam. In addition, we had writers in destinations as far flung as Abu Dhabi and Jamaica. It's also a big month for our award-winning supplements - distributed with the November issue will be dedicated guides to Thailand, Singapore and Mauritius, all of which were published on behalf of the respective tourist offices. And also look out for Selling Australia, our three-times-a-year trade publication featuring all the latest news and views from down under. October 2007 - Selling Long Haul publishes online photo album Selling Long Haul has now published a website showcasing a recent Fam Trip to the North West Province in South Africa. » http://www.sellinglonghaul.com/fam/nwp/ August 2007 - Flybe City Guides on the web The City Guides section of the Flybe website is now undergoing major design and content improvements and more than a dozen destinations to enjoy the upgrade have now gone live. » For more information email Janice.bean@bmipublications.com August 2007 - Travel Uni reaches new heights Travel Uni welcomes 4 new training programmes taking the total to 40! August 2007 - Voting opens for the 2007 Awards It’s that time of year when you get your chance to vote for the organisations you consider to be the travel industry’s star performers. » Selling Long Haul Awards 2007 June 2007 - Flybe City Guides on the web The City Guides section of the Flybe website is now undergoing major design and content improvements and the first two destinations to enjoy the upgrade have now gone live. Click on www.flybe.com>Destinations>City Guides and check out the Jersey and Guernsey sites to see the new-look City Guides content. Edinburgh, Avignon, Düsseldorf and the Isle of Man will join them very soon. There’s more information on What’s On, What’s Hot and where to eat as well as upgraded facts on activities, business and property. The new-style City Guides are being updated on a regular basis and have been designed to offer travellers all the information they need to make their business or leisure trip as productive as possible. There are now also free printable versions of the City Guides, with the perfect amount of information for a short break. All of Flybe’s 56 destinations will be upgraded over the next few weeks. Check back regularly to see the latest updated information. » For more information email Janice.bean@bmipublications.com |
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| June 2007 - Travel Uni - another programme goes live! Norway Knowledge - consisting of 5 modules - Introduction, Summer, Winter, Short breaks and Activities. » Find out more at www.traveluni.com |
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May 2007 - Travel Uni goes from strength to strength Plus, the Cruise Baltic training programme is now live with 11 modules covering 10 countries and 19 destinations. » Contact Sally Oakey – Associate Director of Travel Uni Ltd |
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May 2007 - All aboard! Selling Cruising, Japan and Iceland join Travel Uni The Selling Cruising programme will offer agents a comprehensive and impartial, 'back to basics' opportunity to learn how to sell Cruising holidays. Selling Cruising, - 4 modules » Contact Sally Oakey – Associate Director of Travel Uni Ltd |
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May 2007 - OnBoard Hospitality launches the 'Yellow pages' for the industry. » Visit the Caterer's and Suppliers Guide |
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April 2007 - The Business Travel Magazine hits the road The Business Travel Magazine will be joined at the show by the likes of Continental Airlines, VLM, Airport Express, Hotel Reservation Service and the Intercontinental Hotels Group - a sure sign of the increasing responsibility that PAs and secretaries have for arranging and booking corporate travel on behalf of their companies. |
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March 2007 - The Business Travel Conference 2007 The event, put together in association with The Business Travel Magazine, will consist of conference sessions over two days plus an exhibition consisting of up to 50 key industry service providers. |
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March 2007 - Fam trip report published for South Africa |
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March 2007 - New visitor guides for Seychelles and Anguilla |
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March 2007 - More and more destinations join Travel Uni Cruisin the Capital Region,- 4 modules » Contact Sally Oakey – Associate Director of Travel Uni Ltd |
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February 2007 - New look for Selling Long Haul "Selling Long Haul gets better and better. It really is the best one out of the travel papers and I really mean that. It actually tells us things that we need to know." "Just had your new look magazine through and I must say it looks good. Pages are really interesting with lots of different articles to read rather than being too text heavy and hard to read. I love all the pictures and quotes from various people across the trade. Well done, its great" |
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NOVEMBER 2006 - BMI Publications' newest title - and one of its most significant projects for some time - is The Business Travel Magazine, a publication specifically written for the arrangers of corporate travel and meetings. |
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NOVEMBER 2006 - New Guide for Thailand |
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