Travel Weekly
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 35 - Royal Caribbean Cruises chairman Richard Fain
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The whole travel industry has been 'wounded' by the Covid-19 pandemic, but memories are short and that, after months of isolation, holidays will becom...
Episode 34 - Summer dreams ripped at the seams?
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We take stock of health secretary Matt Hancock's admission that 'it's unlikely that international holidays are going to be possible this summer', plus...
Episode 33 - Which?'s Rory Boland and Abta's Alistair Rowland
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Two very different sides of the travel refund debate were brought together by Travel Weekly on a recent Webcast, editor-in-chief Lucy Huxley was joine...
Episode 32 - Your coronavirus questions answered
07 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With so many questions surrounding coronavirus and its implications for the industry, on this episode we have used the audio from a recent Facebook Li...
Episode 31 - Coronavirus: how serious is it and what impact will it have long term?
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How serious is coronavirus for travel and how big an impact will it have in the long term? Amie Keeley and Ian Taylor discuss the ongoing coronavirus ...
Episode 30 - The Globes: Diva hosts, Smurfs and wardrobe malfunctions
10 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With a celebrity host to manage, twelve hundred guests to keep happy and 3,600 plates of food to serve, organising the Globe Travel Awards is no mean ...
Episode 29 – Turn-of-year TV travel ads reviewed
04 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Who shone and who tanked with their turn-of-year TV advertising? Marketing and PR experts Steve Dunne and Phil Bloomfield join head of news Amie Keele...
2019 - a good or bad year for travel?
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a year dominated by uncertainty as the UK battled over Brexit. Other key events and themes to shape 2019 were overcapacity, sustainability a...
Episode 27 - John and Irene Hays
24 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We spoke to the ‘heroes of the high street’ who are fast becoming a household name after making their swoop for the entire Thomas Cook retail esta...
Episode 26 - What can high street agents learn from John Lewis?
06 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What can high street travel agents learn from one of the UK's best-loved department stores? We catch up with John Lewis' customer experience director ...
Episode 25 - Hays Cook deal, Peter Fankhauser and Brexit
20 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We return after a brief hiatus following the collapse of Thomas Cook to discuss Hays Travel's takeover of its retail network and we dissect former Coo...
Episode 24 – Former Travel Weekly editor, Jeff Mills
11 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations we go back in time and speak to another former Travel Weekly editor, this time Jeff Mills who was at the ...
Episode 23 - BA strikes and Thomas Cook rescue deal
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the fallout from the planned BA strikes and look a bit deeper into Thomas Cook's £900m rescue deal, plus hear why Travel Weekly is the new...
Episode 22 - Super Break, Tui and Thomas Cook
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amie Keeley and Ian Taylor discuss the biggest stories of the week including the potential resurrection of Super Break, Tui's latest financial results...
Episode 21 - Interview with On The Beach's Simon Cooper
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On The Beach founder and CEO Simon Cooper reflects on his journey to the top and talks about his plans to move into other markets, plus why flexibilit...
Episode 20 - Thomas Cook: future secured?
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas Cook’s future is looking a lot more certain following the proposed £750m takeover by Fosun and the banks. But what will it actually mean for...
Episode 19: Travel Counsellors’ Steve Byrne
05 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Travel Counsellors’ Steve Byrne tells Lee Hayhurst that travel advice is a profession and looking after the customer will ensure good agents stand o...
Episode 18 - Is the aviation sector in turmoil?
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With airlines reporting profit losses left right and centre, is the sector in turmoil and will there be more failures? Aviation analyst John Stricklan...
Episode 17 - What next for Thomas Cook? Plus former Travel Weekly editor Jeremy Skidmore
30 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss what a future Thomas Cook could look like with Travel Weekly executive editor Ian Taylor and during our 50th anniversary year we catch up w...
Episode 16 - InteleTravel's James Ferrera and Culture Trip's Andy Washington
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
James Ferrera, the boss of the much-talked about homeworking group, InteleTravel, responds to some of the negative reaction the business has received ...
Episode 15 - Who might buy Thomas Cook? Plus Hall of Fame inductees
02 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We speak to a city analyst about potential bidders for the travel giant. Plus, we catch up with Frank del Rio of Norwegian Cruise line Holdings and Ru...
Episode 14 - Gavin Tollman
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hear why chief executive of Trafalgar Gavin Tollman thinks the UK market is the single biggest opportunity for the brand and how ‘authentic’ trave...
Episode 13 - Miles Morgan and Richard Singer
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What do a leading travel agent and the boss of an online deals site make of Brexit, market conditions and Thomas Cook? Lucy Huxley spoke to Miles Morg...
Episode 12 - Kuoni's Derek Jones and Dean Harvey
20 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We catch up with Derek Jones and Dean Harvey from Kuoni, who talk about marketing plans for the year ahead, its latest travel trends report and how th...
Episode 11 - Virgin Voyage's Tom McAlpin
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Virgin Voyages’ boss tells Lucy Huxley what’s in store for the hotly-anticipated cruise line
Episode 10 - Oasis Travel's Sandra Corkin
20 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sandra Corkin opened her first travel agency in Northern Ireland in 1984 when she was just 21. She went on to open five more stores and her business n...
Episode 9 - Silver Travel Advisor's Debbie Marshall
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Is the ‘grey pound’ on the decline? We catch up with Silver Travel Advisor’s Debbie Marshall to talk about the latest trends in the mature marke...
Episode 8 - If Only's Andy Freeth and Gordon McCreadie
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We catch up with If Only’s Andy Freeth and Gordon McCreadie ahead of The Globe Travel Awards. The pair talk about what they’ve been up to since jo...
Episode 7 - Turn-of-year adverts, Steve Dunne and Sarah Johnson
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we invite PR and marketing experts Steve Dunne of Digital Drums and Sarah Johnson from Lotus to give their verdicts of this year’s t...
Episode 6 – Penny Smith
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
She was the face of breakfast TV show GMTV for 17 years and has presented for Sky News, Classic FM and BBC Radio. More recently, she has been explorin...
Global Travel Group Conference special – Mr Motivator, Katy Hill and Andy Stark
06 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
News editor Ben Ireland caught up with 90s fitness king Mr Motivator, former Blue Peter presenter Katy Hill and consortium boss Andy Stark at the Glob...
Episode 5 - Ellen Bettridge
28 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we catch up with president and chief executive of Uniworld Ellen Bettridge, who started her career as a ‘girl Friday’ for a small ...
Episode 4 - Lisa McAuley
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 4 - Lisa McAuley by Travel Weekly
Episode 3 - Amar Latif of Traveleyes
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We speak to blind world traveller and entrepreneur, Amar Latif
Episode 2 - Esther Rantzen
16 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 2 - Esther Rantzen by Travel Weekly
Episode 1 - Atas conference and Abta's Mark Tanzer
02 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The first episode features Abta chief executive Mark Tanzer, who discusses the themes of this year’s Travel Convention in Seville and answers questi...