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World Travel Market 07 2007-03-14 15:07:54 Having attended the WTM 2007 Holiday Direct are making various back office improvements to lower the administration burden for our group of agents. The I.T department is also pleased to announce ‘Transhotel’ as a new addition to members websites - a fantastic opportunity for our agents to sell worldwide hotels online and direct to the customer.
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Working for more commission! 2007-03-14 15:00:15 Holiday Direct Travel Group would like to announce its recent commission increases – many top suppliers have rewarded Holiday Direct members for their loyalty and increased volume by increasing the amount they earn.
Med Hotels, Transhotel, Holiday Taxis and Bedbank are the latest to announce a raise in Holiday direct members commission.
Record turnover 2007-03-14 14:55:21 Holiday Direct has announced record turnover for the opening period of 2007. The first 3 months have been our busiest on record in our 9 years of business. Our recent new members have a lot to thank for this improvement.
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London River Cruise 2006-10-24 12:54:58 Holiday Direct has just organised a cruise on the River
Thames, for its members and directors, in order to network, discuss future developments and give awards to the best producing agents.
A big thanks to all those attending the London River Cruise
. The event was a huge success and was a valuable opportunity to meet fellow members and directors in a nicer setting than we are all used to! Speakers Acumus, Hotel Connect and Teletext Holidays presented interesting opportunities for agents and a big thank you to them for supporting the event.
Holiday Direct are moving! 2006-10-23 21:41:40 Holiday Direct
are moving premises!
Due to the expansion of our administration staff, and the improved facilities on offer, Holiday Direct have decided to more to new premeds.
Our new address will be;
19-20 Marina Building, William Street, Shamrock Quay, Southampton, Hants SO14 5QL.
All phone, fax, email, website, Skype and MSN contact details will remain the same.
The Holiday Direct directors feel that the new premises are going to help the business to offer a superior level of customer service, a more professional environment for training and visits (including extra parking!) and a better location more meetings and functions. Read more:Holiday
World Travel Market 2006-09-21 13:17:37 Another year passed by and the next WorldTravelMarket
is just round the corner!
This year date will be Monday 6th November to Thursday 9th November. Holiday Direct members and directors will be at the conference to discuss developments in the industry and the current state of their business. After the days conference members and directors will have dinner in London.
To register for free entry to the WTM, please click here
Middlesex Seminar 16th September 06 2006-08-16 15:40:40 Following the success of our last seminar in the Master Brewer Hotel we are visiting the area again;
16th September
06, 2pm to 5pm:
Master Brewer Hotel
Freezeland Way, Hillingdon, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB10 9NX
Tel: 01895 251199
Booking Line: 0845 45 66 399
More hotel info/directions
The Master Brewer is in Hillingdon, just 10 minutes from Heathrow Airport, and 12 miles from London.
Places limited…. Read more:Seminar
Hemel Hempstead Seminar 14th October 06 2006-08-16 15:37:51 Come and meet us on Saturday the 14th October
06. Seminar
starts at 2 pm
at the Boxmoor Lodge Hotel, London Road, Hemel Hempstead, Herts HP1 2RA
Tel: 01442 230770 or click here for directions
First come first served basis, we are returning to this venue after a successful visit last year.
Commission payment update 2006-07-27 19:27:29 Holiday Direct are continuing to improve and modify their agreement with agents to make sure all members have the fairest rate of commission possible. Holiday Direct are now pleased to announce a new commission structure. Already we have had good feedback and increased motivation from the new structure.
The company has updated this structure to make sure it keeps ahead of tour operators that have changed the way they pay commission. “If any tour operator lowers its commission, our agents commission is no longer reduced in the way it was – Holiday Direct now absorb some of the reduction as well” commentated Cary Lam the managing director. Read more:Commission
New group insurance 2006-04-19 13:55:18 Holiday Direct has signed up with “Acumus” travel insurance
to provide our agents with an even better level of cover for their customers. With Acumus insurance agents have their own booking console where they can decide their own commission level and make bookings quickly and easily adding valuable margin to their sales.
Strong start 2008-02-01 07:31:30 Another record breaking start to the year sees Holiday Direct’s members turn over around 25% more than the same time last year.
Operations manager Graham Chuter commented this was a lot to do with agents changing focus during the winter months to ski, cruise, city break and short UK breaks so that their sales were less [...] Read more:Strong
ATOL Guidelines 2008-01-22 07:50:48 The CAA have again clarified that any travel components (including a flight) sold ’sequentially’ will be classified as a package which should be covered by ATOL. Although there have been suggestions that ‘consecutively’ is quite a grey area there will no doubt be a test case to clarify this in the near future. This clarification [...] Read more:Guidelines
Holiday Direct are Dynamic! 2008-01-06 06:45:16 The start of the year has seen the completion of our front office sales system integration with the inclusion of Octopus Travel, Holiday
Brokers and You Travel under one dynamic packaging search facility.
Our members are now able to search all these suppliers, together with scheduled flight operators from SABS, SABRE and low cost airlines (Easyjet, [...] Read more:Direct
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Ski Season in full swing 2008-01-01 06:35:51 Holiday Direct agents have performed extremely well this ski season - with French destinations still top of the list. Holiday Direct’s in house ski tour operator, along with our agent in Guernsey, has helped organise a group tour which will see over 400 guests in the resort of Les Deux Alpes this season.
This has been [...] Read more:Season
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Dolphin Travel Manager 2007-08-01 09:00:27 Holiday Direct are delighted to announce we are set be be one of the first agents in the UK with Dolphin
Dynamic’s fully integrated back office system.
The improvements with this system over existing systems will be:
- Online payment module enabling all agents to take card payments from their office
- Reservations made in Dolphin Travel
Scanner [...]
Amadaus poll economic impact 2008-05-20 10:52:38 Industry giant Amadeus has released the following poll which shows optimism about the short term affects on travel expenditure of the recent ‘credit crunch’. Travel agents expressing that the impact
on their business is minimal:
Of the leisure agents polled by Amadeus:
·31% think that the credit crunch impacted on sales in March while 28.6% disagree
·Of the [...]
ATOL to Investigate 2008-05-20 10:37:26 The CAA believes that many U.K companies are continuing to operate without adequate protection, despite its recent drive to deliver information to the travel industry about what constitutes a package holiday that must be ATOL protected:
“The letter we are sending today reminds other firms of the need to consider whether they are selling air packages [...] Read more:Investigate
Holiday Direct Group Acquire Holiday Mobiles! 2008-05-21 07:10:49 The HolidayDirectGroup
who now boasts 331 members has acquired Holiday Mobiles for an undisclosed sum.
The group managing director Cary Lam says, the business fits in very well with the changes and future aspirations of our group. In the UK mobile users send 1.2 billion texts a week, and that doesn’t change when [...] Read more:Acquire
Hotel Connect increases commission 2008-09-25 07:51:31 After long negotiations with HotelConnect
we are pleased to announce Hotel Connect
Are now offering:15% COMMISSION to Holiday direct members (on all bookings)
Holiday Direct are proud to work with Hotel Connect, one of the most forward thinking hotel suppliers in the industry.
Holiday direct Gazetteers partnership 2008-09-25 07:47:46 Holiday Direct have teamed up with Gazetteers.com to bring our members free access to this well renowned travel information site.
This is continuing the training and development program overseen by Holiday Direct MD Cary Lam who said “it’s our duty to make sure Holiday Direct agents are the most knowledgeable and best informed in the industry, [...] Read more:Holiday
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