Travel Recruitment remaining 'grounded' for time being

An article we read in the recruiter news is, in our opinion, very refletive of the current market-place;

The travel recruitment sector is waiting for business to ‘take off’ again, a recruiter claims.
Julia Fuell, managing director at travel staffing firm New Frontiers, told Recruiter that there were still lots of jobs and skills shortages across the industry but many firms are holding off on recruitment for the moment.

Fuell said: “The travel industry, like many other industries, is paralysed by not being able to 'read the future', and so vacancies are on and then they're on hold and then they're on again. Candidates, meanwhile, are taking jobs then worrying about being 'last in, first out' and changing their mind! This uncertainty isn't good for business, but is very understandable.

“Having been in business for the last 15 years and been through one recession, two Gulf Wars, the 9/11 disaster and SARs outbreak, I've got my battle jacket back on!”

What are your thoughts in this? Is it a complete reflection or are you doing particularly well at the moment?

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Businessman sues tour operators after skiing accident leaves him in wheelchair

British businessman Graham Anderson, 46, is suing his tour operators for millions of pounds after a skiing accident where he collided with a tree during a holiday left him needing a wheelchair. The full article can be found on CPD Webinars.

Mr Anderson who is now tetraplegic, is suing the Cambridgeshire-based tour operator Snowbizz, for breaching the terms of the holiday contract that services would be provided with reasonable care and skill.

Snowbizz deny any liability, saying Anderson was himself careless is attempting a slope he should have known he was not capable of tackling safely.

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Save Fuel - Go on a diet!!

The Travel Counsellors travel news recently reported that Airlines (well the crew) are going on diets to lose weight in a bid to save fuel during hard times for global economies!! This is based on an article written by the times that airlines are seriously looking at measures to "lower on-board weight from non-essential equipment and facilities". Some of the measures are;

- BA are replacing their canteen trolleys with low-mass models and reducing the weight of in-flight meals, alongside eliminating cabin crew paperwork

- Virgin Atlantic is incorporating less packaging in its meals to reduce weight and eventually hopes to offer a meal free from packaging

- Shaving millimetres from cutlery

- Cutting the stocks of sachets

- Removing earplugs from planes

- Lightening seats

- Using paper drinks stirrers instead of plastic

- Many airlines are also cleaning out the soot deposits from engines to improve efficiency

It is reported that BA currently spend in excess of £8 million per day on fuel and each plane typically carries around three tonnes of catering equipment and food! Wow. A spokesman for British Airways said "we are reviewing our catering and looking at how much it weighs and looking at how much meals weigh. Airlines are having to look at absolutely everything. At some point our in-flight magazines could be electronic."

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