ABTA Travel Law Seminar 7-8 May 2014 ABTA’s annual Travel Law Seminar was attended and enjoyed by a number of its members, representatives and travel industry professionals this week. Its aim was to provide professional assistance to its members helping them to become compliant when it comes to key areas of taxation, employment law,…
The sad demise of On Holiday Group last week came as not unexpected to many travel insiders who know they have been trying to find a buyer or raise finance for some time. More broadly it has thrown the spotlight on the future of bed banks and perhaps focuses attention on the viability of the…
It may be hard to believe now, but the worldwide web did not exist 25 years ago, especially now that the internet is integral to the way we run our finances and businesses. Over the past 5 years, H M Revenue & Customs and Companies House have, to their credit created an online infrastructure so…
White Hart Associates Head of Travel, Chris Photi, participated in last week’s Barclays Travel Forum in London to discuss key issues relating to the Travel Industry. The Forum, attended by over 350 people, is currently in its eighth year and is perceived by the Travel Industry as one of the key events of its’ type…
WHA partners Mark Caldicott and Nikki Spoor provided professional assistance at the recent AWTE Boardroom Ready seminar held on 21 March 2013. Mark Caldicott gave an informative review of the chancellor’s budget, which was followed by a presentation by Nikki Spoor. ask tiava . This presentation included a detailed instruction as to how read and…
Last week the BBC Radio 4’s Money Box programme rapped the travel industry over “excessive” credit and debit card charges. The Department for Business Innovation & Skills (“BIS”) issued guidance on the Consumer Protection (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012 in March 2013. This guidance quite clearly refers to the prohibition of excessive payment surcharges, but clearly…
So, how to sum up yesterday’s Budget? If we were to use the plays of William Shakespeare as our guide, the Tories will no doubt hope it will be a case of “All’s Well that Ends Well”. Labour on the other hand would say it was “A Comedy of Errors”. In truth, it was probably…
The WHA team would like to congratulate WHA partner Nikki Spoor on winning the AWTE Business Impact Award 2012. The award is presented to a female in the travel industry who has shown great innovation in her role and by doing so has made an impact on the industry. We are very proud to have…
A team of industry ‘players’, led by WHA partner Mark Caldicott, toasted success recently in the annual challenge football match at the ABTA Travel Convention in Turkey. The WHA team beat a Lowcostbeds team 5-1 to lift the coveted ABTA trophy. I would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you for…
Attached is a “Tombstone” that appeared in Acquisition International Magazine of a private equity corporate finance transaction, where we acted travel specialist advisors. Acquisition International Magazine
