Auto Enrolment – Are You Ready? You may have been aware of the government’s “We’re all in” advertising campaign, which refers to reforms to workplace pensions.In the past you may have thought that this only relates to larger firms with typically over 250 employees. This has been the case since October 2012, but its coming…
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…
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…
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…
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
Enclosed is a link to an expert comment made by myself as the WHA travel specialist partner as published in the ABTA Magazine – June 2012. ABTA Magazine June 2012
Agents must sort out their ‘abysmal’ documentation, and the CAA must be clear who it is protecting, says Chris Photi The Air Travel Trust Fund’s notice yesterday advising travel companies to make sure their Atol documentation is in order was not unexpected. Bluntly, the sales documentation issued by many travel businesses is abysmal. This was…
“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”? Yesterday’s Atol reform announcement by the aviation minister was little more than a baby step albeit in the right direction. She has gone for a quick fix through secondary legislation with the promise of a review of primary legislation next year. What is proposed? All…
Using the analogy of Premiership football when it comes to the CAA and court hearings and appeals, the CAA would be Portsmouth! How many times can you go to court in less than five years and lose? How much tax payers money has been spent in fighting what from the outset always appeared losing causes?…
The court enforced administration order granted today against Eclear (UK) was widely expected. However what ultimately has to come out of the undoubted ensuing enquiry is how such an “aggregator” type company could function unregulated in the UK. The other questions that need to be answered is who is the “Acquirer of Record” (Eclear was…
