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Out & about
The lighter side of travel
W
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BELIEVE
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drian Pope
Photos: A
Riches suffers a flower shower
ON last week’s Youtravel.com VIP trip to Rhodes, Nick Jackson threw some particularly
you might well have expected some crockery to impressive shots, while TTG’s Charlotte Walsh
be thrown around in traditional Greek style. managed to take down another delegate with
But instead of plates it was petals that got an overloaded tray of flowers.
chucked to the ground, after a huge flower The TTA’s Steve Clark showcased a nifty
es
fight broke out at the gala dinner. over-arm to shower his opponents, and Kwik eatur
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Waiters brought out hundreds of flower heads Travel’s Steve Briggs demonstrated a stylish R
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for the guests to delicately toss at the Greek technique for batting flowers off his tray. UNBELIEVEABLE: Grand UK Holidays
dancers, but instead the group decided lobbing But guess who suffered the most damage? always holds a staff party at its Norwich
them at each other would be much more fun. That’s right, Youtravel’s Paul Riches, who was head office to celebrate each brochure
A 20-minute battle ensued. Freedom Direct’s pelted on all sides by some heavy flower power. launch. The latest jaunt included fish and
chips, a quiz . . . and Robert Neave from its
Rhodes boys do some
reservations department dressing up in a
W
OULD
one-piece silver jump suit, make-up and a
strictly fun dancing
YO
U wig. His Cher impression went down very
BELIEVE
well, apparently. The similarity is uncanny.
I
T!?
WATCHING traditional local dancers is part and
parcel of an overseas work trip, and it’s often
Abta hosts fail to see
tempting to join in and throw some shapes.
Which is exactly what guests on Youtravel’s
fam trip to Rhodes did.
eye to i with Jamaica
Chadwell Travel’s Chetan Patel was brave
enough to kneel down while another male WHEN Liz Fox, UK director of the Jamaica
dancer heaved a leg over his head. Tourist Board, went to collect her badge for
Travelzoo’s Tom O’Conner then attempted the Travel Convention in Gran Canaria, she was
the same move, and somehow managed to surprised to see she’d apparently switched jobs
make it look like a Russian jig. and was now working for none other than TTG.
But top prizes have to go to Matthew Organisers profusely apologised for the
Todd from Qwerty Travel, who threw caution mistake and arranged to swiftly make her
to the wind with an impressive handstand another badge. But when she went back to
(pictured), and Steve Briggs (that’s him collect the replacement, she discovered they’d
in the pink shirt) of Kwik Travel, whose omitted the letter ‘i’ from the word Jamaica.
high-stepping was matched only by Jamaca, anyone? This was a travel
the glee of his facial expressions. conference! How could they get that wrong?
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