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Sexy black shorts and high
heels is the new look
Wow! Assertive, young, successful women can
now dare to totally be themselves, wear sexy
Credit card firms
black shorts plus high heels to present a serious
topic to hundreds of people at the Abta Travel
Convention AND be taken seriously and
complemented by all. How times have changed!
If anyone is still moaning that there aren’t
enough women at board level, just take a look
can ‘charge back’
at this woman. At 24, Emma Reynolds, the
co-founder of Ask GenY, said herself that she
has known only “equality”. The thought that
a woman couldn’t reach as high as she wanted DO AGENTS realise that Visa and LET We pay the bank for this “privilege”
to in her career is simply unthinkable. Her Mastercard can exercise their
OF THE
TER
– what do we get in return?
talk at the Travel Convention backed up what right to issue a charge-back to Yes, we have the option of selling
I’ve always thought. the travel agent who has booked
WEEK
clients insurance for financial cover,
Women can go into any job in travel, climb their client on a failed airline, but to cover ourselves this means
the ladder and choose if they want to take on hotel or ferry Company? we need to make it compulsory. This is
the stress of a boardroom role and combine that Have agents actually had this happen another add-on for the client, but the agent
career with children. Some will take on the chal- yet? I rang the credit card companies for would not lose out on any charge-back, which
lenge, some will not; however, that’s their choice. clarification on this point, and was told Visa could amount to a fair sum.
I have been running a successful business for and Mastercard have every right to do this. Life in this business is not getting any
the last 15 years. When I set up New Frontiers, Obviously, agents do not have a problem with easier, that’s for sure!
I was in my 20s and wouldn’t have dared to anything that is bonded.
even wear dangly earrings or high heels to a Retailers have virtually been forced to Pat Svanberg.
meeting. I guess you could say I even tried to accept credit cards as payment for supplies. owner, Chobham Travel, Surrey
look like a man – all just to be taken seriously!
It is wonderful how women can now be
accepted seriously in business and I’d like to Thanks to Sunvil and Greek know operators still value the support of agents.
thank Emma for being so liberating for us all. Islands Club for great fam John and the staff from Sunvil were great fun.
I would like to say thank you to Sunvil and Greek
Julia Feuell Islands Club for a wonderful fam trip to Crete. Nikki Birch
managing director, New Frontiers In this current economic climate it’s good to senior travel consultant, Madison Travel
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