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Editorial
Editor
editor’sletter
Adam Coulter
020 7921 8007
Chief Sub-Editor
Paul Revel
020 7921 8017
Last month I said the business travel landscape looked
Business Travel Reporter
Martin Ferguson
confusing. This month it’s all become starkly clear. After
020 7921 8011 Keep in touch: tell
Art Director
months of big talk by airlines, TMCs and GDSs about how it
Tanja Rusi
me your thoughts
Art Editor
had been a great year so far, transactions were still high,
Jasveer Mehay
on ttgbusiness
Web Content Editor
– what you like,
premium cabins still full, phones still ringing for bookings...
Charlotte Walsh
what you want to
the credit crunch has finally bitten the business travel sector
Commercial
Sales Director
see more of and
– and in a big way.
Deborah Dewe
020 7921 8025
anything you think
Sponsorship Sales Director The first indication was BA’s 8.6% drop in the number of
Jamison Nesbitt
we’ve missed.
020 7921 8457
people flying at the front of the plane in September, followed
Business Sales Manager
Contact me at:
Robert Gray
020 7921 8044
ttgbusiness.com
by letters to 1,400 middle managers offering
Business Development Manager
Emma Barnes
voluntary redundancy. Then last month
020 7921 8508
Advertising Manager
American Express dropped a bombshell – it
Sheryl Makin
020 7921 8023
would be slashing 7,000 people, or 10% of its
Recruitment and Classified
global workforce. Amex wouldn’t say where the
Craig McQuinn
Group Head Recruitment Advertising
axe would fall – card or business travel – but
020 7921 8019
an even split is likely, as the company is hit
Production
Stephen Miller
by the double whammy of less people
Production Manager
020 7921 8027
travelling so less people using their card.
Tassanie Johnston
Production Controller
020 7560 4032
Who’s next? I would advise a note of
Circulation
Angie Cole
caution to anyone thinking of slashing
020 7921 8188
their most valuable resource: don’t do it as
Publishing
Publisher a kneejerk reaction. Where else can the fat
Paula Martin
020 7921 8026
be trimmed first? Come up with smarter
Group Director
David Goulthorpe
ways of working. Convince your clients you
Editorial Advisory Board are invaluable – a downturn is the perfect
Simone Buckley, Julian Cartwright,
Lisa Eastwood, Andy Hibbert,
Norman Gage, Ashleigh Murray, opportunity to prove your value. Anyone
Danny Price, James Runnicles
can do it when times are good.
How to Contact Us
EMAIL: Individual’s initial followed by
surname@ttgbusiness.com
Which is why I’m looking forward to
WEBSITE:
www.ttgbusiness.com
ADDRESS: Travel Trade Gazette, First Floor,
Ludgate House, 245 Blackfriars Road, celebrating the achievements of agents and
London SE1 9UY
© CMP Information Ltd 2008
suppliers who’ve worked hard throughout the
year, at this year’s ttgbusiness Awards, which
takes place on December 9. Find out who’s
made the shortlist on p12&13. Good luck!
Adam Coulter, editor
The ttgbusiness Awards 2008: for all the information you need, visit
ttgbusinessawards.com
ttgbusiness.com a79 november 2008
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