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TRAVEL DAILY INDIATRAVEL DAILY ASIATRAVEL DAILY MIDDLE EASTSINGAPORE TRAVEL NEWSCRUISE NEWS UKwww.traveldailymedia.com/ukFriday 20th July 2012 ▶ P 2Two million head overseas this weekendThomson and First Choice absorb Spanish VAT increase...Two million Britishholidaymakers are expectedto head overseas in the nextfour days as schools break upfor the summer holidays. ABTAexpects most holidaymakers tohead to Spain with the Canaryand Balearic Islands some ofthe most popular destinations.Turkey and Greece are alsopopular destinations, with manytaking advantage of the euroexchange rate and cheaperin-resort prices. Thomson andFirst Choice are set to fly 46,000customers from 18 airports duringthe weekend, also mentioningthe Balearics and Turkey aspopular destinations. Cape Town,Mexico, Greece, Florida andEgypt are also amongst the topsellingdestinations, with a trendtowards more seven-night stays.The company has also absorbedthe increased Spanish VAT rates.“I think people are looking tospend their hard earned cashon holidays they know they willdeliver and which have theirSchool’s out for most pupils this afternoonmeals and lots of activitiesincluded,” said Steve Perridge,general manager of late trading atThomson and First Choice. Clickhere for full story.QUOTEOF THE DAY“It runscontrary to itsstated positionin the recentpast”Belfast InternationalAirport is leftconfused over AerLingus’ switch to CityAer Lingus switches Belfast airportsBorder Force set pre-Olympic strikeImmigration staff are to strike on the day before the Olympics(Thursday 26 July) although only 20% of its membership voted in theballot. According to the Daily Telegraph, unions have also encouragedan overtime ban from 27 July to 20 August, when thousands planto go on their summer holidays or arrive for the Olympics. Around500 emergency staff are expected to help at Heathrow similarly todisruption earlier this year.Aer Lingus has announced itwill switch its flights to GeorgeBest Belfast City Airport laterthis year. The airline previouslyoperated for five years fromBelfast International, which tookto Twitter to voice its confusionover the decision. “It runs contraryto its stated position in the recentpast,” its tweets read. “[BelfastInternational] have (sic) beenoffered no explanation as to whyAer Lingus should move fromthis ‘ideal location’”. The airportcontinued to say that Aer Lingushad taken a u-turn after the airlinesaid Belfast International was“better positioned to facilitate airpassengers” when it first started in2007. Click here for full story.Gatwick rules out second runwayICS TRAVEL GROUP, Indochina’sleading DMC including Indonesiaand India are looking for a SalesRepresentative to strengthen theCandidates must possess a strong product knowledge of theIndochina region, along with a dedication to servicing ourexisting and establishing new agent contacts within the UKand Ireland markets.If you have the above attributes please emailGordon Bell, Director of Sales UK market at gordon@is-intl.comfor further details.Gatwick Airport has said it hasno plans to build a secondrunway although warned it couldbe full by 2030 in is new masterplan for 2020. Following a publicconsultation, the airport revealedit will invest another £1billion from2014 and could grow from carryingits current 34m passengers annuallyGatwick’s South Terminal Arrivalsto 40m by 2021/22. However itwarned that although its capacitycould reach 45m by 2030, theairport would be full at that point.Changes to Gatwick have beenrealised in the last two and a halfyears following a £1.2bn investmentby new owners. Click here for fullstory.follow us onAdvertise with TDUK today! Email us at advertising@traveldaily.co.ukManaging Editor: Amanda Greenwood | Managing Director & Editor: Gary Marshall 36-38 Hanway Street London W1T 1UP United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 207 2686560