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It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the Guilds April Newsletter, in recent months the Guild has started the process of change to take it forward into being an Internationally recognised members focused trade association. With the launch of the New Guild website we have created more opportunities for our members to promote their businesses on-line to a growing International audience, through our growing presence at key industry trade shows, our members will have further opportunity to reach their target audiences without the overwhelming associated costs and through our Joint Venture Partnership scheme we can now support your business to expand into the growing Asian market place. However not everything will change, for along side these new initiatives we will of course continue to run the events that bring you, our members, together to network and enjoy the company of other professionals in the travel and tourism industry - Please do not hesitate to contact either myself of Nigel Bishop with any thoughts or comments and I look forward to welcoming you all in Hong Kong should you find yourself coming this way.
Have a good month and thank you for your continuing support.
Steven Ballantyne
Director of International Development
The Guild of Travel and Tourism
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| New Guild Website: www.traveltourismguild.com |
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The Guild launched its new and updated website last month. We hope you find the new site informative and easy to use but if you have any comments or suggestions please do not hesitate to contact Nigel Bishop by emailing nigel.bishop@traveltourismguild.com
Guild Membership - to make life easy we have introduced the PayPal Facility. Memberships and payment for events can now be completed and paid for on-line, by credit/debit card, however we are still accepting payment by cheque or by the Standing Order Mandate. Complete the Membership Application Form and email it or post it to The Guild. Click on the Join The Guild Tab for details of membership categories and associated members benefits. Join all the other new Guild members who have signed up through the website in the last few weeks and receive the NEW GUILD MEMBERSHIP CARD as sponsored by ICE Currency exchange.
Platinum, Gold and Silver Corporate Members have special offers on advertising banners on the website with six months free space and reductions on rates. This is a real opportunity to promote your company's products and services to a wide, discerning and professional market, both in the UK and overseas, especially Hong Kong/Asia. Contact The Guild to discuss promotional opportunities for your business, whether advertising or sponsorship of Guild events. Platinum and Gold Corporate members also have complimentary Holidayguard Annual Travel Insurance and two free tickets a year to any Guild event, including the House of Lords.
Guild Business Directory listing is complimentary for Corporate members and a small annual fee for other business members.
Join The Guild Now! With automatic registration into The Guild's Travel Club, take advantage of the latest special offers for members (Rome, Tuscany, St Lucia, Thailand and Western Australia) plus the range of travel services provided by Flight Centre who manage the Guild Travel Club.
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| Recent and Upcoming Guild Events - Remember you can now book and pay for you and your guest via the Guilds on-line PayPal Facility |
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Ziva Werber of Hotel-Hotline, Karen Luard KP Communications, Janet Driver of ETOA and Nigel Bishop CEO of The Guild at the InvestHK Chinese New Year Reception at the Banqueting House, Whitehall.
The Guild also hosted a black tie event at the House of Lords where over 60 Guild members had the great pleasure to hear Rebecca Stephens OBE recount her adventures on the 7 great summits she spoke openly about how the travel industry helped her achieve here ambition. This was the first in the new dream series of talks by Great Explorers and Adventures the Guild will be hosting.
29 April 2010 Evening Business Reception at MIC Hotel and Conference Centre, focussing on Social Enterprise and Corporate Social Responsibility in the travel industry.
Sponsored by MIC. Guest Speaker Trevor Lynn, Joint CEO of The Grow Organisation.
19 May 2010 House of Lords Business Luncheon in conjunction with the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Guest Speaker His Excellency The Belgian Ambassador to the UK.
22 June 2010 Guild Summer Barbecue at The Montague on the Garden Hotel in Bloomsbury, London, a Red Carnation Hotel. Enjoy an evenings' relaxation in the delightful garden surroundings of The Montague in the centre of London.
Full details on all these events on the website or from The Guild Tel: 020 7583 6333 or email: enquiries@traveltourismguild.com.
Guild Members have been kindly invited by the London Chamber of Commerce to a Hospitality and Leisure Economic Briefing entitled 'What next for London' with a team of expert speakers from PriceWaterhouseCoopers which takes place on 27 April 2010 at the London Chamber of Commerce office in the City of London. The travel industry represents 10% of the GDP of London and it is vital that our vibrant industry continues to grow and flourish.
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| The Guild to open first International Chapter in Hong Kong |
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 The Guild will shortly be announcing the launch date of its first International Chapter in Hong Kong. With a dedicated Asia Member's page on the website, a list of new events and an enhanced range of benefits there is no better time to join The Guild and be part of its growing business to business community. There is no need to stand alone when you have the International Guild of Travel and Tourism supporting you in your business endeavours.
Members are welcome from all aspects of the travel, tourism and hospitality sectors including suppliers to the travel industry.
'Working as one organisation and community rather than independent country chapters'.
Country and international members will be able to promote their business through The Guild including sponsorship of high profile trade events in the UK, Asia, Middle East, Africa and the Americas. The Guild will continue to encourage members to use The Guild as a key business resource says Steven Ballantyne, Director of the Hong Kong Asia Chapter.
The Hong Kong Chapter will be a bridge for developing industry business relations between Asia and Europe. Hong Kong is one of the great international business cities and its strategic location in the heart of Asia makes it the ideal location for The Guild's first move into the global arena.
This heralds an exciting new era for The Guild and I am delighted to be taking this initiative and leading this move towards making The Guild a leading international voice for the travel industry - Steven Ballantyne, The Guild's International Development Director.
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| The Guild at World Travel Market 2010 |
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The Guild has contracted to exhibit at WTM 8-11 November 2010 giving members the exciting opportunity of promoting their products and business services to thousands of travel professionals who will be visiting WTM from around the world. Members can either partner The Guild by sharing the stand in the UK/Ireland Area of WTM or have The Guild display your promotional literature on your behalf. Contact Nigel Bishop at The Guild for full details.
The Guild will also have a stand at ITB Asia in Singapore 20-22 October 2010, its first International trade stand for its members. To register your interest or for further information please email enquiries@traveltourismguild.com
ITE Hong Kong and ITE M I C E will be held on 10/11 June 2010 with the two following days open to the public.
'With the recognised growing markets in Asia and China this will be an important event to attend to not only build relationships and promote The Guild's Hong Kong Chapter but also to promote the business interests of Guild members in the UK' stated Steven Ballantyne, The Guild's International Development Director.
As indicated on the ITE Expo website the UNWTO recently forecast the world's travel and tourism industry will grow this year by 3 to 4%. In the first two months of this year tourism outbound from China and Hong Kong grew by double digits! China's tourism institute forecasts outbound growth this year of 11% to 54 million.
Steven will be attending EXPO and can arrange promotional opportunities for Guild members at the event, for further details please email steven.ballantyne@traveltourismguild.com or via his personal email address steven@expeditionmanagement.com
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| Standard Life Healthcare |
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The Guild has teamed up with Standard Life Healthcare (SLH) to provide members with Private Medical Care for Individual Personal Plans and Business Healthcare. SLH will offer members a dedicated, confidential and thoroughly professional service. A core healthcare plan is offered which then can be enhanced by selected benefit modules to meet specific health needs. Business Healthcare features employers arranging private medical insurance cover for themselves and staff with benefit modules to accommodate the specific needs of your business and workforce.
A major plus point for all members is that all new Private Medical Insurance policies arranged under this partnership with SLH qualify for 1 Free Month's cover.
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| Radisson Hotels |
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Guild Corporate member Radisson Hotels is now Europe's largest Upscale Hotel Brand with the merging of Radisson Blu and Radisson Edwardian Hotels the group has 170 hotels providing over 38000 rooms across the continent!
Radisson Blu is still growing fast with the first property in Madrid opening this month and in May the Radisson Royal Hotel Moscow, better known until now as the Hotel Ukraina in one of Stalin's legendary 'Seven Sisters' skyscrapers. New Radisson Blu Hotels will be opening in Milan, Johannesburg, Lagos and Maputo in the next few months. www.rezidor.com for more information.
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| Thank you for reading the April Newsletter of the Guild of Travel and Tourism and your continuing support of our work, please note you must be a member to benefit from the increasing promotional opportunities we have available, it is only through your memberships that we can continue to develop and grow.
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