Stories of the Week

Digital Story of the Week: Airways will allow ba.com users to hold seats for up to 72
hours without booking for a down payment of as little as £5. BA announced the move
on the 21st August saying: “This will give customers the time to make sure they’re
happy with their flight choices before paying for them”.

Cruise Story of the Week: Advantage has joined together with cruise group CLIA to
hold a series of regional cruise conferences for Cruise Champions and members
looking to grow their cruise business. One-day events will run in Birmingham on 8
October at Jurys Inn, Broad Street, Leeds on 9 October at Hilton Leeds City Centre,
Neville Street, and London on 22 October at Radisson Blu Portman, Portman Square.

Hotel Story of the Week: Taj Hotels and Resorts is to feature in a new television
documentary on the BBC. Due to air on BBC2, Hotel India is a four-part series and
launches on August 27 at 8pm.

Partnership Story of the Week: Princess Cruises is to offer a new chocolate range on
board after partnering with chocolatier Norman Love. The range will be unveiled on
Regal Princess during its inaugural Caribbean season and then rolled out to the rest
of the fleet in 2015.

Travel Story of the Week: Travel association Abta has predicted upwards of two million
UK residents will go on holiday over the August Bank Holiday, up more than 200,000
on last year. Abta said the Balearic and Canary Islands in Spain would again be the
most-popular overseas destinations, along with Greece, Turkey and Tunisia.

Cruise Story of the Week #2: Cruise & Maritime Voyages is giving potential customers
a taster of life onboard by offering lunch or dinner, bed and breakfast on the Marco
Polo while it is docked at the London Cruise Terminal in Tilbury in October. The
chance to dine on the ship will be available on October 3 or 4 and guests can also
choose to stay overnight in one of the cabins and have breakfast the following
morning before disembarking.