Just over 13 yrs ago at my 20-wk scan of my first baby, doctors detected my son had severe bilateral talipes. I was told he might never walk. On Saturday, he & I completed the 10k Magic Run at
@DisneylandParis
together in 1hr 3mins (including 3 filming stops!) 🏃🏼♂️🏃🏼♀️😍
@magicbreaks
Just found this on the desk downstairs. Written by my daughter for the elderly lady who lives across the road but whom we don’t really know. I didn’t ask Marijke to do this. She’s done it completely of her own volition and it’s made me a bit teary!
#LockdownLoveliness
NOOOOO!!! This
@BBCBreakfast
reporter Roger Johnson
@RogerJ_01
just said that it’s illegal to book a foreign holiday. It is not!! You can’t currently travel abroad but you can absolutely book! BBC - you can’t keep getting this wrong. It’s really damaging to the travel industry!
And we’re off! So excited to be travelling again and so grateful to
@VirginAtlantic
for hosting me on this flying visit to Barbados. Absolutely seamless through the airport and the Virgin crew so welcoming and friendly. Clearly so happy to have customers back. Thanks
@LeeHaslett
One of the saddest days in my career, seeing a brand like Thomas Cook collapse. Read this piece by
@travelweekly
head of news
@amiekeeley
about Thomas Cook: A 178-year history | Travel Weekly
Actually, you said it would “kill us off” and therefore ruled out pre-arrival tests. This was the
@travelweekly
report of that just 24 hours earlier. If you know it’s going to be a fatal blow for travel, then you surely must now offer sector-specific support for travel?
#uturn
As the scientists work to understand new Omicron variant we need to apply additional caution until picture is clearer. We appreciate this will be difficult for the travel sector as we prioritise public health & protect the progress of our world-leading vax & booster programme 💉
This is my truly AMAZING Mum. Setting off first thing on foot this morning, to make it through the snow to the hospital for her cancer treatment!
#awesome
#inspiration
#love
Arrived! It’s boiling! Through immigration and collecting bags. Great flights with
@KLM_UK
- and now to the hotel. We start climbing at 8.30am tomorrow morning 🏔
#GTrekforgood
Pleased to be asked by
@BBCBenThompson
to explain the plight of the travel industry through the Covid crisis for his 2020 Business Review for
@BBCNews
. Spoke about refunds, how the industry works, cruise & crucially, pent-up demand for future travel.
@travelweekly
So my kids & I spent Saturday making this, so we could sneak into my Mum’s back garden and surprise her today. We waved through the window - & left a 3-course meal, some treats, flowers & cards on the back doorstep. Not the Mother’s Day we planned but very special all the same x
It feels like there’s a never-ending stream of bad news at the moment. So today,
@travelweekly
is launching ‘Travel’s Good Deed Feed’, highlighting the positive stories that are emerging from the desperate situation we are all facing. Please add yours ❤️
Extremely proud that
@travelweekly
continues to offer all our content FREE to the travel industry, particularly during such challenging times for everyone. It’s hugely important to us as we work with you & for you, towards brighter times ahead.
#inform
#support
#connect
#inspire
Wow. What loyalty and solidarity.
@ThomasCookUK
employees already tweeting me, saying they are still going to the Thomas Cook head office in Peterborough today to “support each other”. Such a sad day.
@UK_CAA
How beautiful does Dame Irene Hays look?! “It’s been very difficult through the past year; it’s been very difficult losing John; so to receive the call inviting me to name Iona was very special,” says Dame Irene.
@HaysTravel
@travelweekly
My home for two nights - the O2 Beach Club in Barbados with
@VirginAtlantic
. Pinching myself to be somewhere like this after two years of not travelling.
Utterly heartbreaking 💔. If you do one thing today...watch the raw emotion displayed by agent Kate Harris of Inspired Travel on this webcast about the Chancellor’s Job Support Scheme & more. There will be many more agents just like Kate.
#SaveFutureTravel
Wow! What a day. Fantastic to see so many familiar faces joining together in Westminster to
#speakupfortravel
on the
#TravelDayOfAction
. Great that almost 40 MPs came out to listen. Let’s hope our efforts are rewarded. A big thank you too to my amazing
@travelweekly
team
What an absolute honour it was to co-host the
@travelweekly
Globe Travel Awards with
@StuParish
&
@RichardEGrant
last Thursday night! We are planning our ‘Globes Special’ coverage now with loads of fab pics of you all! Don’t miss it! And congrats to all our winners!
#TWGlobes
TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT! After 26 long months, we can’t wait to bring you The Globe Travel Awards again! Almost 1,300 of you are joining us at The Grosvenor Hotel on Park Lane for the biggest, most credible & most coveted awards in
#travel
. Can’t wait to see you & celebrate
#TWGlobes
Last week,11 travel industry fools climbed the highest mountain in Africa - Mt Kilimanjaro. It was the hardest thing any of us has ever done. We were raising money for
@PlaneterraCares
&
@ABTALifeLine
. There’s still time to donate!
All dressed up with my daughter for the virtual naming ceremony of
@pandocruises
new ship
#iona
. Congratulations everyone involved. She looks magnificent!
@travelweekly
A big thank to
@bigbustours
for providing us with our
#TravelDayOfAction
‘Battle Bus’ today, from which we will be bringing you live coverage & interviews with leading travel company CEOs, associations & agents. Watch our live stream from Westminster on
“We’ve reached the end of our tether. We’ve always said that working with government has been the way forward but we’re now at a point of taking legal action because the Govt’s actions do not reflect that work we’ve put in with them,” says
@TUIUK
MD Flintham
#travelmatters
We aired a webcast y’day which showed brave Kate Harris
@inspired_kate
breaking down over her struggle to save her business from the pandemic. It’s been picked up by
@travelmail
. Make sure you keep sharing this far and wide until Government listens!
THOMAS COOK AGENTS:
@travelweekly
has pulled together a comprehensive directory of all the travel firms keen to take you on! Take a look at the link below for all the vacancies and opportunities available and let us know if you manage to secure a new role. Good luck everyone x
Thomas Cook: Job vacancy directory for affected staff:
Dozens of travel firms have come forward offering Thomas Cook staff jobs or career advice after 9,000 staff were left unemployed by the travel giant’s collapse. Travel Weekly has put together a dire…
Good luck to all travel agents who are re-opening their branches today...some with a locked door policy, some appointment-only, all with social distancing measures in place. It’s a start! Thinking of you all.
A massive THANK YOU to the thousands of agents who voted in the 2020
@travelweekly
Globe Travel Awards. The votes have been counted & verified (always wanted to say that!) and the trophies were sent to the engravers y’day. Just 1 week to go til we find out who has won!
#twglobes
Just walked home from work and a neighbour, who works for the Greenwich Observatory, had set up his epic telescope in the street and was inviting residents out to come and view Saturn. It was so clear - just like this. Amazing!
Some good news of our own this morning...
@travelweekly
parent company Jacobs Media Group wins
#queensaward
for international growth. Very proud to work for such a dynamic company, 100% commited to the travel industry
Two weeks today and we will all be gathering at the biggest event in the travel calendar...The Globe Travel Awards. We are expecting a record 1,300 of you on Jan 17, in
@travelweekly
’s 50th year! Can’t wait to see you all for a truly spectacular night
#twglobes
Gutted for the brilliant
@CalvertRichard1
,
@janeatkins65
& Specialist Leisure Group/Shearings team. Know they would have tried everything to save the 117-year-old company. Full story
I popped into my local travel agent this morning to show my support and to see how they were coping/managing. They were all working hard to advise and rebook clients but remained in good spirits. Lovely to see you Team
@baldwinstravel
in Tonbridge. Hang in there! Xxx
Ahhh! At last year’s
@travelweekly
Globe Travel Awards, I got to present my Dad with an award. It was a really special moment. But what will this year’s special moments be....?!
#TWGlobes
#2020
Can’t tell you how lovely it was to see this one in person yesterday as we filmed a
@CLIAGlobal
event in London together (but quite far apart!). Best day I’ve had in ages. Thank you
@UKAndyHarmer
Wishing all our wonderful readers a happy, healthy & successful New Year from everyone at
@travelweekly
. See you in 2020! Maybe even at the biggest-ever
#TWGlobes
, which are now just over two weeks away on January 16th! 😉 xxx
And so I’m off to Tanzania! En route to the airport to meet my fellow travel industry trekkers to attempt to scale Mount Kilimanjaro. It’s all very real now! 😬🥶. There’s still time to donate to this very worthy cause if you are able to xx
#Gtrekforgood
@BBCNews
If they’d booked with a trusted, experienced agent, they would have been told all about this requirement and would have been ready and able to travel.
#BookWithAnAgent
Tonight’s the night! Can’t wait to see you all at the
@travelweekly
Agent Achievement Awards tonight! All 950 of you!! It’s going to be a fantastic night. Thanks to all our sponsors and everyone hosting our industry’s amazing agents! See you all later!
#TWAAAs
Morning! En route to
@travelweekly
’s first LIVE, IN-PERSON event since last March!!! Today it’s our Future of Travel conference in partnership with Google & I am so looking forward to see the 200+ delegates that are coming! We have some great content for you!
@twfutureoftravel
Thanks so much
@GiantChimp
,
@antonioparadiso
& all at
@MSC_Cruises_UK
for the beautiful flowers and champagne you sent me today to celebrate my 50th birthday. So lovely and thoughtful of you! I’ve had the most wonderful day! Xxx
On the
@BBCTheOneShow
tonight,
@TheJaneMcDonald
talks about how devastating the pandemic is on the cruise industry, the travel industry in general and specifically mentions how hard travel agents have been hit. Good on you Jane!
#WellSaid
👏🏻
Well that’s charming! A man I don’t know has decided to post this on social media about me. Good job I have a thick skin! But seriously, who does this kind of thing?
#BeKind
This is good. Every passenger gets given one of these packs when they fly
@VirginAtlantic
. It contains 3 face-coverings so you can refresh your mask every 4 hrs, wipes, hand santitising gel & a waste bag. The airline says it has a “zero tolerance policy” on pax not wearing masks
Agent, Kate Harris, owner of Inspired Travel
@inspired_kate
, has now made it into The Mirror newspaper as well. Plus we’ve been contacted by radio stations and BBCBreakfast! Let’s keep pushing to highlight the plight of travel agents all over the UK!
Ok....it’s the week of the
@travelweekly
Globe Travel Awards! We can’t wait to host you at the Grosvenor Hotel on Thurs evening and have loads of surprises in store! Who’s coming? And who’s excited?! With thanks to headline partner
@HearstUK
& all our fantastic sponsor x
First glimpse of
@AzamaraPursuit
in Southampton ahead of her Christening today! And also a cuddle with my Godmother’s Angel, the lovely Lori! Thank you
@AzamaraVoyages
Extremely honoured to collect this certificate from
@voiceoftravel
President
@jodooey
for 25 years’ of
@travelweekly
supporting the Scottish Passenger Agent Association Awards, a partnership set up by my Dad, Trevor Harding when he was publisher & MD of magazine
#proud
#honoured
News meeting with my team - virtual style! Lovely to see you all in your homes this morning. Keep being brilliant. I am so proud of you all!
@travelweekly
The wait is over! Tonight, hundreds of agents will be joining us at the Westminster Park Plaza for the 2022 Agent Achievement Awards. We can’t wait to see you all and celebrate your successes. We have a fantastic night in store! See you later! Lots of love, Lucy xx
One of my fave pictures of the night - my beautiful friend
@janetparton
of
@CosmosTradeUK
, with our host - the absolutely brilliant & charming Oscar-nominated, Hollywood A-list actor
@RichardEGrant
at the
#TWGlobes
. It doesn’t get much better!
En route to Westminster Park Plaza for a full day of rehearsals ahead of the amazing
#TWAAAs
tonight! We’re going to give you a fantastic evening everyone! The event is completely sold out - we even have a wait list! Reply if you’re one of the lucky ones with a ticket! 😀🎉👍🌟🍾
Just heard this on
@BBCBreakfast
re refunds. “If you booked through a travel agent then it’s more complicated as they may be holding onto your money.” Please, this isn’t helpful. Agents have invariably passed clients’ money onto airlines & operators so can’t repay it quickly.
Ok, so I resisted tweeting all day yesterday, but I can’t help myself. Shaved another 10 seconds off my previous PB at
@parkrunUK
! 30th female out of 531 runners! New PB is 26.43! Son Tom cruised past me in final field to record 26.27, so new PB for him too! 🏃♂️🏃🏼♀️
As the scientists work to understand new Omicron variant we need to apply additional caution until picture is clearer. We appreciate this will be difficult for the travel sector as we prioritise public health & protect the progress of our world-leading vax & booster programme 💉
I want to thank my amazing team for their extraordinary work over the last few weeks, & the last 7 days in particular; producing this issue but also keeping our Coronavirus news blog & Resource Centre constantly updated. You’re a credit to journalism and to the travel industry
This week’s digital edition is out now, and what a week it’s been:
Agents work round the clock to get clients home; Abta & CAA strive for agreement on refunds; plus full coverage from our
#coronavirus
round-table:
Double celebration today - Christmas and my mum’s 80th birthday! Here she is with all her grandchildren! (and I know I’m biased but I think she looks fabulous!).
Well I have been thoroughly spoilt for Mother’s Day! My 11-year-old daughter made me ginger, honey and garlic filet steak, with wok-fried pak choi and coconut rice, followed by a delicious vanilla and raspberry panna cotta!!! All by herself. It was truly amazing! 😋😋😋
And while I’m reminiscing...this was another really special moment, presenting my Dad, former
@travelweekly
publisher Trevor Harding, with a special award to mark the magazine’s 50th anniversary and the huge role he played in its history x
Thank you all so much for your lovely messages, posts and phone calls about our news yesterday that
@travelweekly
is returning to print next week - and EVERY WEEK thereafter. We just want to support you all as best we can and we are overwhelmed by your positive feedback.
Just over two weeks until the
@travelweekly
Agent Achievement Awards when we will be honouring all the best agents in the UK! Who’s coming? Make sure you have got a ticket! We have lots of surprises in store! 😁🎉🥳🏆
#TWAAAs
Just want to give a huge shout-out to my incredible team who have worked so hard to produce a fantastic, fresh new look & feel for
@travelweekly
, packed with exciting new content & initiatives to inform, inspire, support & connect the travel whole industry. Thank you all
#yourTW
So delighted for this one on Thurs night....winning the Outstanding Contribution to the Industry award at the
@travelweekly
#TWAAAs
. Never met anyone who works so hard and is so passionate & committed to his work for the
#cruise
sector and for agents
@UKAndyHarmer
We are postponing the
@travelweekly
Agent Achievement Awards to 2021. We felt it was the most appropriate & supportive decision we could take to allow you all to fully focus on the current challenges.