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NEW FEATURE - Some of the week’s more memorable quotes

29 APR: A gathering of travel-related comments from around the world.

"The Internet has its place. If you want to book there please go ahead. But don’t waste my time and use my knowledge to get tips and then brag about how you saved $10 by booking it online. Some people out there seem to think it’s a crime to want to make a living".

Travel agent ‘Angela of Sydney’ commenting on a Murdoch media website yesterday about a story dealing with travel agents and the web.


"I have not had a fight with my wife in two years. It feels great. I no longer choose to be right. I choose to be happy".

Ric Elias, a passenger on the US Airways plane which landed safely on New York’s Hudson River two years ago, talking in a website video this week about how his escape from death has changed his life.


"The cruise lines are going into panic mode. They have moved all this hardware over there and they need to fill the beds".

Respected American cruise industry journalist Mike Driscoll telling national newspaper USA Today about the reported difficulties cruise lines are having filling massively-increased European summer capacity.


"We are honoured and delighted to be playing a small part in such a great day".

Jeremy Goring, head of The Goring Hotel in London, which has reportedly spent £150,000 tarting up rooms where where Kate Middleton is at this moment spending the last night before her wedding


"We’ve been sending them out there a lot lately to put the lid on craziness".

Los Angeles Police Dept commander Andy Smith telling the LA Times yesterday about a boost in police patrols at Venice Beach, one of LA’s top tourist attractions.


"The distances are very, very great. You wouldn’t stop going to New York because of a problem in Dallas".

Mexico Tourism Board executive Rodolfo Negrete responding to a stepped-up US travel warning by saying that violent crime in Mexico is taking place well away from main tourism areas.


"It should be on the table for consideration".

US National Transportation Safety Board member Mark Rosekind on his suggestion that air traffic controllers should be allowed to have on-the-job naps of 20 to 30 minutes.

 
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News in Brief for 22 May

GREEK CANCELLATIONS Europe low-fare carrier Ryanair has reportedly confirmed that it will cut 82 flights a week to the Greek holiday islands of Rhodes and Kos after local authorities allegedly failed to honour a joint summer marketing campaign with the airline.

STANSTED STRIKE Baggage handlers at London’s Stansted airport plan a series of strikes from this weekend after negotiations on shift changes broke down. The 150 workers are employed by Swissport, which handles baggage for Ryanair and a number of UK holiday airlines.

AIRLINE DENIES CUTS Air France-KLM denied plans to cut 5,000 jobs by 2015 through a voluntary redundancy plan, as reported by French daily Le Figaro. "For the moment there are absolutely no negotiations about possible job cuts, these are just rumours," a spokeswoman told reporters.

MEXICAN REVIVAL? Mexicana Airlines, which suspended flights for financial reasons in August 2010, may re-launch operations next month after Spanish hotel and air transport group Med Atlantica acquired 95% of the bankrupt carrier’s shares.

THAI SACKING The board of Thai Airways is reported to have sacked the airline’s chairman, with a spokesman saying he was "unable to work in unity with the strategy committee".