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AUTUMN + CHRISTMAS NETWORKING LUNCH DATES!
SPAA Secretary Janice Hogarth has announced the dates and venues for this year's Autumn and Christmas Networking Lunches.The Autumn Networking Lunch will take place in Glasgow's Marriott Hotel on Tuesday 14 September, and the Christmas Netowrking Lunch -...

SPAA LAUNCHES MEMBER SURVEY PROGRAMME
The SPAA has launched a new programme of electronic Member surveys, designed to augment the Association's drive towards much better and clearer communication - both internal and external.Ebroadcast to 70+ travel agent Member representatives this week...

PEOPLE 1ST PROMOTES FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
In its latest Scottish ebulletin, People 1st - the body charged with providing and promoting training in the hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism sectors - is promoting training funding opportunities for Scottish travel employers.Incentives for employ...

IATA BRINGS SERVICE FEE PAYMENT TO BSP
Effective 01 July 2010, IATA is offering its Travel Agent Service Fee (TASF) product to BSP agents in the UK. TASF enables IATA-accredited travel agents to receive payment of service fees billed to clients' credit cards via the BSP settlement process.IATA...

DEBI'S DIAMOND DIVAS DO IT!
Ten competitive Teams went head-to-head in the 2010 Quiz Final in Glasgow, on Thursday 10 June. It proved to be a real cliffhanger in Travel 2's offices at Skypark on the night, with Sponsors Emirates, Superbreak and holiday autos watching tha action...

SPAA SUMMER BALL HAS TALENT!
Making your own entertainment may be a generation-old concept, but it was proven to be still a very valid one, on the evening of Thursday 17 June, as the nearly 200 SPAA Summer Ball guests at a gloriously sunny Mar Hall were treated to a cabaret which wou...

CONFLICTING REPORTS ON LHR R3 JUDICIAL REVIEW CLARIFIED
Judgement did not quash Government green light to 3rd runway ...Clarification has been forthcoming regarding the lengthy and complex judgement offered by the Judge who conducted the recent Judicial Review into plans for a 3rd runway at Heathow Airport.13...

SPAA HIGHLIGHTS PRIORITIES FOR INCOMING GOVERNMENT
In response to travel media interest in the run-up to the announcement of the General Election, the SPAA has re-iterated clearly the priorities on which the Association has been lobbying the Scottish and UK Governments consistently for some...

FAREWELL TO SPAA SECRETARY ALISDAIR TANNAHILL
Popular Association figure retires after ten years in post ...Well-respected and long-serving SPAA Secretary Alisdair Tannahill bows out of active service on 31 March, having been in post since February 2000. Prior to this, Alisdair had been the Associati...

STRIKE OR NO STRIKE, THE DAMAGE IS ALREADY DONE
Scotland's travellers will be hard hit if the BA strike goes ahead, comments SPAA President ...Writing in a column for ABTN (Air & Business Travel News), SPAA President Brian Potter says, “The British Airways strike looms large. Even if it is called...

bmi, Emirates, Flybe RESPOND TO BA STRIKE DISRUPTION
Focus is on capacity, and services between Scotland and London ...Both bmi and Flybe services between Scotland and the south will operate as normal during the upcoming British Airways strike period, and both carriers have added services to their existing...

BA CONFIRMS RE-BOOKING AND REFUND OPTIONS FOR STRIKE DAYS
Airline publishes plans for first wave of stoppages ...British Airways has issued guidelines to passengers and travel agents in connection with the first wave of upcoming strike action by Unite staff.London Gatwick Long Haul and all London City flights wi...