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Could group solos holidays help combat the loneliness epidemic?

What is it about travel that solidifies friendships? If you’re stuck in a rut and struggling to make meaningful connections, a lucky-dip trip with a bunch of strangers could be the answer, says Lucy Thackray

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iTWire - me&u picks Barry as CEO

Hospitality technology provider me&u has appointed former Trafalgar and Contiki managing director Katrina Barry to the role of CEO. "Since lau...

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World Business Report

and for companies like contiki, who target 18—35—year—olds — do their potential consumers look for responsible tourism holidays? joining me now is tasha hayes, sustainability officer & european operations director, contiki. good morning to use. i'm assuming your potential customers care a lot about the impact they have on the planet when they are travelling? goad when they are travelling? good mornin: , when they are travelling? good morning, certainly, _ when they are travelling? good morning, certainly, they i when they are travelling? good morning, certainly, they do. i morning, certainly, they do. and recent research done by the world travel market really shows a telling generational divide here. we are seeing that 70% of 16-24 divide here. we are seeing that 70% of 16—24 —year—olds are willing to pay more money if companies will assist them in becoming more sustainable, which is a little bit different from the 35 to a0 —year—olds who said that they would only do that 9% of the time, so yes we are seeing a real generational divide and the contiki age group really wanting to travel more sustainably. 50 wanting to travel more sustainably.— wanting to travel more sustainably.

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World Business Report

wanting to travel more sustainabl. . . sustainably. so what are you offerin: sustainably. so what are you offering at — sustainably. so what are you offering at contiki _ sustainably. so what are you offering at contiki to - sustainably. so what are you offering at contiki to make i offering at contiki to make someone's holiday that much more sustainable?— someone's holiday that much more sustainable? well, contiki has done a _ more sustainable? well, contiki has done a few— more sustainable? well, contiki has done a few things _ more sustainable? well, contiki has done a few things and i more sustainable? well, contiki has done a few things and a i more sustainable? well, contiki has done a few things and a lot| has done a few things and a lot of it was predated to covid. we have a sustainability strategy in place which focuses on 11 goals that we believe have the most impact to the biggest issueis most impact to the biggest issue is that the climate is facing right now, like climate change, so with that we got a climate action plan which is a 5—step plan that is looking at ways that we can first reduce emissions because that is very key. second, remove carbon from the atmosphere, and then use offsets for any unavoidable emissions that we can't avoid, being a travel company. ﬁn emissions that we can't avoid, being a travel company.- being a travel company. on a ractical being a travel company. on a practical level, _ being a travel company. on a practical level, what - being a travel company. on a practical level, what does i being a travel company. on a | practical level, what does that mean for someone going on a holiday? what is different about their holiday? from the first ofjanuary _ about their holiday? from the first ofjanuary 2022, - about their holiday? from the first ofjanuary 2022, all i about their holiday? from the first ofjanuary 2022, all of i first of january 2022, all of our trips will be carbon neutral, meaning that we will be offsetting the emissions for those trips that are unavoidable but what we're doing on the that we will be

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World Business Report

using the most eco— friendly fleet of coaches, we are also subbing some of our coaching for trains, subbing some of our coaching fortrains, being subbing some of our coaching for trains, being a subbing some of our coaching fortrains, being a more subbing some of our coaching for trains, being a more eco— friendly way to travel around. we are looking at, or we have implemented renewable energy at our owned properties, and we are also looking at ways that we can actually on the ground make a difference with the communities and people that are visiting. communities and people that are visitinu. �* , . , visiting. and 'ust really brieﬂy. _ visiting. and 'ust really briefly, what- visiting. and just really briefly, what markup . visiting. and just really i briefly, what markup does all of that put on someone's holiday. what percentage or are they paying because of that? well, nothing actually because all of these costs are on contiki, we are absorbing because we believe that this is the way, the future of travel. we know that travellers are talking with their money and they are wanting to support brands that are doing this so this is something that as a company we are factoring in and it is part of our cost as a business.— it is part of our cost as a business. �* . ~', ., business. all right, thanks for beinu business. all right, thanks for bein: on business. all right, thanks for being on the _ business. all right, thanks for being on the programme, i business. all right, thanks for. being on the programme, good business. all right, thanks for i being on the programme, good to talk to you. some of us may

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Xigera, the Versailles of the African bush

Xigera, the Versailles of the African bush
An exclusive first look at Botswana’s grand new safari camp, a spectacular monument to a travel industry tycoon
23 February 2021 - 20:22 By David Pilling
Stanley Tollman’s instructions were clear. Build a safari lodge in Botswana’s Okavango Delta and make it the finest of its type in the world.
“The brief was simple,” says Anton de Kock, the architect engaged for the task. “Mr Tollman said: ‘I want an extraordinary camp. I want an extraordinary experience.’ That was the word: ‘extraordinary’. And knowing Mr T, it had to be the best of the best.”..

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HP Business Class: John Anderson from Contiki

HP Business Class: John Anderson from Contiki
17 Feb, 2021 06:06 AM
3 minutes to read
NZ Herald
Contiki buses usually don't attract much attention from people in their 80s. But every time John Anderson sees one, he smiles. That's because Contiki was his brainchild, way back in 1962.
"I always wave because I think to myself, if it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be having the time of your life."
Anderson built the business out of necessity. He'd arrived in London with plans to see Europe, but without the cash to make it happen. A born entrepreneur, he posted a notice saying he had "just two seats left" on a non-existent camping tour of the continent. His ploy worked, and he quickly had the numbers he needed to make it happen.

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Overseas travel was a rite of passage for heaps of young Aussies. What will replace it?

When I was travelling in Europe one time (yes, pre-pandemic) I heard a joke among some British friends.
They said when you meet an Australian traveller, you'd better be careful about offhandedly offering them hospitality, or saying they should pop round for a cuppa - cos Aussies overseas will definitely take you up on it, and sooner or later you'll end up with an eager backpacker on your doorstep, wondering which couch they'll be sleeping on and what's for dinner.
"That whole backpacking spirit was really a part of Australians' DNA," says Chris Zeiher from Lonely Planet.
"The idea of just hopping from place to place and making up your own itinerary as you go along was a rite of passage for so many young Australians."

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