Ian Taylor

Wendy Wu has just done a longer set than Lulu. She made me want to shout #TWGlobes2023

My God. Twitter is shite. Bye bye

This airports discussion is taking place in a bubble: a) Leading industry players see no business case for 'seamless travel'; b) How does doubling traffic by 2040 fit with 'net zero'? You can't separate the issues #wttc2022

The Bahamas relied to a large extent on FTX. Should we talk about that? #Wttc2022

There is no business case for face-matching biometrics in travel if you speak to aviation technology consultants #wttc2022

Paul Griffiths has made the same points several times before at industry summits #wttc2022

What courage did it take for a former PM to stand in Parliament and criticise Boris Johnson? Everyone criticised Boris Johnson #wttc2022

'Tourism is no longer about quantity in Europe'. Really? Tell that to any state tourism office #wttc2022

The presumption of a shift to a slower pace of travel is fanciful. Where is the evidence? #wttc2022

Bleisure is a new (marketers') term for a non-new phenomenon. When did corporate travellers not combine business travel with leisure? #wttc2022

Did travel & tourism restart economies post-pandemic? The lesson of Covid could be that economies functioned surprisingly well without tourism #WTTC2022

There is no credible effort to develop harmonised, cross-border health credentials because indusry players dropped the attempt when restrictions were lifted #wttc2022

So farewell then, Grant Shapps, former secretary of state for general aviation. We will miss your Covid travel policy announcements on Twitter #butnotmuch

New categories for sustainability & staff wellbeing at the 2023 Travel Weekly Globe Awards. Nominations now open #twglobes travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/…

So nominations/entries now open for the 2023 Travel Weekly Globe Awards, and who wouldn't want to win? #twglobes

Crikey - Hancock announces up to 10 years in prison for lying on a passenger locator form bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-55992…

Here's a CAA job offer that might suit someone in travel with communications skills. But beware - you may have to talk to me nitter.gq/UK_CAA/status/13588192…

What can you say? bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-55853… 'Arrivals [from UAE] into Birmingham included 21-year-old student Emma Rhodes who had been on a two-week holiday. Asked about criticism of those who had chosen to travel, she said: "I had personal reasons, I needed some 'me' time."

The editor does like addressing a camera. Then again, she does have something to say worth hearing

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