"There is no doubt in my mind that the effects of the package holiday have been far greater in a social and economic sense than most people realize. The story of this fascinating book is also the story of the rebirth of British entrepreneurship. 'It is often better to follow a pioneer than be a pioneer, and I am sure I would not be in business today without the pioneers whose story is told on the pages that follow" - From the foreword by Richard Branson.
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Memoirs written by Vladimir Raitz who organized the first U.K. charter flights to the Mediterranean, interwoven with a factual history of holiday tourism written by Roger Bray. An interesting, informative and enjoyable combination offers the best way to learn how mass tourism started in the 1950s. Undoubtedly, this is a very useful book for the younger generation of tourism professionals and travelers alike. As for the contemporaries of the events in question, the book may stir up a lot of their emotions and sweet memories.
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Early August, 1949. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
biggest tour operator, tour firms, selling holidays, holiday industry, tour operating, inclusive holiday, scheduled carriers, charter aircraft, tour operation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Court Line, Thomas Cook, Horizon Holidays, Costa Brava, British Airways, Sky Tours, New York, Gordon Brunton, Sir Henry Lunn Ltd, Fleet Street, Pan American, Harry Chandler, Sir Freddie, First Choice, Tom Gullick, North Atlantic, Provision One, Air Europe, British Caledonian, Laker Airways, Travel Trade Gazette, Thomson Organisation, Thomson Holidays, Civil Aviation Authority, Department of Trade Browse Sample Pages:
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Early August, 1949. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
biggest tour operator, tour firms, selling holidays, holiday industry, tour operating, inclusive holiday, scheduled carriers, charter aircraft, tour operation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Court Line, Thomas Cook, Horizon Holidays, Costa Brava, British Airways, Sky Tours, New York, Gordon Brunton, Sir Henry Lunn Ltd, Fleet Street, Pan American, Harry Chandler, Sir Freddie, First Choice, Tom Gullick, North Atlantic, Provision One, Air Europe, British Caledonian, Laker Airways, Travel Trade Gazette, Thomson Organisation, Thomson Holidays, Civil Aviation Authority, Department of Trade Browse Sample Pages:
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- The Moralisation of Tourism: Sun, Sand... and Saving the World? (Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility) by Jim Butcher in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Moralisation of Tourism: Sun, Sand... and Saving the World? (Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility) by Jim Butcher on page 6, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sustainable Urban Planning: Tipping the Balance by Robert Riddell on page 170, and Back Matter
- Sustainable Urban Planning: Tipping the Balance by Robert Riddell on page 170, and Back Matter
- Tourism Studies and the Social Sciences by Andrew Holden in Back Matter
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