PICTURE: MATT FABER/PA
WEEK IN PICTURES
LIBRA SHOWS AGENTS CAIRO SIGHTS
Libra Holidays hosted its fi rst fam trip of 2009 in
Egypt last month. As well as visiting the Pyramids
in Cairo the agents stayed in top quality Hilton hotels
and experienced the resorts of Sharm el-Sheikh,
Taba, Nuweiba and Dahab during the seven-day
educational.
Relaunch for Horseguards
The Royal Horseguards hotel in London was relaunched last week. Major
Phil Packer, Royal Military Police; Peta Todd, Help for Heroes ambassador
and Lieutenant Colonel David Richmond, Royal Scots Guards posed at the
event. The hotel’s owner Guoman Hotels is supporting soldiers wounded in
Afghanistan and Iraq in a tie-up with Help for Heroes and the Household
Cavalry (see Maureen, page 41).
INGHAMS
STAFF IN
COMMUNITY
CLEAN-UP
Members of Inghams’
marketing department
showed real
community spirit by
giving up their lunch
breaks to collect litter.
The clean-up was part
of the company’s
commitment as a
Federation of Tour
Operators member
to improve the way
it does business in
relation to society
and the environment.
CARNIVAL
OFFERS
SOME
COMIC
RELIEF
Carnival UK is
opening its call
centres on March 13
to take donation
calls for Comic
Relief. More than
100 members of staff ,
including chief
executive David
Dingle and sales
director Giles Hawke
have volunteered
to man the phones.
Pictured clockwise
from top left, are
Hawke, Dingle
and Carnival UK
reservations staff
Carla Young and
Kelly Nuttall.
Korean Air
prepares a feast
to mark 40 years
Korean Air chairman
and chief executive Yang
Ho Cho and other executives
and employees gathered
at the airline’s 40th
anniversary ceremony
last month. The group mixed
a large bowl of traditional
Korean dish bibimbap,
symbolising the company’s
“harmony and blend”.
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