Sadly, I haven't been able to keep this blog up to date over the last two momentous weeks for gay travellers as life has been very hectic indeed.
As I last wrote, we lost Aspire - a small upmarket brand and brought down in the overall demise of XL Airways and the whole XL group. What I did not know then was that Throb and Respect also had large parts of their flying programme with XL Airways and have now ceased trading. The future of Sensations a brand merged with Respect in January 2008 is currently in doubt.
From our perspective at Amro Worldwide, the old holiday company model of pre-buying and paying for flight seats and accommodation before selling it was well past its sell-by date. Online booking and demand for tailor-made holidays of variable duration had taken over from the once traditional 7 or 14 night holiday package with fixed departure dates. I'm surprised it took XL to push these brands over the cliff especially in the light of all the recent rumours and blogs on the subject. Amro has never followed this model and will not do so.
Gay Travellers are entitled to expect their travel arrangements to be financially sound and backed by the Civil Aviation Authority ATOL scheme, to provide knowledgeable advice, feature a wide range of flexible holiday options plus excellent service as well as great value either through online internet booking or a promptly answered call-centre. Over the past six years, Amro Worldwide has striven to meet these objectives and I believe we are well placed to serve the community of which we are members into the future.
Andrew
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