other news in brief
03 Jul 2009
AITO conference, Hotels.com
The Association of Independent Tour Operators will host its 33rd annual conference in Cochin on 18-22 November 2009. AITO chairman Derek Moore said: ‘As tour operators we are surely optimists so we decided to hold our conference somewhere exotic and different, somewhere exciting and in a place that AITO has not been before. We decided to confound the cautious and go long-haul.’
A Hotels.com poll of Wedding Ideas magazine readers reveals 77% of couples are planning to take a honeymoon lasting less than two weeks, with 30% planning to go away for one week or less. Budget constraints (74%) and worries about work commitments (56%) dictated the shorter holiday length.