Search and Rescue - 28 April 2009
Some analysts are predicting that this will turn out to be the worst recession since World War II. The trading environment is extraordinarily tough and, as yet, there are no signs of recovery.
Encouragingly, research has shown that consumers are not prepared to completely sacrifice their holidays. However, they are clearly cutting back on the amount they are prepared to spend, either by taking fewer breaks, shorter holidays or trading down. Undoubtedly, this will put travel company profits under pressure.
At the TTI Spring Conference there was a team of experts giving real world experiences of recent trading conditions and their outlook over the coming months.
If you were not able to attend then you missed an excellent series of sessions and the all important question and answer sessions that teased out some extra insight into the future of the sector.
However, the next best thing to being there is to be able to see the presentations, and these are listed below: