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Article: Travel: Passport to travel.(Features)
- Article from:
- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- February 7, 2004
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Hammered by disastrous sales of shorthaul summer holidays -running 1015per cent below this time last year when business was slashed by Iraq War fears -operators face a nerve-racking decision within the next few weeks.
Do they cut capacity, to avoid plunging prices during May, June and July before school holidays rescue the market in peak season August? Or do they cut prices now and hope to steal what business there is from their rivals?
All the old favourite destinations -Spain, Cyprus, even bargain basement Turkey -are being slaughtered in high street ...
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... ... persuading many to look further afield for a similar price. Platon Loizou, at Jewel In The Crown Holidays, says: At present conversion ... is horrendously expensive. There could be ghost towns in Spain, it will become so expensive. There will be two big beneficiaries ...
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