MyTravel "We are making good progress towards achieving the turnaround"

Looks nice, though, and was very impressive as it passed my balcony! Pity there are no aircraft that come anywhere near me!

I wondered what this ship that I saw moored in Gothenburg today had to do with aircraft! Now you have partly answered my unspoken question. However it was also visiting Gothenburg a few weeks ago, when I took this photo, so it appears that MyTravel is still offering North Sea cruises . . . there were plenty of tourists on board!

I travelled on this boat, the Sundream, back in March 2002 around Central America. Worst holiday experience of my life.

Presumably it is impossible to separate it all out, otherwise the “good” bits would have been spun off already. I have a suspision the whole thing is tied together – good and bad.

Im not saying it isnt a failure, im saying how would we know which parts have been the ones making the money and which parts are the ones that havent been making money and which decisions have resulted in been in massive debt.

How the hell do you know what was a good thing for MyTravel and what wasnt?

You say it like they are the only company that has introduced cost cutting measures, THEY ALL HAVE! As Mark said, im sure if they brought back 3 course meals, and MD83s the money problems will all go away! For all you know, the Scandinavian side might be doing better than the English side!

When you work for MyTravel and know everything about them, then make these statements.

You don’t need to be an insider to know that MyTravel is a failure. Its directors and senior managers are (or were) incompetent failures.

A company director is supposed to enhance (and certainly protect) the shareholder’s wealth. Directors are merely stewards. Now they are proposing to destroy nearly all their shareholders wealth and give it to the banks!

I thought that might wind you up! I bet you are a nice lad really. Let us Yorkshire lads be friends. Luv x

OK then ‘sunshine’.

Im a bit older and wiser than you sunshine and I have worked in the tour operating sector some years ago. I have COTOP qualification and have wrote a dissertation on the development of the package holidays and vertical integration.

I am just making an observation. I have a fondness for Airtours, they were cheap and cheerful and unpretentious but Mytravel branding was a mistake as was the move upmarket with cruises and long-haul holidays, their customers were not high spenders but your average family wanting a cheap holiday with reasonable standards of accommodation.

I just would like to know how you ‘know’ all this?

How unlike you to disagree with me LBA! Mytravel have only themselves to blame, they overreached themselves. I do feel sorry for the workforce though. The company always seem to have a friendliness and optimistic outlook.

How the hell do you know what was a good thing for MyTravel and what wasnt?

You say it like they are the only company that has introduced cost cutting measures, THEY ALL HAVE! As Mark said, im sure if they brought back 3 course meals, and MD83s the money problems will all go away! For all you know, the Scandinavian side might be doing better than the English side!

When you work for MyTravel and know everything about them, then make these statements.

MyTravels problems were they grew too fast, they wanted to take on Thomson and become the dominant force in the charter sector. They paid way too much for Inter European/Aspro and then proceeded to sell their packages on cost and not quality. The result was more than a few appearances on Watchdog which affected their reputation. So they then rather stupidly changed their name to MyTravel involving a huge rebrand and tried to save money by cutting customer service and charging passengers for a meal on-board.

They continued to operate a motley assortment of aircraft including old DC10s and 757s that were maintenance heavy and often suffered long delays again affecting customer loyalty.

The company has always seemed to be made up of a happy bunch of people. Its cabin staff are amongst the most friendly and I wish them well.

I expect if MYT introduced full bar service followed by a three course meal on all flights they would see an instant return to profitability!!!

well if shes used to go on them thats no suprise this ship you can wear what u want except at lunch or tea when trousers or skirts and shoes must be worn
and you can go all over ship not just for were you have paid for and it doesnt have a 13 story atium but a single floor of shops pursers square internet and resteraunt.

My nanna once went on one. She is a lady used to the Oriana and before that the Canberra. She said the Airtours ships were like being on Stena Sealink vessel Dover-Calais!

Suncruises was the best holiday ive ever had i went on sunbird mediteranian melady was amazing the staff was amazing the cabins v.comfortable there was enough room kids had a childrens club teens had a games room with ps2 juke boxes movies on widescreen t.v plenty of shopping internet and plenty of places to eat and amazing food.

i was v.sad to hear they were no more and the staff had all lost their jobs and has made us turn to cruising for best way for a holiday a cruise round the caribian round alaska or crusing round the indian ocean visiting seyshelles mozambique sri lanka goa maldives etc then kenyan safari so i have to praise mytravel and were amazing throuout our holiday and flights.

MyTravels cruise ships were about as comfortable as your average Car ferry, with awful Jane Mcdonald type entertainment and full of screaming kids bored stiff.

Airtours Int started offering quality charter flights with all the trimmings. The MD83s served them well. They went wrong when they paid over the odds for Inter European/Aspro and setting up a Scandinavian MyTravel. They were trying to increase markey share, they wanted to overtake Thomson at any price!

Suncruises as it is know serve mediteranian cruises

mediteranian meledy
Palma – Majorca
Day at Sea
Malta
Sicily
Naples
Olbia Sardinia
Ajaicco Corsica
Palma – Majorca

Mainland Coasts – Marvellous Countries
Palma – Majorca
Day At sea
La Goulette – Tunisia
Civitavechia – Rome
livorno – Florence and Pisa
Villefranche – Monaco
Barcelona
Palma – Majorca

Souks & Spain
Palma – Majorca
Day at Sea
Cadiz – Spain
Casablanca – Morocco
Gibraltar
Almeria, Spain
Ibiza Town, Ibiza
Palma – Majorca

and scandinavian crusies

Harwich, UK
At sea
Oslo, Norway
Copenhagen, Denmark
At Sea
Stockholm, Sweden
Helsinki, Finland
St Petersburg, Russia (Overnight)
St Petersburg, Russia
At Sea
Gdynia, for Gdansk, Poland
At Sea
Gothenburg, Sweden
At Sea
Harwich, UK

and soon carousel will do canary island cruises and sunbird will do palma – canary islands then tenerife to barbados then christmas in caribian and brazil then in may 2005 sundream will be retired sunbird,carousel refurbished for thomson crusies to use from july 2005 who have leased them for 6 years from louis cruises.

http://www.suncruises.co.uk/frame-holder.html

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My Travel ship

I wondered what this ship that I saw moored in Gothenburg today had to do with aircraft! Now you have partly answered my unspoken question. However it was also visiting Gothenburg a few weeks ago, when I took this photo, so it appears that MyTravel is still offering North Sea cruises . . . there were plenty of tourists on board!

Thought that MyTravel sold the cruise side of the operation a few months ago ? Dont think the ships just went to spanish ports either when they had them ? Could be wrong though.