New survey shows number of UK seasonal staff down by 69%
The cost of obtaining visas, work permits and other paperwork after Brexit has been blamed for a huge decrease in British seasonal staff working in the EU. A new survey – ‘Unlocking Travel’s Potential: The importance of UK-EU mobility for jobs and growth’ – commissioned by Seasonal Businesses in Travel (SBiT) in conjunction with ABTA...
The Best Brexit Quotes from LISTEX Summer Session 2019
Despite Brexit-fatigue, the Brexit panel in the afternoon of the 2019 LISTEX Summer Session was the best attended session of the day. The panel was chaired by Mark Frary and he was joined by Laurent Vanat, Sean Newsom (welove2ski.com), Ian Hope (Ski Famille), Farina Azam (Travlaw) and Martina Jamnig (Austrian Tourist Office). While Sean Newsom took a...
Seasonal Businesses in Travel warn of dangers of ‘Hard Brexit’
The organisation Seasonal Businesses in Travel, or SBIT, have been working hard to make sure their message gets out about the risk to British companies and jobs from Brexit. Their latest release, in August 2018, warns of a ‘looming crisis’ and the possible impact of a ‘No-deal’ or ‘Hard Brexit’ when Britain leaves the EU....
UK Snowsports Industry optimistic, but Brexit beckons
The latest survey from the Snowsports Industries of Great Britain shows that so far this season, the UK industry has benefited from improved exchange rates and good sales. The survey was compiled by members of SIGB and 91% of the responses were from retailers, agents or distributors The impact of Brexit to date...
Le Ski produce perfect ski industry response to Brexit
On Tuesday of this week, Le Ski’s regular email newsletter hit our inbox…and made quite an impression. We don’t think there could be more of a perfect ski industry response to Brexit than this superb graphic. ‘Brexit will make no difference to the quality and delivery of your Le Ski chalet holiday…normal service has already...