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Let’s get tourism higher on the national agenda, UK hotel CEO implores

Rafat Ali

Photo Credit: A stairwell at a Travelodge property in the UK.  Flickr.com / sean_hickin

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For UK to capitalize on its tourism industry post-Olympics, it needs to reappoint a minister of tourism, and formalize some of the functions in an organizd way rather than the stop-gap approach they have now.

The head of Britain's third-largest hotel chain has written to Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, urging him to do more to unlock the potential of Britain's tourism industry. Grant Hearn, chief executive of Travelodge, demanded that tourism be moved higher up the agenda on the back of a report it commissioned outlining the industry’s performance during the recent recession. Figures from the rep

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