The 28th of March has seen the annual presentation of the Ireland Business All Inclusive Travel awards. As numbers wanting to attend this award ceremony have grown over the years it was decided this year to hold the meeting in Belfast and top of the agenda was the new travel bill which included package, hotels and flights under the entrepreneurial new start program. The IBAI Program has continued to go from strength to strength and is now helping more than 6,000 people worldwide to bring forth new ideas and market these in the best possible taste.
This years top award went to Mr Smith, whose ideas on why people prefer to prepay holidays rather than choosing the pay and go feature. Mr. Smith took an example of someone from the UK wanting to go on all inclusive holidays . He wanted to find out if by choosing to go on the all inclusive package, and thus gambling that it will save money is just a mindset created by holiday companies to get you to pay extra for the holiday or is it really something that saves you money.
The research for this included a survey of more than 5,000 holiday makers either booking or wanting to book their holidays to the Caribbean. It also took in costs, both estimated and final. This was the largest private study carried out on the all inclusive holiday market. The full report has multiple pages and is a must have study for the travel industry. Mr. Smith has published this report and it is available from the head office under the business support resources and services department.
Out of 5,000 people surveyed 75% went on to book a Caribbean holiday. Out of those 75% there were 47% who booked all inclusive Caribbean. The final solution went into lots of detail and without giving away all the report details the gesture was that booking an all inclusive package will save you around 17% on your complete holiday expense.
The senior award this year again went to Travel, whose assistance in travel development and online booking has helped more home based business start ups than any other business. In the difficult times of recession, the home based business has become the back bone of the UK economy with more and more people choosing this way as an extra source of income.
