There were 6 magnetic tape machines, two magnetic disk drives (each 10 megabytes with six heavy metal disks for each machine), and a high-speed line printer (capable of printing charter airline tickets at a rate of about one every three seconds on multi-part paper). Last week we looked at the 60s. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies.
Some travel agents are employees of tour operators, others are independent. On 15 August 1974, the industry was shaken by the collapse of the second-largest tour operator, Court Line, which operated under the brand names of Horizon and Clarksons. A takeover of their competitor, bankrupt Horizon Holidays,[2] by Court Line failed to improve the financial situation.[1]. This week it's the 70s - … However, after two years, on 15 August 1974, Court Line collapsed, taking down Clarksons with at least £7m owing to 100,000 holidaymakers and possibly twice as much.[1]. The company went further into decline and were only rescued by a consortium buy-out on 26 May 1972.[2]. There were three flight crew, four cabin crew and 105 passengers aboard. On Friday evening, 3 July 1970, a Clarksons chartered Dan Air de Havilland Comet, registration G-APDN, en route from Manchester to Barcelona deviated from the intended course and crashed into high ground at the Montseny Massif, Girona, in northern Spain. "Flight to the Sun, Travel weekly 23 April 2001", "Dan Air, air crash, northern Spain, Friday, 3 July 1970", List of National Trust properties in England, List of National Trust properties in Northern Ireland, Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism, National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, Association of Independent Tour Operators, List of airports in the United Kingdom and the British Crown Dependencies, List of amusement parks in the United Kingdom, List of past and present youth hostels in England and Wales, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clarksons_Travel_Group&oldid=970111899, Travel and holiday companies of the United Kingdom, Articles with dead external links from July 2019, Articles with permanently dead external links, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2020, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2018, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 29 July 2020, at 09:51.
Its founder, in 1959 as Clarksons Tours, a subsidiary of the long-established City firm of H. Clarkson shipbrokers, was Tom Gullick, a former flag lieutenant in the Royal Navy.. All rights reserved. [citation needed] It specialised in short tours to European cities and wine regions, and low-cost package holidays which included accommodation, full or half-board and air transport by charter flight from the UK to the holiday destination. The holiday camp went into decline in the 1970s as demand for sunshine and package holidays abroad grew.
Clarksons Travel Group was a pioneering package tour operator in the UK during the 1960s and early 1970s. A package tour, package vacation, or package holiday comprises transport and accommodation advertised and sold together by a vendor known as a tour operator.Other services may be provided such a rental car, activities or outings during the holiday.Transport can be via charter airline to a foreign country, and may also include travel between areas as part of the holiday. In 1972 the company introduced package holidays to Court Line-owned hotels on the Caribbean island of St Lucia, using wide-bodied Court Line Lockheed L-1011 TriStar aircraft, the first to operate in Europe.