INTRODUCTION
At
last!
The
major
economies
of
the
world
seem
to
be
pulling
themselves
out
of
nega:ve
or
sta:c
growth.
A
return
to
a
level
of
con?dence
by
travel
organisa:ons
in
every
sector,
not
seen
for
the
best
part
of
?ve
years,
seems
to
be
the
story
of
the
moment.
government
which
almost
had
the
world’s
biggest
economy
defaul:ng
on
its
debts.
Perhaps
the
only
certainty
for
travel
organisa:ons
is
that
we
all,
regardless
of
which
sector
we
operate
in,
must
be
prepared
to
increasingly
trade
in
an
uncertain
world,
a
short
term
environment
and
one
perhaps
more
impulsive
than
before.
The
UK
economic
output
rose
by
0.8%
between
July
and
September,
o?cial
GDP
?gures
show
with
the
O?ce
for
Na:onal
Sta:s:cs
sta:ng
there
had
been
a
"fairly
strong"
performance
across
all
sectors.
The
recent
results
build
on
a
0.7%
GDP
rise
for
the
UK
in
the
April-?June
period
and
is
the
best
quarterly
performance
since
2010.
To
quote
the
Deputy
Prime
Minister
Nick
Clegg
the
?gures
"show
that
we
are
?rmly
on
the
road
to
economic
recovery".
The
story
is
the
same
across
the
US,
Eurozone
and
wider
a?eld.
However,
while
the
global
economy
is
heading
in
the
right
direc:on
the
momentum
remains
stubbornly
sluggish
and
prone
to
the
impact
of
global
events
such
as
the
recent
shut
down
of
the
U.S
Steve
Dunne
Brighter
Group
execu:ve
chairman