As the travel sector battles inflation, a cost-of-living crunch and visitor numbers that still haven’t rebounded to pre-pandemic glory, the Tourism & Transport Forum – once one of the country’s most prominent industry groups – has gone missing.
Word leaking out of the forum – which was the baby of recently deceased Bruce Baird – is that its finances are precarious at best. It’s two months behind on its office rent. TTF boss Margy Osmond ’s accrued leave balance exceeds the forum’s cash in the bank. There’s such a thing as too much solidarity.
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