Unintentional Funny

Had an e-mail off a company I've used before for a holiday saying how you'd be covered by them and how they sorted out XL passengers etc.

Then I realised the owners name is probably pronounced as Aching Cock - which is often after a holiday!


XL Airways Collapse

Dear Nigel ,
With the recent media coverage of the collapse of XL airlines, it would not be surprising if some of you were worrying about your holidays or wondering how on earth you would be able to feel confident about booking a holiday in the future. I thought this would be a good opportunity, therefore, for me to reassure you and also to explain a little bit about the safeguards that are in place. Anatolian Sky has been in the market for nearly 20 years.

It is a very well-established tour operator and a member of both ABTA (Association of British Travel Agents) and AITO (Association of Independent Tour Operators). Most importantly, though, we are bonded by the Civil Aviation Authority under ATOL licence number 2672. What this means is that in the extremely unlikely event that anything should happen to us then your holiday would be covered by this bond.

More importantly, for those of you who were booked through us on XL flights, it means that it is our responsibility to re-arrange your flights for you, at no extra cost to you. As I am sure you know, XL went into liquidation last Friday and as soon as we heard the news we worked around the clock to ensure that there was as little disruption to our clients' holidays as possible.

By Saturday morning we had already made alternative arrangements for those clients who were due to come back from Dalaman on an XL flight that evening and for those who were due to depart on their holidays. This was all at no extra cost to our clients. Those people whose flights were not booked through an ATOL tour operator like ourselves would have had to pay again for their flights - that is if they could have found a seat. Flight prices to Turkey almost doubled as soon as the collapse of XL was announced so this could have proved to be a very expensive business. ATOL bonding is just one of the many reasons to book with a reputable operator such as Anatolian Sky. As a specialist, our close personal relationships with hotels and airlines help us to cope better with difficult situations such as these.

If you did book through another tour operator and have been affected by the situation with XL then we do still have some availability in Turkey and North Cyprus for the rest of the summer season.

For further details please call 0845 365 1011 or visit www.anatoliansky.co.uk

Yours sincerely,

Akin Koc
Managing Director

THE ALGARVE CUP IS OURS

I knew we were going to win the Cup this year!

Since City won the pre-season Algarve Cup tournament after beating Guimares and Celtic this week, nobody had seen the cup or presentation. Even Bluebirds followers in Portugal at the ground missed an informal handover of the trophy and it wasn't shown in the tv coverage.

But now we have a picture of Steve McPhail with the Algarve Cup ... ok, it looks like a model of a new block of apartment towers but we'll have it anyway. Thanks!

ALGARVE CUP: GUIMARES 1 CARDIFF CITY 2

The Bluebirds remain undefeated pre-season and recorded an excellent and comfortable opening 2-1 win over local side Guimares in Portugal to head the table in the Algarve Cup, new forward Ross McCormack building on his promise scoring both City goal with the Portuguese side getting an injury time consolation with a dubious penalty.

City mixed up their side with Darcy Blake at right back, Mark Kennedy on the left, Darren Purse partnering Roger Johnson, Paul Parry put into right midfield and a second half which feature Loovens (for Purse), Rae (for Scimeca) and Comminges (for Parry) but were comfortable and largely in control from start to finish.

McCormack's goals came on 16 and 67 minutes and will send them in good heart into Thursday's prestigious encounter with Glasgow Celtic, a match that can be seen live on Setanta Sports.

The Bluebirds also lead the group by 3 points on 5 points (the Cup awards 1 point per goal as well as three for the win) as Middlesborough and Celtic drew 1-1 in the other fixture with the Glasgow giants reckoned to be the better side but needing a late equaliser to avoid defeat.

Match reports:
CARDIFF CITY MESSAGEBOARD
http://www.ccmb.co.uk/fudforum/index.php?t=tree&goto=721009&rid=10&S=0bebc2d4fae300a6a188e9e48c5a8ab6#msg_721009

WALES ONLINE
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-news/2008/07/23/mccoist-watches-loovens-but-mccormack-catches-eye-91466-21387240/