Ms Barbara Collins This is Me

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1. 1. Welcome to Travel Trade Gazette Online UK & Ireland edition

   www.ttglive.com/NTTG_fullstory - [Cached]

   Published on: 4/12/2006   Last Visited: 11/2/2006

   Worldchoice has appointed Barbara Collins as commercial director following the sudden departure of Keith Wilson last month. Collins has been Worldchoice training director since 2004, and implemented the consortium's Action Plan for Profit scheme. She will be commercial director of both Worldchoice UK and the consortium's chain of shops, Worldchoice Travel/ Enterprises. She will also fill the Triton board position left vacant by Wilson. Worldchoice has refused to comment on the reasons for his departure.

2. 2. Business News - Peterborough Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More

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   Published on: 10/18/2005   Last Visited: 10/18/2005

   News presenter Carol Bundock, right, presents the award to Barbara Collins.
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   News presenter Carol Bundock, right, presents the award to Barbara Collins.
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   Ms Collins, training and HR director at Worldchoice UK Ltd, based in Peterborough, developed the successful Action Plan for Profit which is a training and development action plan to help travel agents survive and set them on a journey to greater profits.
   
   She designed it to halt the closure of independent travel agencies in the wake of competitive pressures from multiples and the internet, and world events which hit travel - 9/11, the Gulf War and SARS.
   
   Worldchoice, of Worldchoice House, Minerva Business Park, Lynch Wood, is a consortium of 600 small, independent travel agencies, which use their combined purchasing power to compete with the travel giants.
   
   Barbara previously ran her own travel agency and doubled turnover and profits in five years by learning to plan and think strategically. Her company won a National Training Award in 1999.
   
   She used her experience to develop the Action Plan, which helps the agents build a business plan and become strategic, proactive and consultative managers.
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   Ms Collins said: "Post-training questionnaires showed that 100 per cent of participants found the training useful.

3. 3. Pride in Peterborough - Peterborough Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More

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   Published on: 10/10/2005   Last Visited: 1/5/2006

   Worldchoice UK owner Barbara Collins knows what it takes to win the awards after scooping a National Training Award in 1999 with a previous business.
   
   Using her experience from the previous win, she has developed an Action Plan for Profit at the centre, which is a consortium of 600 small, independent travel agencies.
   
   Meanwhile Fenmarc UK, a vegetable processor and packer, was battling against poor staff morale.