Free seminar on how to meet the needs of elderly travellers
Age UK is holding a seminar on Tuesday June 25 on meeting the needs of elderly travellers.
The free seminar will look at the importance of accessible and inclusively designed public spaces and how the travel sector can benefit, to meet the needs of our rapidly changing demographic.
According to Age UK’s Engage Business Network, 52% of people aged 50 and above travel abroad at least once a year and 23% said they want to travel abroad more often.
Feroze Varavia, terminal duty manager at London Gatwick is attending the seminar and will be discussing the challenges tackled at the airport to ensure it is fully equipped to support the growing number of older travellers and passengers with reduced mobility.
Other speakers include Ian Rowe from Ian Rowe Associates, Nicola Mathers from Cabe, and Martin Jones from Retail Lab, DeMontfort University
The seminar will take place at Vincent Suite C, The Building Centre, Store Street, London WC1E 7BT tomorrow at 1:30pm – 5pm.
To register your interest in attending the event please call 020 3033 1602 or email [email protected].
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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