News about Graham Turner

With no end in sight on sky-high airfares, Aussies can now book international Christmas flights

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 23, 2023
Despite calls for change, Australian tourists are much more popular in jetset abroad than they were four years ago, and there is no such thing as a remission. 'At the time, the capacity is largely the issue on long-distance routes to Europe, the United Kingdom, and North America,' Flight Centre's Graham Turner said.

After Anthony Albanese sided with Qantas, flight Centre boss Graham Turner rips into Qatar Airways' rejection

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 3, 2023
After Qatar Airways' request for up to 29 extra flights a week from Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane airports, the country's biggest travel company pulled out full-page protest ads (pictured, inset) to safeguard Qantas. According to some estimates, Australians may have paid 40% less for flights if the Doha-based airline's bid had been accepted. Anthony Albanese's special relationship with Qantas boss Alan Joyce (pictured left) has sparked increasing anxiety about the decision.

Despite fighting to prevent bankruptcy, the council has sparked controversy after spending £250,000 to install 40ft high 'planters' to make town center more attractive

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 23, 2023
A Labour-led council battling to prevent bankruptcy has sparked public opinion by investing £250,000 to install 40ft high 'planters' to make the town centre more attractive. The three 'unique works of public art' in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, are intended to grow up them and are part of the town's £250 million regeneration plan. However, Kirklees Council has announced that it will need to save £47 million in the coming financial year. Despite the urgent need for savings, the effort in New Street to build the decorative steel frames has continued.

As he is obliged to tear down wooden decking, celebrity chef Mark Hix slams 'petty' councillors

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 28, 2023
Mark Hix MBE (top left) has been floored by a council decision, which has ordered him to tear down an unlawful decked seating area (lower right) outside of his luxurious seafood restaurant (previously photographed top right). As he began to slammed 'petty' councillors in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the Great British Menu actor, 60, slammed the £20,000 wooden structure (left). He had been involved in a four-month confrontation with local authorities over a three-tier decking outside the prestigious Oyster and Fish House.

Mark Hix: Thousands sign petition to keep decking outside Dorset's Oyster and Fish House restaurant

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 3, 2023
Thousands of people have expressed their dissatisfaction with bureaucrats who have ordered a celebrity chef to tear down an unlawful decked seating area (pictured right) at his high-end restaurant. Over four-thousand people have signed a petition (pictured and inset) in favor of Great British Menu and Saturday Kitchen star Mark Hix, 60, who is outraged that town hall officials are 'defying the people's will.' When building codes were relaxed, the structure was constructed during the pandemic to provide additional outdoor eating space for Mr Hix's Oyster and Fish House in Lyme Regis, Dorset. However, councillors have argued that the three-tier wooden decking is no longer a 'permanent structure,' and that Mr Hix will have eight weeks to remove it because it encroaches on municipal property.

At his Dorset restaurant, chef Mark Hix was ordered to demolish a 'illegal' wooden decking

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 27, 2023
Mark Hix, a celebrity chef, is in hot water after council lawmakers ordered him to tear down an 'illegal' decked seating area he built on their property. During the pandemic, the Great British Menu and Saturday Kitchen star was allowed to build the three-tiered house on a temporary basis to create more space for outdoor dining. Mr Hix has been warned that if you take down the wooden decking at his Oyster and Fish House in Lyme Regis within eight weeks, they will'take it down' themselves.

Graham Turner, the flight centre's chief, warns Australians that holiday travel will be a challenge for them because of seat shortages

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 26, 2022
As major carriers struggle with limited capacity following the Covid pandemic, travelers who haven't already booked flights will have a difficult time finding flights, according to Flight Centre CEO Graham Parker (right) later this year. 'It's inevitable that this will get better, but if people want to travel at Christmas,' Mr Turner said. People should book their international flight now, according to Finder travel specialist Stephanie Yip, even if sales were on or off.