ABOUT AERBT - An Executive Review of Business Travel
AERBT is a review published every Monday globally by email and on the web. Our readers are travel suppliers, travel organisers and regular travellers. AERBT is distributed on company Intranets, on notice boards and by trade organisations. The format is simple: Comment, 20 news stories, a feature item on some aspect of travel, and finally, travel related humour. Monthly features include “On the Soapbox” with leaders of the industry commenting on current affairs, a motoring update, and a cruising section. More feature elements are planned.
There are two versions. By email you receive Comment, 20 news stories and Happy Talk. On the web you can directly view those items plus the “On Tour” leisure page, and depending on what week of the month it is “On the Soapbox”, “Motoring” or “Cruising”. All will be available via the archive.
Registration is free. Just click here and fill in your email address. It is very quick and easy, no passwords to remember. We do not use (or supply to others) the database other than for the Monday mailing.
We are always interested to hear your comments about AERBT, whether positive or negative. A human will read it and respond. To contact us send a message to info@aerbt.co.uk
Malcolm Ginsberg – Editor in Chief
Malcolm Ginsberg is one of the longest established UK specialist air and business travel journalists, although in a lengthy and very active career he has been a successful public relations practitioner, publisher and writer, specialising in transport and travel.
Malcolm launched the award winning Air & Business Travel News (ABTN) as a weekly electronic publication in 1997. He developed it over some ten years and sold out to Centaur Plc, the listed trade show organisers and owners of Marketing Week and Headline Money in 2006.
Starting out as a motor racing reporter, he was invited by Lotus Cars (at the time World Motor Racing Champions) to become press officer and later on publicity manager, helping to sell the Elan, Elan +2, Europa and Lotus 7 (now Caterham 7).
In 1973 he founded Malcolm Ginsberg & Associates (MGA), public relations consultants, with Moonraker Boats (owned by Colin Chapman of Lotus), Clan Cars (essentially a Lotus spin off), Piper Aircraft and CSE – The Oxford Air Training School, as his first clients. CSE introduced Embraer to the UK and was instrumental in winning the RAF order for the Tuncano trainer. HeavyLift Cargo Airlines, no longer with us although its name is now part of the vocabulary, was another decade-long client. MGA has acted for, long term, American Airlines, All Nippon Airways, British World Airlines and for 15 years Brymon Airways, plus a number of airports and aviation associated companies. Roy Watts, the former CEO of British Airways, retained MGA when he became chairman of Thames Water plc. Malcolm gained various awards for his public relations work, these mainly concerning his efforts on behalf of London City Airport in its early days.
Today Malcolm is no longer involved in PR and as well as editor in chief of AERBT (An Executive Review of Business Travel) acts as an aviation consultant and journalist, writing for various nationals, weeklies and magazines on travel, motoring and aviation matters and appearing from time to time on TV as an aviation pundit. His recreational interests include the Olympics (he is a member of the International Society of Olympic Historians, recognised by the IOC) and is a (long suffering) season ticket holder at Luton Town Football Club.
Linda Press – Executive Editor
Linda has been involved in the aviation industry for over 35 years. Trained as a secretary she initially worked in the book trade and with Hitachi. For 20 years she edited Aviation Directories Ltd which, during that time published over 30 directories including the Directory of British Aviation, the Directory of European Aviation, the Travel Industry Directory, the Farnborough Airshow Trade Catalogue, the World Airline Directory, Airport Directory, various Business Travel World directories, part works for TTG and Travel Weekly, and the APRO (Airline Public Relations Organisation) directory.
At Air & Business Travel News Linda acted as assistant editor responsible for the day to day management of the publication with particular emphasis on its expansion and development.
Alison Chambers – Contributing Editor
Alison started her aviation career as a journalist on the air transport desk of Flight International. She joined Shephard Press in 1986 as editor of newly launched title Commuter World, dedicated to the emerging regional airline market, before becoming founding editor of Commuter/Regional Airline News International, a weekly newsletter for the regional airline industry. After selling the title to PPI in 1993 she established Emerald Media as a dedicated specialist aviation agency. Through Emerald Media, Alison has supported a variety of aviation clients – blue chip aerospace companies to regional and low cost airlines. Since 2005 she has promoted the business aviation sector and has become a specialist in this field working with clients in Europe and the Middle East. She writes occasionally for The Hedge and Airliner World. www.emeraldmedia.co.uk
Terry Spruce – Contributing Editor
Terry Spruce was an international banker with National Westminster Bank in the City of London before forming his own business aircraft charter company in 1992. In 1997 he joined Airclaims Ltd (now renamed Ascend Worldwide), the UK-based aviation consultancy group. Spruce Aviation Associates was created in March 2006. Recent contributions have included Air Law News, AirFive for Euromoney plc’s Air Finance Journal (writing some 2,400 articles and having 250 accredited editorial comments published), Aviation-Images.com online archive, the European Business Aviation Association’s 30th Anniversary Yearbook, the Middle East Business Aviation Review and has had articles published in Buying Business Travel, Air International, Executive VIP Aviation International and Airside International magazines. In 2009 he has written for the Airline Fleet and Management magazine.
Ted Wilkinson – Guild of Motoring Writers
Ted is one of Britain’s most experienced motoring journalists and is a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers. Twice gold medal winner in International Mobil-sponsored economy competitions. He claims to have driven a sample of every serious car manufacture currently in existence. Ted was initially with Motoring News and then moved on to its then sister publication Motor Sport where he was resident for 13 years. He was with Fleet Street’s Central Press Features for 25 years and currently runs his own auto features services agency. Asked if he could name his favourite car Ted pointed out that he owned a Triumph Stag for nearly three decades, also noting that it hardly did any mileage.