MPs are up in arms over the new management of the Travel Office. At the beginning of September, American Express lost the contract to provide this service to Carlson Wagonlit Travel. Sadly this has meant the loss of the popular Enzo - an employee of American Express.
Although CWT’s glossy brochure insists, “In most ways the service will remain the same”, one crucial service - that of currency exchange - has been degraded to the extent that it now only occurs by advance order. MPs can no longer turn up at short notice and acquire major currencies.
Fees Office sources expressed concerns over the justification of providing this banking service when Members and Staff were regularly using it for personal travel arrangements. I suppose under this justification, the Flower Shop and the Hairdresser will be next to go.
Recess Monkey
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Great to have your comments on the Boris Johnson MP blog site -
how do you mean link up to you on our site. Ring me via the parliamentary internal directory means and we can have a chat about it over coffee one day! there’s a challenge!
Sorry I’m such a novice but we will rise to greater heights soon I’m sure.
MCW
Melissa said this on September 25th, 2004 at 11:26 pm