C.Ricko Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 Hi, if you want to book a Brooms boat please be aware that Hoseasons are 'unable' to remove our boats from their website and have decided that the best way to help us is to show them as 'unavailable' which is Ironic as they didn't really fill the unbooked weeks this may be down to the perpetual IT problems which plague them but their affiliates are also playing to their tune. very sad state of affairs but encouraging that most of the cancelled bookings have called and booked direct. www.broomboats.com https://www.broomboats.com/ 14 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broads01 Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 Good old Hoseasons, their incompetence tends to shine through. Clive, I hope you don't lose bookings through people seeing the "not available" label and thinking if they go direct they'll get the same answer. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YnysMon Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 19 hours ago, C.Ricko said: Hi, if you want to book a Brooms boat please be aware that Hoseasons are 'unable' to remove our boats from their website and have decided that the best way to help us is to show them as 'unavailable' which is Ironic as they didn't really fill the unbooked weeks this may be down to the perpetual IT problems which plague them but their affiliates are also playing to their tune. very sad state of affairs but encouraging that most of the cancelled bookings have called and booked direct. www.broomboats.com https://www.broomboats.com/ Hi Clive, I was looking at the Brooms Guide to first time boaters web page and there's a link to the Hoseason's site from that web page. Thought you'd want to know. The Brooms webpages are impressive, so I'm sure they'll take a fair amount of time to review. Norfolk Broads boat hire - a guide for first time Captains | Broom Boats (sorry, I haven't worked out how to embed a link) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Ricko Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 On 12/09/2024 at 10:56, YnysMon said: Hi Clive, I was looking at the Brooms Guide to first time boaters web page and there's a link to the Hoseason's site from that web page. Thought you'd want to know. The Brooms webpages are impressive, so I'm sure they'll take a fair amount of time to review. Norfolk Broads boat hire - a guide for first time Captains | Broom Boats (sorry, I haven't worked out how to embed a link) Thanks, We will investigate that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNog Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 Thought this was the other way round but as it's behind a paywall it's a bit hard to say https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24580679.horning-pleasurecraft-trebles-bookings-broom-boats-takeover/?ref=rss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 29 minutes ago, NorfolkNog said: Thought this was the other way round but as it's behind a paywall it's a bit hard to say https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24580679.horning-pleasurecraft-trebles-bookings-broom-boats-takeover/?ref=rss Good old EDP, never fail to get it wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 What have they got wrong... it's a subscribers only article so I can only read the first couple of lines! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 5 minutes ago, Dan said: What have they got wrong... it's a subscribers only article so I can only read the first couple of lines! Probably just the headline, Broom boats take over, it's the other way around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikertov Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 It depends how you read it ? The headline says "Horning Pleasurecraft increases bookings after Broom Boats takeover" Does that mean "After the HPC takeover of Broom Boats" or "After the Broom Boats takeover of HPC" Sloppy ambiguous headline writing by the journalist, IMHO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webntweb Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 18 minutes ago, Bikertov said: It depends how you read it ? The headline says "Horning Pleasurecraft increases bookings after Broom Boats takeover" Does that mean "After the HPC takeover of Broom Boats" or "After the Broom Boats takeover of HPC" Sloppy ambiguous headline writing by the journalist, IMHO Perhaps intentional to get people to want to read more, which of course means paying. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meantime Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 It doesn't really matter which way around you read or interpret the headline it is wrong! In the UK a takeover usually refers to the acquisition of one public company by another public company. In this case HPC a private limited company has purchased Broom Boats another private limited company. Acquisition or purchase are the correct terms the EDP should be using. Horning Pleasurecraft increases bookings after the purchase of Broom Boats would be correct. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIDH Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 Actually says booking capacity, not bookings. "A Norfolk boat hire company has increased its booking capacity after taking over one of the oldest boating businesses on the Broads" 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Ricko Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 On 16/09/2024 at 12:36, Meantime said: It doesn't really matter which way around you read or interpret the headline it is wrong! In the UK a takeover usually refers to the acquisition of one public company by another public company. In this case HPC a private limited company has purchased Broom Boats another private limited company. Acquisition or purchase are the correct terms the EDP should be using. Horning Pleasurecraft increases bookings after the purchase of Broom Boats would be correct. We didnt purchase the Ltd company 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MargeandParge Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 5 hours ago, C.Ricko said: We didnt purchase the Ltd company You should have purchased Hoseasons other booking agents exist. As a way forward would help their progress. Kindest Regards Marge and Parge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Ricko Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 we work well with Waterways Holidays, great people, the team know the boats and they care,, 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webntweb Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 54 minutes ago, C.Ricko said: we work well with Waterways Holidays, great people, the team know the boats and they care,, Good to know Clive, there are so many websites that purport to represent boat hire companies, not just on the Broads but the canals as well that its great to hear of a company that is trusted by a leader in the hire industry, 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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