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The Steam Packet Company says its booking figures promise a bumper TT festival this year.
After the government said visitor numbers in 2009 were down two per cent on the year before, the company says this time bookings are eight per cent ahead of last year's totals.
Marketing and communications manager David Findlay told Jason Roberts business was looking good:
Ministers to meet with LVA to discuss hospitality concerns
Comes after concerns raised about the issues facing the industry
Looneys of Ramsey to close
Number of factors behind the decision
Trade is good, but it's still a struggle to make a profit, says local business
Comes after calls for gov't to do more to help hospitality sector
Villiers Square development plans approved
Two buildings proposed for the site
Developer offers Newson's building to government 'free of charge'
But government minister thinks it wouldn't be appropriate to accept
Financial education course launched through UCM
Two-year course combines various qualifications
