TUI Story 2
There’s a scene in Toy Story 2 (the one with Big Al’s Toy Barn) where Andy’s mum has a garage sale on the lawn at the front of the house. Boxes full of once cherished toys are laid out on a table ready to be sold to the highest bidder. It was this scene that jumped into my mind when Tui announced the sale of all of its specialist holiday businesses last week. Will Waggott has gathered together all of Peter Long’s precious toys and put them on show at the end of the drive for any passers-by to pick over. Tui, like Andy’s mum, knows that the special toys need to be kept, even if it’s just for old times’ sake. So Woody and Buzz (Crystal and Lakes & Mountains) have been taken inside and popped back under the bed, whilst Wheezy, Slinky and Hamm have been boxed together in a job lot with all of the other (now unloved) toys. But when the trestle table has fifty toys on it, it’s inevitable that there will be a Big Al on the scene trying to separate the collectors’ items from ...