More help for business travellers

World Wide Business Centre, with which British Airways-BOAC is associated, have opened four new European centres—in Paris, Brussels, Zurich and Glasgow—bringing their international total to 12.

The facility offers the traveller flying by BOAC the use of WWBC’s communications centres, offices and secretaries while overseas, and in addition to the offices recently opened there are others in London, New York, Washington DC, Mon treal, Ottawa and Halifax.

The expansion of World Wide Business Centres was announced at BOAC’s New York office by WWBC’s president, Mr Alan L. Bain, who said the airline had given great im petus to World Wide’s success by offering the services of World Wide’s communications centre free to BOAC passengers.

Mr Bain said this service was in valuable to the international business

traveller on the move as the centre was able to handle his incoming elephone and telex messages and keep his appointment diary just as his home office would, The WWBC communications centres are available week days from 9.00 am to 6.00 pm. For a fee, facilities exist at each communica tions centre for sending telex mes sages, making telephone calls, Xerox copying, secretarial and translation services and an office or suite for individual accommodation if required, A 24-hour telephone answering service is available at most of the offices, which are available from one day to six months as required, Private offices fully staffed and furnished cost from AS22 per day depending on location and size; and secretarial services during normal working hours cost from As 6 per hour depending on the location and the types of skill required.