§ Mr. Whitakerasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, as an aid to tourism in Great Britain, he will investigate the feasibility of a computer facilitating hotel bookings.
§ Mr. William RodgersThe Hotel and Catering Economic Development Committee, in association with the National Computer Centre, has already commissioned a study of the feasibility of establishing a nationwide computerised hotel reservation system. A summary is available from the National Economic Development Office. The E.D.C. is now studying the possibilities of implementing such a system. The Board of Trade is represented on this E.D.C. and is in close touch with these studies.