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Erna Low (28 July 1909 – 12 February 2002) was an Austrian businesswoman, best known for her work in the ski travel industry. Low has been cited as a pioneer in the development of the package holiday and was the founder of (Erna Low ) Travel Services Ltd. She worked in the holiday industry for over sixty years. == Early Years == Low was born in Vienna in 1909 as the only daughter of Eduard Carl Lӧwe and his wife Emma. She remained in the city throughout her childhood and education. She became the Austrian javelin champion before moving to England in 1931, with ten borrowed pounds in her pocket, to research a PhD thesis on Lord de Tabley, a Victorian poet and botanist. During her studies, Low traced the grandchildren of de Tabley and was invited to stay at the family home in Knutsford. While living in Bloomsbury, Low earned a basic living as a language tutor, but decided that she needed to earn more to finance trips back to Austria to visit her sick mother and fulfil her passion for skiing. Low's business career in the travel industry began in 1932 when she placed an advert in the Morning Post. It read: 'Winter Sports – Austria, fortnight, £15 only, including rail and hotel, arranged by young Viennese Graduette for young people leaving Christmas.' Low set up a permanent home in Britain and became a citizen in 1940, changing her name from Lӧwe to Low in the process. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Erna Low」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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