Market trends/Destination news: In July, «mixed results» in travel agencies According to the Orchestra / Gestour barometer conducted for Travel Companies, in July, agencies recorded a 3% drop in departures but this was offset by a 7% increase in bookings. The Top 3 medium–‐haul destinations are Spain, Greece and Italy. Spain suffered in July with […]
Tourism industry news TTG, 24 August 2018: Bank holiday getaway: 2.2 million Brits to head overseas – Abta More than two million Britons are expected to head overseas over the bank holiday weekend (August 24-27), placing significant strain on airports, road and rail. Abta says strong sales on the Balearics, mainland Spain, Greece and Florida […]
German market trends: Sustainable tourism: According to FVW, the German travel industry has launched new initiatives to promote more bookings of sustainable holidays and overcome consumer reluctance to put well-meaning words into action. There is a massive “green gap” between the words and actions of German consumers when it comes to booking sustainable travel. Over […]
Tourists to refuse traveling once Euro hits ₽80 and higher 57% of tourists are ready to cancel their trip abroad due to currency rate (80 rubles per 1 Euro , which is a psychological barrier for most of the travelers. The data was shown in a survey of the travel serviceTutu.ru. At the same time […]
La Casa de Los Balcones ha obtenido el certificado del Sistema de Gestión de la Calidad conforme a la Norma UNE-EN ISO 9001 e ISO 14001 que concede AENOR (Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación). El alcance de la certificación comprende los servicios de Comercialización al por menor de artículos de artesanía, souvenirs, regalos, trajes […]
Russians won’t be able to take the «last minute» tours to Turkey this fall Tour operators will not offer «last minute tours» to Turkey for the autumn season, and tours in general may go up by 10% compared to the same period last year, Interfax was informed by the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) with […]
• Market trends/Destination news: The most wanted destinations by the French this summer In the top 3 most searched countries on Google, the Maghreb is a great success: Morocco leads with 1.7M requests, followed by Algeria and Tunisia with 1.4M and 1.2M requests respectively this summer. In 4th position is Canada, followed by Croatia. The […]
Tourism Industry news Travel Bulletin, 16 August 2018: A third of Brits ignore travel warnings before going on holiday New research by flight comparison site jetcost.co.uk, has revealed that as many as a third of Britons have ignored Foreign Office travel warnings before going on holiday – with only 21% heeding the advice if they […]