Market trends/Destination news: The French spend an average of €2,277 for their holidays Tripadvisor publishes the results of its annual TripBarometer study, conducted by the Ipsos MORI Institute among 21,500 travellers worldwide, including 2,254 French. They were asked about their habits before and during their stay. While 17% of travellers worldwide book their stay each […]
Thomas Cook bought all the shares of the “Intourist” Thomas Cook has become the sole owner of all shares of ITC Travel Investments (Russian tour operator “Intourist”). “The deal is the next step in position strengthening of one of the world tourism leaders in our market,” the press service of Intourist commented. “Aturis-tour” can not […]
Market News Travel fair CMT starts in Stuttgart: The holiday fair CMT in Stuttgart is starting on Satursay this week. Until 20th January, more than 2100 exhibitors from tourism and leisure will present themselves at the Stuttgart exhibition center. Travel destinations from all over the world as well as novelties for camping and caravanning are […]
Market trends/Destination news: Jean-Pierre Mas (EDV): “The level of bookings is increasing significantly for 2019!” “2019 is looking good“! Jean-Pierre Mas, President of Entreprises du Voyage, is optimistic. However, he did not lower his guard: IATA, Bercy, over-tourism… the points of vigilance are numerous. “Consolidation is accelerating in France. I see this in a positive […]
Coordinado a través del departamento de Promoción Económica de Turismo de Tenerife, Enrique Marín (CFO) y Geoffrey Allen (CEO), representantes de la empresa irlandesa de realidad virtual Mersus Technologies, han realizado una visita a la Isla. El mercado de la realidad virtual en el sector de la formación está creciendo fuertemente, y Mersus Technologies requiere de personal […]
Travellers and travel agents Travel Weekly, 9 January 2019, ‘Seismic shift’ in over-50s seeking adventure holidays Saga is seeing a “seismic shift” in older people seeking luxury holidays combining off-the-beaten track adventure. New research reveals that over-50s are more likely to opt for destinations such as Uzbekistan or Kyrgyzstan, with the hope of a more […]
La Isla tendrá en Fitur y Madrid Fusión las primeras grandes citas turísticas de 2019
Durante el pasado mes de diciembre, Turismo de Tenerife ha llevado a cabo diversas acciones que siguen promocionando y posicionando a la Isla como destino turístico de primer nivel. Las diferentes acciones de promoción se han llevado a cabo colaborando con agentes de viaje y turoperadores de Japón, Francia, Bélgica y Holanda: Agentes […]
Tourism industry Travel Weekly, 2 January 2019: More than 5m holidays expected to be booked in January As many as 5.2 million people are expected to book holidays this month – but the majority fail to consider financial protection, new research by Atol found. This Saturday (January 5) – dubbed ‘Sunshine Saturday’ – will kick […]
Aeroflot will increase the number of flights between Moscow and Phuket Aeroflot intends to increase the flight frequency from Moscow to Phuket from 10 to 12 flights per week for the winter season. Rostourism excluded “Zhemchuzhnaya Reka” from the tour operators’ register Travel company “Zhemchuzhnaya Reka” was excluded from the tour operators register by Rostourism […]
Tour Operator news Cook launches Expedia hotel partnership in Germany: As reported by fvw, Thomas Cook Germany is expanding its portfolio of bookable hotels by 20,000 for 2019, including the first 1,500 properties through the group’s partnership with Expedia. Tour operator brands Neckermann Reisen, Thomas Cook Signature and Öger Tours are offering more than 3,000 […]
