{"id":17394,"date":"2019-05-07T14:53:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T13:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/?p=17394"},"modified":"2019-05-07T16:13:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T15:13:50","slug":"la-industria-de-viajes-del-reino-unido-demanda-una-inyeccion-de-agentes-mas-jovenes-para-atraer-a-millennials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/2019\/05\/la-industria-de-viajes-del-reino-unido-demanda-una-inyeccion-de-agentes-mas-jovenes-para-atraer-a-millennials\/","title":{"rendered":"La industria de Viajes del Reino Unido demanda una inyecci\u00f3n de agentes m\u00e1s j\u00f3venes para atraer a millennials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Informe semanal de noticias del mercado brit\u00e1nico de la Oficina de Turismo de Tenerife en Londres<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brexit<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>BBC, 03 May 2019: Local elections: Main parties hit by Brexit backlash in polls<br \/>\n<\/strong>The Conservatives and Labour have faced a backlash at the ballot box over the Brexit deadlock, with smaller parties and independents winning seats. Results are coming in after local elections in England and Northern Ireland, and national politics seems to have been a deciding factor for voters.\u00a0The Tories have lost nearly 450 seats and 18 English councils so far, many of them to a resurgent Liberal Democrats.\u00a0Labour has also had a disappointing night, losing about 80 seats to date.\u00a0<u>Link<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>BBC, 01 May 2019: UK government cancels Brexit ferry deals \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Department for Transport is cancelling contracts to provide extra ferry services after Brexit.\u00a0The government bought \u00a389m worth of capacity from Brittany Ferries and DFDS. Some of that capacity might be sold, but millions of pounds could be lost.\u00a0The contracts were designed to ease pressure on the port of Dover, by creating extra services at other ports.\u00a0<u>Link<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>BBC, 01 May 2019: May hopes UK will leave \u2018well before\u2019 31 October deadline\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nTheresa May has said she hopes the UK will leave the EU well before the new 31 October Brexit deadline. She told MPs there was no reason the UK could not leave in a matter of weeks once MPs backed an agreement, which they have so far rejected three times. She signalled she hoped to get Labour backing for any new customs proposal before putting it to Parliament again.<u>Link<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tourism industry<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Travel Mole, 02 May 2019: More Brits taking one long holiday, says Interhome<\/strong><br \/>\nHoliday home specialist Interhome is reporting a shift away from shorter and more frequent city breaks to one-off, longer summer holidays.\u00a0Based on its latest data, it says the trend relates to Brits holidaying both in the UK and overseas.\u00a0Comparing summer 2019 bookings with summer 2018, the company says it is seeing a move away from short-stay bookings and city breaks, which tend to be in apartments, to 7 to 14-night stays in villas with private pools.\u00a0<u>Link<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Travel Weekly, 02 May 2019: Heathrow gears up for expansion following record first quarter<\/strong><br \/>\nHeathrow\u2019s first quarter pre-tax profits soared by 72% to \u00a357 million as the airport handled a record 17.9 million passengers. New routes to Newquay, Chengdu, Osaka, Phoenix, Pittsburgh and Charleston were introduced in the period.\u00a0<u>Link<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>TTG, 01 May 2019: Responsible Travel calls for higher aviation duties \u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nSustainable tourism specialist Responsible Travel has called for a global \u201cGreen Flying Duty\u201d on flights to control CO2 emissions from aviation, including placing higher charges on premium airline seats.\u00a0The company has launched a Manifesto for the Future of Tourism with the stark warning that \u201ctourism is out of control\u201d.\u00a0<u>Link<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Travel Mole, 01 May 2019: Egypt hotel deaths possibly caused by &#8216;infectious biological agent or toxic chemicals&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\nA Thomas Cook travel agent and her husband who died while on a Thomas Cook holiday in Egypt might have been killed by fumes they inhaled, a UK court has heard.\u00a0<u>Link<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Airlines<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Travel Weekly, 03 May 2019: BA slashes prices in May sale<br \/>\n<\/strong>British Airways is claiming \u201chuge discounts\u201d on flights and holidays in a May sale. More than 120 destinations from Heathrow, Gatwick and London City airport are on offer in the sale.\u00a0<u>Link<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>TTG, 01 May 2019: EasyJet extends twice-weekly Bristol-Lyon service into summer season \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nEasyJet will extend its twice-weekly Bristol-Lyon winter service into the summer. New flights will begin on 1 July, operating on Mondays and Fridays using Airbus A320 aircraft.\u00a0<u>Link<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Travel Weekly, 02 May 2019: Airlines urged to offer vegan meal choices<br \/>\n<\/strong>Campaigners are urging airlines to offer vegan in-flight meals as standard. The Vegan Society and Humane Society International have created a website to provide consumers with an online rating system for vegan in-flight meals<strong>.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><u>Link<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Travel Weekly, 02 May 2019: Easter boost for low-cost carriers<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Easter period provided a boost to both Ryanair and Wizz Air with April passenger numbers soaring.Ryanair group carryings rose by 10% to 13.5 million passengers to give a rolling annual total up 9% to 142.3 million. Hungarian low cost carrier Wizz Air flew 3.2 million passengers last month against 2.7 million at the same time last year, a rise of 19%.\u00a0<u>Link<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>TTG, 02 May 2019: Thomas Cook \u2018sets deadline for expressions of interest in airline\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nThomas Cook has reportedly set a 7 May deadline for expressions of interest in its airline business, Reuters reports. Cook placed its airline business up for sale in February after its first quarter loss grew \u00a314 million to \u00a360 million.\u00a0<u>Link<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>TTG, 02 May 2019: Jet2 launches Izmir programme \u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nJet2\u2019s first flights to Turkish \u00absunshine hotspot\u00bb Izmir got under way this week.\u00a0The carrier\u2019s first Manchester flight took off on Wednesday (1 May). Flights from Stansted and Glasgow start on Thursday (2 May), Newcastle on Friday (3 May) and Birmingham and Leeds Bradford next Wednesday (8 May).\u00a0<u>Link<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Travel Bulletin, 02 May 2019: Lithuania capital Vilnius gets direct flight from London<\/strong><br \/>\nA new flight is launching from London City Airport (LCY) direct to Lithuania\u2019s capital city Vilnius on May 1.\u00a0LOT Polish Airlines will offer up to 12 flights a week on this service and is the first to offer business class on a direct flight to the destination.\u00a0<u>Link<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Travellers and travel agents<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Travel Mole, 03 May 2019: Travel industry needs injection of younger agents \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nThe travel industry needs an injection of younger agents to attract millennials and to understand how they want to book and research their trips. That&#8217;s the view of InteleTravel president James Ferrara, who said over 25% of its agents are millennials and the number is rising fast.\u00a0<u>Link<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>TTG, 02 May 2019: Tui welcomes first guests to new Magic Life resort in Bodrum \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nTui has welcomed its first guests to the newly-refurbished Magic Life Bodrum, the operator\u2019s fifth all-inclusive Magic Life resort in Turkey. The addition of Bodrum, said Tui, demonstrated its commitment to meeting \u201cfast-growing demand\u201d for the eastern Mediterranean, highlighted this week by Thomas Cook\u2019s 2019 Holiday Report, which revealed\u00a0<u>Turkey was now Cook\u2019s second most popular destination<\/u>\u00a0for summer 2019.\u00a0<u>Link<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>TTG, 30 April 2019: Tui eyes resurgent Turkey with additional 45,000 summer 2020 seats \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nTui has added a further 2,000 hotels to its summer 2020 programme and has significantly<br \/>\nextended its flight capacity for Turkey by some 45,000 seats for next summer.\u00a0<u>Link<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Competitors<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Travel Bulletin, 02 May 2019: Geneva&#8217;s wineries open their cellar doors on May 2<\/strong><br \/>\nOn May 26, Geneva\u2019s vineyards are opening their doors for \u2018Open Cellars\u2019, an annual festival where visitors and wine enthusiasts can pop by for tasting experiences. Located in the heart of Geneva\u2019s countryside, more than 60 wineries will open their doors and share some of their best wines with locals and tourists alike. Guests can enjoy complimentary tastings and meet with the producers to discover the passion that goes into making the wines from the previous harvests. After touring the wineries, visitors can buy their favourite bottles and get them delivered back home, allowing for a hassle free journey back to the UK.\u00a0<u>Link<\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Informe semanal de noticias del mercado brit\u00e1nico de la Oficina de Turismo de Tenerife en Londres<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31,1799,2091,2070],"class_list":["post-17394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-destacamos","tag-alemania","tag-informe","tag-mercados-emisores","tag-millennials","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17394"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17429,"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17394\/revisions\/17429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}