Informe semanal de noticias del mercado brit\u00e1nico de la Oficina de Turismo de Tenerife en Londres<\/p>\n
BBC, 7 June 2019: Government spends \u00a397m on consultants<\/strong><\/p>\n Preparing for Brexit has cost the UK government \u00a397m in consultancy fees, the National Audit Office has revealed. The money has been spent on hiring external experts because government departments lack the staff and skills needed, the NAO said.\u00a0Link<\/a><\/p>\n BBC, 7 June 2019: Boris Johnson \u00a3350m claim case thrown out by judges<\/strong><\/p>\n The High Court has thrown out an attempt to prosecute Boris Johnson over claims he lied during the 2016 referendum campaign by saying the UK gave the EU \u00a3350m a week.\u00a0Link<\/a><\/p>\n BBC, 6 June 2019: Donald Trump’s prediction to Emmanuel Macron<\/strong><\/p>\n President Donald Trump has said Brexit \u00abwill all work out\u00bb, at a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron. He said both the EU and UK were working \u00abvery hard together\u00bb but added: \u00abIt doesn’t seem to be working out. But, at some point, something will happen, one way or the other.\u00bb\u00a0Link<\/a><\/p>\n Travel Weekly, 6 June 2019: Spain highlights Brexit in latest tourism push<\/strong> Buying Business Travel, 7 June 2019: Scottish airports reassure passengers on strike action<\/strong><\/p>\n The owner of Aberdeen and Glasgow airports has reassured passengers that it has \u201crobust contingency plans\u201d in place to ensure the hubs remain operational during a staff strike today and Monday. Members of the Unite union at both airports are staging a walk-out until 1600 today and from 0400 to 1600 on Monday, 10 June in a dispute over pensions and pay.\u00a0Link<\/a><\/p>\n TTG, 7 June 2019: New Sri Lanka travel advice welcomed by travel trade<\/strong> Travel Mole, 6 June 2019: Heathrow buys new scanners so liquids can be left in bags Travel Weekly, 5 June 2019: Heathrow summer strike threat lifted<\/strong> Travel Mole, 7 June 2019: Airlines accused of rip-off car hire and insurance deals<\/strong> Travel Weekly, 7 June 2019: Ryanair claims to be \u2018greenest airline\u2019<\/strong> Travel Weekly, 7 June 2019: BA short-haul tops Heathrow \u2018Fly Quiet and Green\u2019 league table<\/strong> Travel Weekly, 6 June 2019: UK airlines add extra services to new Spanish airport<\/strong> TTG, 5 June 2019: Jet2holidays to host 2019 agent conference in Costa Blanca<\/strong> TTG, 4 June 2019: Why tourism to Turkey is bouncing back<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Informe semanal de noticias del mercado brit\u00e1nico de la Oficina de Turismo de Tenerife en Londres<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2247,1963,1856,2248,46],"class_list":["post-18307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-destacamos","tag-estudios-de-mercado","tag-heathrow","tag-informe-semanal","tag-mercado-emisores","tag-reino-unido","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18307","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18307"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18310,"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18307\/revisions\/18310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBritish holidaymakers are being encouraged to put their Brexit differences aside in a new Spanish tourism push.\u00a0A newly-launched campaign is using the tagline \u2018You have Spain in Common\u2019 to highlight that the country is open for business despite concerns holidaymakers may have over Brexit.\u00a0The Spanish Tourist Office push includes a microsite and a range of short videos adapted for each social media channel.\u00a0Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n
\nThe FCO moved promptly to\u00a0advise against all but essential travel to Sri Lanka\u00a0following a series of bombings targeting hotels and churches on Easter Sunday, which claimed more than 250 lives. However, the effective travel ban\u00a0was lifted on Thursday\u00a0(6 June), albeit with the caveat that tourists should remain vigilant to the threat of terrorism and be aware of possible curfews.\u00a0Link<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Passengers travelling through Heathrow airport will be able to keep their liquids and laptops inside their bags once new security equipment is installed.\u00a0The airport is investing \u00a350m in the computer tomography (CT) security scanners, to be rolled out over the next three years, which will be able to provide a clear picture of a bag’s contents.\u00a0Link<\/a><\/p>\n
\nA summer strike threat at Heathrow has been lifted after hundreds of baggage handlers and check-in staff won a new pay deal.Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n
\nConsumer champion claims Which? Travel claims airline car rental and insurance deals are a rip-off.\u00a0It looked at prices of holiday extras, such as car hire, offered by seven airlines flying to Europe and compared these to the quotes it received by shopping around.\u00a0It claims that, in some cases, passengers were paying more for inferior products.\u00a0Link<\/a><\/p>\n
\nRyanair became the first European airline to publish its monthly carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions this week, revealing average emissions of 66g of CO2 per passenger kilometre in May.\u00a0Link<\/a><\/p>\n
\nBritish Airways\u2019 short-haul fleet topped Heathrow\u2019s \u2018Fly Quiet and Green\u2019 league table based for its environmental performance in the first quarter of the year. The flag carrier\u2019s long-haul fleet also featured among the top ten in the list of 50 airlines, moving ten places up to sixth due to improved track keeping and fewer early and late departures.\u00a0Link<\/a><\/p>\n
\nA new airport serving the Spanish region of Murcia expects to see one million passengers this summer, following\u00a0its opening in January. Ryanair has started a new Stansted service to Region de Murcia airport in Corvera, and Jet2.com has launched flights from Leeds-Bradford and Manchester.\u00a0Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n
\nMore than 300 agents are expected to attend the conference at AR Diamante Beach & Spa in Calpe on 25-28 November. Details of the conference, which will be given the theme of La Gran Reunion (The Big Reunion), were announced at a launch event for agents in Manchester on Wednesday (6 June).\u00a0Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n
\nAfter years in the tourism wilderness caused in part by security fears, confidence in Turkey has returned, with 2019 looking set to be a great period for the destination. Online travel agency TravelZoo reports a 46% year-on-year increase for online searches for Turkey this year. The country has leapfrogged Greece to become Thomas Cook\u2019s second most popular package destination for summer 2019 after Spain, and is also accounting for about a quarter of its flight-only bookings.\u00a0Link<\/a><\/p>\n