{"id":23832,"date":"2020-05-19T14:49:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T13:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/?p=23832"},"modified":"2020-05-19T14:49:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T13:49:51","slug":"tui-francia-facilita-el-cambio-de-fechas-de-vacaciones-de-sus-clientes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.com\/blogcorporativo\/2020\/05\/tui-francia-facilita-el-cambio-de-fechas-de-vacaciones-de-sus-clientes\/","title":{"rendered":"TUI Francia facilita el cambio de fechas de vacaciones de sus clientes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Informe semanal de noticias de la Oficina de Turismo de Tenerife en Par\u00eds<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Tourism industry and Competitors news<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How Europe plans to boost tourism&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the long haul, we will have to bet on our&nbsp;neighbouring&nbsp;countries. In a document entitled \u00abEurope Needs a Break\u00bb, unveiled by Reuters ahead of its next publication, the European Commission outlines some possible measures to try to save tourism this summer. A scheme to respond to professionals &#8211; hard hit by the coronavirus crisis &#8211; who fear a historically bad summer.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the measures envisaged are the lifting of border restrictions, but also the suspension of the European regulation providing for full reimbursement of flights and travel by airlines and the hotel industry. In return, tourism operators could then offer their customers a voucher.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While this measure could facilitate recovery, the opening of borders for non-essential travel is not yet in sight. Interior Minister Christophe&nbsp;Castaner&nbsp;announced on 7 May that the restrictions on France&#8217;s borders with countries in the European area (European Union, Schengen area, United Kingdom) will be \u00abextended until at least 15 June\u00bb.&nbsp;<em>Tour Hebdo<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Summer Holidays: how bookings are picking up from Edouard Philippe&#8217;s Go<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Locatour&nbsp;:&nbsp;sea, camping, mountains&nbsp;\u00abHere we go again,\u00bb says&nbsp;Yariv&nbsp;Abehsera, president of tour operator&nbsp;Locatour. \u00abBefore Edouard Philippe&#8217;s announcement, we were at 5% of the usual business in terms of bookings. On Sunday (May 17), we were at 30%. This is the weight of the Prime Minister&#8217;s words,\u00bb he continued.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A \u00abwind of optimism\u00bb at&nbsp;Exotismes&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00abThe&nbsp;Exotismes&nbsp;team followed&nbsp;Edouard&nbsp;Philippe&#8217;s statements carefully. \u00abThe Prime Minister was very clear, while remaining cautious. As things stand at present, it is now possible to travel in the French overseas departments and territories. This is very good news,\u00bb said Gilbert Cisneros, founding president of the Marseille TO, a specialist in islands. After the intervention of Edouard Philippe, and even if the quarantine measures for the ultramarine territories are not (yet) lifted, traffic on the site of the tour operator has increased by more than 40%. As for bookings, \u00abthey are still cautious. The products we sell require a few days of reflection, even more so given the current context. There is a slight wind of optimism,\u00bb admits Gilbert Cisneros. And while prices should be attractive at the very beginning of the recovery, the boss believes that \u00abit won&#8217;t last very long. For our part, prices are never the highest in July\/August, even if these two months are a peak in the seasonal downturn. So our rates will be in line with that period.&nbsp;<em>L\u2019Echo<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>touristique<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pandemic: UNWTO predicts a 60-80% drop in international tourism by 2020&nbsp;<\/strong>The UNWTO has revised its projections for 2020, particularly in view of the evolution of the health crisis and border closures.&nbsp;\u00abThis is by far the most serious crisis facing international tourism since the surveys began in 1950,\u00bb the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) said in a new release. The Covid-19 pandemic caused a 22% drop in international tourist arrivals in the first quarter of 2020. The fall reached 57% in March, after the start of containment in many countries. The sector thus lost 80 billion dollars (74 billion euros) over the first three months of the year.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the year 2020 as a whole, the crisis could lead to a fall of between 58% and 78% compared to 2019 figures, according to the MTO. At the end of March, its forecasts were for \u00abonly\u00bb a 20% to 30% decrease. These new forecasts are based on three scenarios for exiting the crisis: reopening of borders and lifting of travel restrictions at the beginning of July (58% drop in arrivals), the beginning of September (-70%) and the beginning of December (-78%).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The erosion of international tourism \u00abputs at risk millions of households whose livelihoods depend on tourism and threatens to undo the progress made in the pursuit of sustainable development goals,\u00bb the communiqu\u00e9 adds<em>.&nbsp;<\/em><em>L\u2019Echo<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>touristique<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A major \u00abMarshall Plan\u00bb to support and develop tourism in France&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 1,3&nbsp;billion euros will be invested in the sector . The aim is to encourage the creation of a&nbsp;\u00abnew tourism\u00bb more oriented towards sustainable development and digital technology. \u00abThis is an equity&nbsp;programme, it is not a loan. Because the loan, at some point, you have to pay it back. It&#8217;s really investment. It is going to be implemented by&nbsp;Bpifrance, our subsidiary that deals with companies,\u00bb explained Olivier&nbsp;Sichel, Deputy Director of&nbsp;Caisse&nbsp;des&nbsp;D\u00e9p\u00f4ts, on 11 May on France Info.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In return, the beneficiary companies will have to make a commitment on several points, and in particular on the environmental quality of the projects. This equity&nbsp;programme&nbsp;must be validated and arbitrated by the&nbsp;Interministerial&nbsp;Committee for Tourism, which will be held on Thursday 14 May.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00abThe aim is for everyone to really have an answer to their problem and for a major tourism Marshall Plan to be drawn up,\u00bb Olivier&nbsp;Sichel&nbsp;added.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This new investment plan comes on top of the emergency plan launched by the government to help the tourism sector, which is \u00absuffering a lot\u00bb. As of 11 May, 6.17 billion euros in state-guaranteed loans (PGE) had been granted to 66,000 businesses for an average ticket price of 92,000 euros.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the help of the regions, repayable advances of between 5,000 and 30,000 euros have also been distributed to the smallest structures to \u00abkeep their heads above water during this period\u00bb, Olivier&nbsp;Sichel&nbsp;said.&nbsp;<em>Tour Hebdo<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Summer holidays in France: travel agencies&#8217; guarantees<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While remaining cautious, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe invited French people to book their holidays in France, including the French overseas departments and territories. \u00abThe travel agencies are ready to propose a diversified French offer, explain Les&nbsp;Entreprises&nbsp;du Voyage (EdV) in a press release issued this morning. The union takes the opportunity to remind that distributors sell leisure residences, hotels, campsites, packages&#8230; Moreover,&nbsp;France represents one third of the reservations made in travel agencies (metropolitan France and overseas departments), he added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commitments&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why entrust your holidays to an agency, rather than going live? The&nbsp;EdV&nbsp;is committed to \u00abdoing everything possible to find a new holiday destination in line with&nbsp;travellers&#8217;&nbsp;expectations\u00bb. And this, while respecting potential health constraints. If no offer corresponds to the expectations, the professionals will proceed to the full reimbursement of the deposits paid from 15 May for this stay (and not for the transport a priori).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other advantages of the agencies: the financial guarantee of the funds deposited (in case of bankruptcy of a supplier for example), professional liability insurance, expertise and advice, management of unforeseen events, acceptance of holiday vouchers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pending the reopening of all agencies&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the time being, digital reservations (e-mail, video, etc.) or telephone reservations are preferred, as the majority of sales outlets remain closed. The profession has set up a health protocol that is currently being validated, which will allow the gradual reopening of agencies, equipped accordingly: hydroalcoholic gel, masks available, hygiene measures and distance rules respected.&nbsp;<em>L\u2019echo<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>touristique<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Aviation news<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Air France has already lost 1.8 billion euros and is rethinking its wage bill&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Air France-KLM group measured the first effects of Covid-19 on its traffic, reporting a net loss of 1.8 billion euros in the first quarter. And it anticipates even more disastrous repercussions for its finances between now and the summer.&nbsp;The Franco-Dutch air carrier, 4&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>which is due to receive 7 billion euros in aid from the French government to keep its head above water, reported a 10.5% drop in capacity in the first quarter (-35% in March). It forecasts a collapse of 95% in the second quarter and 80% in the third, according to a press release. By mid-morning, the Air France-KLM share was down 3.70% on the Paris stock exchange.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the time being, these results only reflect the impact of Covid-19 in March, whereas the year had \u00abstarted very well in January and February\u00bb, commented&nbsp;Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric&nbsp;Gagey, Group Chief Financial Officer.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The European Commission has already&nbsp;authorised&nbsp;France on Monday to grant 7 billion euros in support to Air France, including 4 billion in bank loans 90% guaranteed by the State and 3 billion in direct loans from the State.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group forecasts \u00aba slow recovery in activity in the summer of 2020, with the gradual lifting of border restrictions\u00bb, but believes that demand for commercial traffic \u00abshould not return to pre-crisis levels for several years\u00bb.&nbsp;L\u2019Echo touristique&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Tour operators and travel agents news<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Coronavirus: the tour operator TUI is going to cut 8,000 jobs around the world&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, which has brought most of its activities to a halt. \u00abWe want to reduce our administrative costs by 30% on a sustainable basis for the entire 5&nbsp;group\u00bb with \u00abconsequences on about 8,000 positions\u00bb that \u00abwe will not occupy or eliminate\u00bb, says the company.&nbsp;The group, which has nearly 70,000 employees worldwide, will thus eliminate more than 10% of its workforce.&nbsp;At the same time, the group reported a strong net loss in the second quarter of its financial year, which was postponed from January to March, i.e. -763.6 million euros. In France, the tour operator has placed its teams on short-time working until 16 September.&nbsp;L\u2019Echo&nbsp;touristique&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TUI France wants to facilitate travel postponements&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After having repatriated more than 10,000 customers (Morocco, Senegal, Cape Verde, Dominican Republic, &#8230;), chartering 27 aircraft, TUI France is preparing for the takeover by launching \u00abEasy Report\u00bb.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An offer designed \u00abto make it easy for all&nbsp;travellers&nbsp;to go on holiday under the same conditions as their cancelled trip, without having to spend more\u00bb. Based on the government order of 25 March 2020, TUI France offers \u00abthe same holidays next year at the same guaranteed price, valid until 31 July 2020\u00bb. The offer applies to all TUI customers whose individual package holiday has been cancelled (to date, for all departures up to and including 12 June 2020). TUI France specifies that \u00abit remains possible, of course, for customers who would prefer another alternative for their next holiday, to postpone their initial booking to another proposal\u00bb.&nbsp;L\u2019echo&nbsp;Touristique&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Informe semanal de noticias de la Oficina de Turismo de Tenerife en Par\u00eds Tourism industry and Competitors news&nbsp; How Europe plans to boost tourism&nbsp;&nbsp; Before the long haul, we will have to bet on our&nbsp;neighbouring&nbsp;countries. 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