TATS TATS figures Travel agent sales show slight recovery in July Thin silver lining for German travel agencies: Their revenues were still down in July with an 86% drop compared to the same month last year but the ...more by Holger Jacobs – Thursday, August 06, 2020
FVW Medien/KH Hapag-Lloyd Cruises (with image gallery) Travel agents experience new world of cruises Introducing the new hygiene and safety concept: Hapag-Lloyd cruises started into a new era of cruising after a four-month unscheduled stop due to the Corona crisis. On the first cruise, luxury liner Europa 2 cast off with 100 travel agents. ...more by Holger Jacobs – Thursday, August 06, 2020
Getty Images/iStockphoto Travel advice Germany gives green light for Turkey holidays Germans can go on holiday in Turkey again after a nationwide travel warning was lifted for the main coastal holiday regions. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, August 06, 2020
DER Touristik Radical savings DER Touristik aims to cut costs by 30% DER Touristik is the latest German tourism group to announce plans for wide-ranging cost savings in response to a slump in revenues this year. The restructuring the country's second-largest tourism group will include include job reductions. ...more by Paul Needham – Wednesday, August 05, 2020
Trevotrend Trevotrend analysis of queries Declining interest in travel in late July Decreases on a broad level: In the last week of July, Germans showed less interest in holiday destinations as the latest Trevotrend study analysing search queries of German consumers reveals. Moreover, queries continue to be made on very short notice. ...more by Holger Jacobs – Tuesday, August 04, 2020
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises Comeback strategy Hapag-Lloyd Cruises resumes shore excursions Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is setting sails again. The affiliate of TUI Group is starting its trips with two vessels. Starting September, the company will also offer cruises including shore excursions. ...more by Holger Jacobs – Thursday, July 30, 2020
Turismo de Tenerife , Turismo de Tenerife ITB/IPK survey Germans put safety first for international travel Germans still want to go on foreign holidays this year despite the coronavirus pandemic but will put safety first when choosing a destination, the means of travel and type of accommodation, an in-depth new survey showed. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, July 30, 2020
FTI Restructuring FTI Group cuts jobs and closes specialist businesses Europe’s third-largest tourism group, FTI Group, is making wide-ranging job cuts and closing down specialist units as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt the travel business. ...more by Paul Needham – Wednesday, July 29, 2020
DER Touristik Retail changes DER Touristik closes airport stations but buys agencies DER Touristik will shut down its branches at all German airports due to a lack of business, hitting 80 jobs, but will snap up 25 more travel agencies to extend its retail network. ...more by Paul Needham – Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Dreamlines Restructuring measures Berge & Meer plans major job cuts German tour operator Berge & Meer plans to cut nearly a third of its staff to reduce costs amid a revenue collapse. ...more by Paul Needham – Wednesday, July 22, 2020
GettyImages Market outlook German tourism recovery could take years Tourism in Germany may need two years to get back to last year’s revenues while outbound travel could take even longer to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to industry experts. ...more by Paul Needham – Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Günter Wicker Cost cutting Easyjet ends flights within Germany Easyjet is dropping all its domestic flights within Germany in a major cost-saving move, leaving Lufthansa with a quasi-monopoly. ...more by Paul Needham – Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Lufthansa Tourism focus Lufthansa sets up new leisure flights subsidiary Lufthansa has set up a new unit for leisure flights as it focuses more strongly on tourism amid a dramatic slump in business travel due to the coronavirus pandemic. ...more by Paul Needham – Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Aldiana Joint venture DER Touristik buys 50% of Aldiana DER Touristik is continuing its hotel expansion with the acquisition of a 50% stake in German up-market club holidays company Aldiana. ...more by Paul Needham – Tuesday, July 14, 2020
DER Touristik fvw interview DER Touristik demands reliable flight schedules Tour operators need reliable flight schedules from airline partners as they relaunch summer holidays following the easing of coronavirus restrictions, DER Touristik’s Sven Schikarsky told fvw in an interview. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, July 09, 2020
TATS TATS figures German travel agents have minimal revenues in June The corona crisis continued to hit German travel agency revenues in June with an 86% drop compared to the same month last year, and the outlook for the coming months remains gloomy, according to the latest figures from IT services company TATS. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, July 09, 2020
FVW Medien/KH fvw interview Condor will fly 50% of original summer schedule German leisure airline Condor plans to fly up to half of its original schedule this summer and then relaunch long-haul flights in October, CEO Ralf Teckentrup told fvw. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, July 09, 2020
TMV/Felix Gänsicke Consumer demand in 'corona year' Germans plan fewer or domestic holidays in 2020 Germans are planning fewer holidays or domestic trips rather than foreign holidays this year due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to consumer surveys that could dash the recovery hopes of Mediterranean destinations. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, July 02, 2020
Imago Images / Blickwinkel Pilot project TUI expands Med holidays after successful Balearic tests German holidaymakers have reacted positively to their 'new normal' test holidays on Majorca over the past fortnight, according to TUI which is now expanding its summer programme in response. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, July 02, 2020
IAGTO/Peter Ellegard Golf travel trade IAGTO gives free access to Covid-19 recovery hub Good news for golf courses and any businesses in the golf travel industry: The International Golf Tour Operators Organisation now has opened up its Covid-19 recovery hub, a worldwide platform, for non-members free of charge. ...more by Holger Jacobs – Tuesday, June 30, 2020
