TUI Group Portfolio expansion TUI opens 20 more hotels and tests 'tour rep dates' TUI is increasing its hotel portfolio with 20 more properties, including three Greek hotels bought at auction, and will test offering individual ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, May 09, 2019
Condor Thomas Cook Group Lufthansa bids for Condor Lufthansa has officially bid for Thomas Cook Group’s German airline Condor with the option of taking over all of the struggling British tourism group’s airlines. ...more by Paul Needham – Wednesday, May 08, 2019
OYO/@Leisure Holiday homes India's OYO heads for Europe with big German acquisition Fast-growing Indian hotel group will become a major player in the European holiday homes market with the €369.5 million takeover of German-owned multi-brand rentals specialist @Leisure Group. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, May 02, 2019
Deutscher Bundestag/Axel Hartmann National tourism strategy Berlin outlines priorities for action plan The German government has published the main priorities and aims for the first-ever national tourism strategy and will draw up an action plan with specific measures in cooperation with regional states and the travel industry. ...more by Paul Needham – Wednesday, May 01, 2019
Imago , Imago Sri Lanka German tour operators pull out after travel warning Tour operators in Germany are cancelling holidays in Sri Lanka after Berlin officially warned against travelling to the Indian Ocean island following the recent devastating terror attacks and amid fears of follow-up attacks. ...more by Paul Needham – Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Arosa/Tom Kohler River cruises A-ROSA grows with large 'family-size' ships Germany’s leading river cruises company A-ROSA is driving plans to win more families with its first order for a large ‘family-size’ ship with plenty of leisure activities. ...more by Paul Needham – Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Kati Jurischka fvw workshop Athens wants to become city trip destination for German tourists The Greek capital has plenty of potential to become a major European city trip destination but needs to step up marketing activities and polish its international image, according to participants in the recent fvw workshop. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, April 25, 2019
GettyImages Sri Lanka German tour operators offer free cancellations German package holidaymakers have been offered free cancellations of trips to Sri Lanka following the devastating terror attacks that killed more than 300 people on Easter Sunday. ...more by Paul Needham – Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Thinkstock Madeira Bus crash passengers were Trendtours holidaymakers Most passengers on the bus that crashed on Madeira last Wednesday killing 29 German tourists were customers of tour operator Trendtours. ...more by Paul Needham – Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Condor Thomas Cook Group Condor cuts down on sub-contracted carriers Condor will downscale to just two wet-lease airline partners this summer from a handful last year to keep its flight schedule as stable as possible. ...more by Paul Needham – Wednesday, April 17, 2019
TUI Cruises Ocean cruises Germans carry on sailing the high seas More Germans and other Europeans are going on ocean cruises than ever before as new vessels continue to drive demand, according to new figures from industry association CLIA. ...more by Paul Needham – Tuesday, April 16, 2019
fvw GfK Travel Insights German summer holiday bookings improve in March Summer holiday bookings in Germany picked up moderately last month but still remain weak overall, according to the latest sales figures from GfK. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, April 11, 2019
fvw Destination trends German bookings for top destination airports slump by 17% in March German holiday bookings to major destinations in Turkey, Spain and Egypt appear to have dropped dramatically in March although demand for Greece looks better, according to the latest monthly figures from Amadeus. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, April 11, 2019
DER Touristik 2018 results International expansion drives DER Touristik growth Europe’s third-largest tourism group, DER Touristik, increased revenues by a moderate 3.4% in 2018 as international expansion compensated for a mixed performance in Germany. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, April 04, 2019
Condor Airline consolidation Lufthansa circles Condor as Eurowings diversifies Condor and Lufthansa executives are publicly speculating about a potential takeover of Thomas Cook Group’s German airline, while Eurowings will soon start selling tickets on other airlines. ...more by Paul Needham – Wednesday, April 03, 2019
GfK Travel Insights GfK Travel Insights German summer holiday bookings pick up Summer holiday bookings in Germany improved slightly in February after a slump in January but still remain below last year’s high levels overall, according to the latest sales figures from GfK. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, March 14, 2019
Messe Berlin ITB 2019 Global travel outperforms amid challenges Worldwide travel and tourism is heading for another year of solid growth despite global challenges such as political and social tensions, slower economies and ‘overtourism’, top industry figures agreed at ITB. ...more by Paul Needham – Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Christian Wyrwa German market trends Turkey soars but Spain lags, say operators Turkey is flying high and North Africa is also selling strongly but bookings for Spain and some other southern European destinations remain weak, according to German tour operators. ...more by Paul Needham – Wednesday, March 13, 2019
christian Wyrwa/Gregor Zielke ITB 2019 America greets again The USA is welcoming back foreign tourists who had delayed trips Stateside for the last few years. ...more by Paul Needham – Friday, March 08, 2019
fvw ITB 2019 – Daily 3 Download the ITB Daily here Read the latest news from Berlin. Download the English Daily here. ...more by Paul Needham – Friday, March 08, 2019
