Thomas Entzeroth Swiss travel group Hotelplan will boost beach holidays business with Vtours Hotelplan Group improved profits by focusing on higher-value travel last year and expects to boost its beach holidays business this year following the ...more by Paul Needham – Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises Strategic review TUI considers international partner for luxury brand Hapag-Lloyd Cruises TUI Group is looking into capital-light growth options for its luxury cruises subsidiary Hapag-Lloyd, including a possible joint venture with an international partner. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, January 16, 2020
Janina Schuster fvw workshop Italy Friuli Venezia Giulia seeks more German cultural visitors The north-eastern Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia wants to attract more German visitors with a mix of slow tourism, active holidays and cultural attractions, a recent fvw workshop made clear. ...more by Paul Needham – Monday, January 13, 2020
Klaus Hildebrandt Ex-Thomas Cook brands Anex plans rapid Neckermann, Öger and Bucher relaunches Turkish tourism group Anex is aiming to relaunch former three Thomas Cook tour operator brands in Germany in the coming weeks under an ambitious expansion strategy in Europe’s biggest package holiday market. ...more by Paul Needham – Tuesday, January 07, 2020
Privat European Aviation Symposium "Green deal as an opportunity for aviation" It was her first official act as head of the EU Commission and was intended to send a clear signal in the run-up to the climate protection conference in Madrid. With the presentation of the "European Green Deal", Ursula von der Leyen has set much more ambitious goals than the German government with its climate package. ...more by Partner – Wednesday, December 18, 2019
shutterstock Market trends Germans stay happy with package holidays Germans are generally very satisfied with package holidays and the image of the tourism industry has not suffered because of the Thomas Cook insolvency, according to a representative survey for the German Travel Association (DRV). ...more by Paul Needham – Monday, December 16, 2019
DRV/Christian Wyrwa DRV conference German tour operators sell fewer holidays but increase revenues Strong demand for holidays in Turkey, cruises and exotic destinations generated slightly higher overall revenues for German tour operators this year, even though they sold fewer holidays in total, according to new figures from the German Travel Association (DRV). ...more by Paul Needham – Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Thomas Cook Thomas Cook insolvency Hoteliers want earlier payments from tour operators The break-up of Thomas Cook in Germany is nearing completion but hoteliers in major destinations who lost heavily from the insolvency are demanding earlier payments from tour operators in future. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, December 05, 2019
Kati Jurischka fvw workshop Andalusia wants more Germany flights to expand cultural tourism Andalusia has plenty of potential to become a major cultural destination for German tourists but lacks enough direct flights and consumer awareness, a recent fvw workshop in Granada made clear. ...more by Paul Needham – Wednesday, December 04, 2019
RTK Thomas Cook break-up RTK snaps up Holiday Land as DER Touristik move fails DER Touristik has failed to take over Thomas Cook’s 360 franchise travel agencies in Germany, leaving the way free for leading agency network RTK to snap up the franchise organisation instead. ...more by Paul Needham – Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Thomas Cook Thomas Cook break-up Turkey's Anex Group buys Öger and Bucher Turkish tourism group Anex is taking over two of Thomas Cook Germany's tour operator brands to step up its international expansion after acquiring Russia's Intourist from the insolvent British group. ...more by Paul Needham – Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Eurowings Summer 2020 schedules Condor, Eurowings and TUIfly increase flights to European holiday destinations Germany’s three main leisure airlines are all adding new holiday destinations in various European countries next summer to boost their networks. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, November 14, 2019
Thomas Cook Tour operator insolvency Thomas Cook Germany heads for break-up with 1,000 job losses Thomas Cook Germany could close down on December 1 with about 1,000 job losses after failing to find a buyer, but some of its tour operator and hotel businesses might be sold off separately, saving about 1,000 other jobs. ...more by Paul Needham – Wednesday, November 06, 2019
Thomas Cook Thomas Cook insolvency Tour operators face higher insurance costs after possible €400m hit for customers Tour operators in Germany may have to pay out much more for insolvency insurance in future after the Thomas Cook collapse left customers reportedly facing up to €400 million worth of losses. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, October 31, 2019
Holger Peters Fotografie Airline sale Condor seeks offers by end-November Potential buyers of Thomas Cook’s German airline Condor need to make their offers by the end of November, according to fvw information. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, October 24, 2019
Christian Wyrwa Thomas Cook insolvency Rivals target Cook customers and expand hotel capacity Leading tour operators in Germany, including TUI, DER Touristik, FTI, Alltours and Schauinsland-Reisen, are trying to win Thomas Cook customers with special offers and have secured additional capacity from former Cook hotel partners after the insolvent tour operator cancelled all bookings up to December 31. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, October 10, 2019
VTours und Hotelplan Cross-border acquisition Hotelplan buys German dynamic tour operator Vtours Switzerland’s Hotelplan Group is making a move into the German tourism market with the takeover of dynamic tour operator Vtours. ...more by Paul Needham – Tuesday, October 08, 2019
Thomas Cook Thomas Cook insolvency DER Touristik flies back stranded holidaymakers amid hotel payments confusion DER Touristik has successfully organised return travel for nearly all of the 140,000 German holidaymakers left stranded by the sudden collapse of Thomas Cook, but problems with hotel payments are apparently continuing. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, October 03, 2019
Condor German leisure airline Tour operators are ready to invest in Condor Several tour operators would be prepared to invest in Condor to help keep the German airline operating long-term following the insolvency of the Thomas Cook Group. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, October 03, 2019
Schauinsland-Reisen GmbH Summer 2020 programme Schauinsland achieves moderate growth in tough year German tour operator Schauinsland-Reisen managed to generate 2% growth this year amid difficult trading conditions but has made a fast start to bookings for winter 2019/20. ...more by Paul Needham – Wednesday, October 02, 2019
