Club Med reports strong January
Club Med has become the latest travel company to report a jump in bookings at the start of this year.
The all-inclusive resort specialist says the wet and windy weather has boosted bookings by 14%.
Bookings to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic are up 95% versus this time last year, while Mauritius is bookings are up 50%.
Closer to home, bookings for Greece and for Club Med’s new Belek resort in Turkey are up 30% and 20% respectively.
Estelle Giraudeau, marketing director of Club Med UK, said: "With the UK slowly coming out of the recession this year, people are feeling more optimistic and this has certainly been a contributing factor to the increase bookings."
Club Med has extended its summer sale, early booking bonus, to this Saturday (January 25).
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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