Thomas Cook UK adds more own-brand hotels
Thomas Cook has added 12 newly available own-brand hotels to the UK market next summer and will open three more in 2018.
The 2017 additions include accommodation in the Casa Cook, SENTIDO, Sunwing and Sunprime brands, including the operator’s first own-brand hotel in Italy, on the island of Sicily.
The 100-room SENTIDO Acacia Marina is located in the South Sicilian former fishing village of Marina di Ragusa, with spa facilities, modern accommodation and a private beach area.
Also new for next summer is the 233-room SENTIDO Bluesun Berulia hotel in the small resort of Brela in Croatia, just a short distance from the beach.
In addition to brand new hotels, Thomas Cook is introducing a number of its existing hotels to UK travellers for the first time.
As well as the SENTIDO Kaktus on the Croatian island of Brac, the tour operator will offer five of its premium Sunwing Family Resorts and four of its adult-only Sunprime Hotels to its UK portfolio.
New for UK customers next summer are Sunwings in Mallorca, Cyprus, Gran Canaria, Rhodes and Turkey.
New for UK customers next summer are Sunprimes in Cyprus, Rhodes and Turkey.
Thomas Cook UK managing director Chris Mottershead said: "Our own-brand hotels are what make us unique and we have carefully designed our hotel concepts to ensure there is something for everyone.
"Our recent customer satisfaction scores are significantly higher amongst customers staying at our own-brand hotels compared to non-Thomas Cook hotels.
"I’m delighted to be offering more Sunprimes, Sunwings, Casa Cooks and SENTIDOs to our UK customers for 2017."
Looking further ahead, Thomas Cook is today also revealing it will open a third Casa Cook hotel in Mallorca in summer 2018 as well as a Sunwing and Sunprime Resort located next to each other in Cape Verde, on the island of Sal, for the 2017/18 winter season.
This follows the announcement earlier this month that the second Casa Cook hotel will open in Kos in July 2017.
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