TUI UK shedding 2,000 jobs
Phil Davies - Mar 24, 2025
Restructuring costs within Thomson parent TUI UK cost £31.3 million last year, mainly due to redundancies. German parent company TUI…
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Thailand still hoping for record year
Ginny McGrath - Mar 24, 2025
CIMTIG & PATA Debate Special: Thailand's tourism authorities are still hoping for a record year in 2005 and say tourism…
Too much discounting will damage tsunami destinations
Ginny McGrath - Mar 24, 2025
CIMTIG & PATA Debate Special: Discounting holidays 'too heavily' to countries affected by the Indian ocean tsunami will damage the…
“Record numbers” to travel overseas at Easter
Phil Davies - Mar 24, 2025
A record 2.2 million British holidaymakers are due to leave the country over the Easter weekend, ABTA estimates. With the…
Charter carriers’ on-time performance slumps
Phil Davies - Mar 24, 2025
Charter airline punctuality dropped in the last quarter of 2004 and delays increased. Figures from the Civil Aviation Authority for…
BA expands network for summer
Phil Davies - Mar 24, 2025
British Airways is to raise capacity this summer three per cent over last year by adding 13 new European services.…
Aeroflot cuts over to Sabre booking and agency distribution
Phil Davies - Mar 24, 2025
Aeroflot has migrated the airline and affiliated travel agencies in Russia to Sabre booking and ticketing. The move is part…
Eurostar criticises airline pricing dishonesty
- Mar 24, 2025
Eurostar today criticised the pricing dishonesty of some airlines who don't show consumers the total price upfront when making a…
Lufthansa to sponsor Advantage business event
Phil Davies - Mar 24, 2025
Advantage Travel Centres’ 2005 business travel conference is to be sponsored by Lufthansa. The German carrier, which has just agreed…
TUI UK hit by 30m euros restructuring costs
Phil Davies - Mar 23, 2025
TUI UK took a 30 million-euro hit last year due to restructuring costs. Figures released by the German travel giant…
Internet offers ‘compelling advantages’ over agents
Ginny McGrath - Mar 23, 2025
Growing demand for independent and far-flung travel is making Britons turn their back on big tour operators and agency chains…
Service fees becoming the norm
Ginny McGrath - Mar 23, 2025
More than half of UK travel agents now charge a booking fee, according to a recent survey. The widespread introduction…
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