Thomas Cook sees further slide in bookings

Thomas Cook, the struggling tour operator, has reported that its summer booking levels have fallen by a third. January is usually a key time for travel operators as people are booking their summer holidays but holidaymakers are spending less money on travel and this has caused a significant fall in booking levels.

The average decline in [...]

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UK tourists trapped in Australia by travel agents collapse

Last weekend an Austrian airline cancelled all flights between India and Britain and this is caused a travel agent in the UK to go bankrupt. This is left several hundred British citizens stuck abroad. The airline was Comtel Air and they have already been surrounded in controversy after a recent situation where passengers on the [...]

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Thomson and First Choice get High Street makover

• “Thomson…. featuring First Choice” to be rolled across the country out by October 2013
• Largest ever geographic presence for the First Choice brand
• £8m investment project over the next two years

TUI UK, the parent company of high street giant Thomson, are to rebrand their biggest name by incorporating one of their others, and 2013 [...]

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Thomas Cook feeling the travel pinch

 

Over 25% of Thomas Cook’s market value was wiped out yesterday when the travel company warned on upcoming reduced profits, blaming weak spending by consumers in Britain and the unrest in both North Africa and the Middle East.

A strategic review of its business in the UK was announced after the trading woes of the second-biggest [...]

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GDS and travel company relationships about to change

The change in the relationships between global distribution systems (GDS), airlines and agents is evitable and being accepted by leading travel management companies. That was the opinion at a recent Guild of Travel Management Companies conference (GTMC) and those members are involved in over 80% of UK corporate business travel.

It is not that anyone thinks [...]

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Thomson Cruises reintroduce cruises from UK in 2012

Thomson Cruises are reintroducing cruises from the UK with the Thomson Spirit, based in Newcastle from May to July and Harwich from August to September 2012. The 1,524-passenger ship will be offering 15 non-fly itineraries and 39 destinations with cruises of between three and 14 nights in duration. New for 2012 is an 11-night round [...]

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35 years of Exodus Adventure Holidays

With thirty five years of experience behind them, Exodus wildlife tours can offer the best in adventure tourism that leads you on the path of discovery, whether you want to experience the natural joys on foot while taking a wild trek up the mountainside or prefer the speed of a bicycle and the wind in [...]

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