Concern for major ATOL holders regarding summer bookings

Jet2holidays, considered the largest holder of ATOL, appears to be bringing in more bookings for this season’s summer than its rival, TUI. Jet2holidays (6.7 million), Tui (5.8 million), Loveholidays (4 million), Booking.com (2.3 million) and easyJet Holidays (2.2 million) remain the current top five licence holders followed by On the Beach, British Airways Holidays, BravoNext, […]

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Review of the cancellation policies for the Airbnb’s concept

The new cancellation policy, that Airbnb has already changed, will cover hurricanes, that are connected with travel bans. As far as a flu warning in the U.S., a malaria emergency in Thailand, or a Covid-19 outbreak, these situations would be not covered from Airbnb. It will help the businessmen not to miss and have more […]

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DERTOUR Group: Positive outlook for 2024 as the Group drives growth strategy towards internationalisation and more individual travel options

The presentation of DERTOUR’s positive prospects brings upgrades to bookings and destinations for 2024. Emphasis is placed on strategies that drive growth globally and on trends in Europe regarding individual travel, which is much more than in 2024. DERTOUR Group, formerly known as DER Touristik Group, the second-largest tour operator in Europe, provides insights into its […]

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EXCLUSIVE: These are the numbers of tour operators for the Summer! | What Ebel, Heapy, Der Touristik, MTS, easyJet told M&T | What are the increases for 2025?

The prospects for the 2024 summer season are excellent, as almost all tour operators -with few exceptions- and especially the big ones, see a significant increase in bookings, with the Mediterranean and Greece attracting the interest of European tourists. In the context of this year’s ITB, ΜΟΝΕΥ & TOURISM spoke with leading tour operators, namely […]

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DER Touristik: Greece among the three best sellers destinations | “Galloping” bookings at +47% this summer season

Following the good performance of early bookings in autumn 2023, DER Touristik reports an impressive 47% increase in bookings for the 2024 summer season compared to the previous year, and an equally impressive 33% increase in customer numbers. In this context, high demand is being recorded for Greece, Turkey and Spain. The summer destinations with […]

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Negative developments on TripAdvisor Plus at the Phocuswirght Conference

Tripadvisor’s attempt to create a subscription program that would give travelers discounts, drive bookings for suppliers and revenue for itself is ending after just more than three years. “We’ve taken the decision to end our Tripadvisor Plus program,” said a Tripadvisor spokesperson in an emailed statement. The program initially became available in beta in December […]

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The end has come for the well-known London agency ATOL

Α travel agency based in north-west London has been struck off the Companies Register and dissolved. Trivoyage Travel, which was licensed under a franchise arrangement with Protected Trust Services, was struck off on 7 February and dissolved on 13 February. The Civil Aviation Authority said Wembley-based Trivoyage Travel Ltd ceased trading as an ATOL holder […]

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Online travel sellers earned $250 million in bookings during 2023 from Stay22 platform

The travel affiliate program for bloggers and media generated 562,000 bookings for travel vendors in 2023 while these additional, high-margin, hard-to-reach bookings generated $250 million in sales for Stay22’s travel suppliers in 2023. Stay22 forecasts sales in excess of $415 million . Stay22, the travel tech company that offers affiliate revenue generation opportunities for travel […]

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HolidayCheck: Turkish Riviera and Rhodes cheaper from 2023 for summer holidays | +3% prices in Greece, 12% increase in Spain

HolidayCheck‘s regular analysis of early bookings has revealing results for travellers: the prices of package holidays for 2024 show significant differences compared to the previous year for Egypt, Greece, Spain and Turkey. Attractive offers for families in Turkey, Egypt, Greece and Mallorca Families planning their holidays can look forward to attractive offers. In Turkey, prices […]

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