Kostas Koumis, Deputy Minister of Tourism, who was the head of the Cypriot Delegation at the famous tourism exhibition ITB Berlin, successfully concluded his contacts in Germany on issues concerning the aviation sector and the negative image of the German economy. Specifically, Mr. Koumis held a series of contacts with the heads of tourism organizations […]
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TUI, Europe’s largest travel company, leaves the London Stock Exchange to list its shares exclusively in Germany. In a vote held on Tuesday, 98.35% of shareholders supported the company’s proposal to delist from the UK. The company said the result showed that “there was a very clear vote in favour of delisting from the London […]
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Mabrian presents the latest update of its travel motivation analysis, focusing specifically on the evolution of trends in motivations to visit Europe. The study is based on active listening methodology on social media to identify trends in tourist interests. Covering the period between January and October of this year, compared to the four previous years, […]
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UK duty free spend is forecast to plummet by 70% between 2019 and 2025 owing to new rules introduced in January 2021 which only enable alcohol and tobacco to be purchased duty free. Germany and France will overtake the UK’s number one position to become Europe’s biggest duty free markets, by 2025. The UK’s share […]
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By the end of August 2021, the cumulative decline in sales for this year’s summer season compared to the pre-Corona summer of 2019 has further decreased – by three percentage points to a minus of 59 percent compared to the previous month. Germans continue to book an exceptionally high proportion of their holidays at very […]
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With increasing freedom of travel, the number of holiday bookings for tour operator trips organized in packages or in modules is currently increasing significantly in travel sales (stationary and online). Since mid-May (20th calendar week), new booking sales in Germany have already exceeded the pre-Corona level in 2019 – by a remarkable 48 percent in […]
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The reputation of Germany as the nation with the world’s keenest travellers is still intact – that is one of the findings of a global survey on travel in times of corona conducted by IPK International, in which ITB Berlin also participated. According to the survey, interest among Germans in trips abroad is much higher […]
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Condor has reached comprehensive agreements with all social partners to avoid compulsory redundancies. Together with the works councils for ground and flying staff as well as the trade unions UFO, Ver.di and the Vereinigung Cockpit, agreements have been signed which will allow all employees to remain on board. “We take our responsibility towards our employees […]
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This summer Condor guests can feel comfortable on their holiday trip as Germany’s leisure airline offers a snack and limited on-board sales with cashless payment on board. The service processes have been adapted to protect guests and staff. In addition, the Condor app has been improved and expanded by many functions, so that it is […]
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The Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG has approved a second set of measures as part of its overall restructuring program in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. With the first set of measures launched in early April it had been decided, among other things, to reduce the fleet by 100 aircraft and not to […]
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