Hyper-personalization: Will it contribute to sales and the travel industry in 2024?

As hyper-personalisation goes beyond the usual strategies that have been used so far to benefit travel needs, there are advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning that may be able to provide the necessary services that travellers need. Martin Eade from travel search and booking technology provider Vibe believes there’s a lot riding on this. […]

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Ryanair’s 24-hour flash sale offers 500,000 seats from €12.99

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (19 Apr) launched its biggest 24hr flash sale of the year with 500,000 seats on offer from just €12.99 for travel until the end of the month. This limited time ‘April Clearout’ sale offers an unbeatable selection of must-see destinations across Ryanair’s industry leading network, with plenty of sunny hotspots, […]

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DERTOUR: Sharp increase in sales for this year’s tourist season | At +50% approximately

The Dertour Group, the tourism arm of the Rewe Group, recorded a double-digit growth rate of approximately 25% (24.6% to be precise) in sales in 2023, with revenues amounting to €7.2 billion, while a new, sharp increase of 47% was recorded in early March for this year’s tourist season. The Dertour group is “back on […]

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Classic Collection provides for the reduction of jobs and the restructuring of operations and sales

On the Beach, which is the holding company  of Classic Collection and Classic Package Holidays, took the decision to create a joint brand with the cooperation of these two companies. By merging the two into one there will be a reduction in jobs, which will create a reshuffle in operations as well as B2B sales. […]

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Tax free shopping sales in store recovery reached 141% in February 2024, says Global Blue

Global Blue reveals that the global tax-free market recovery momentum remains strong in continental Europe and Asia Pacific. Globally, the recovery in like-for-like store sales reached 141% in February 2024 compared to the same period in 2019, up from 135% in January ’24. A Steady Worldwide Recovery, Compared to 2019 Levels In Continental Europe, the […]

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Germany: Increase of total sales and decrease of incoming orders in 2024 vs. 2023 according to ta.ts-Reisebürospiegel

Comparing the estimates for the year 2023 with 2024, there is a significant increase of 11.8% in total sales and a corresponding decrease of 8.8% in incoming orders, according to the German ta.ts-Reisebürospiegel.  Τa.ts-Reisebürospiegel is a travel agency in Germany, which represents and works through the Lufthansa Group. They attach importance to a high degree […]

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Failure to reactivate Chinese sales & marketing channels could cost western hotels market share, says DidaTravel

DidaTravel – a tech-driven global travel distribution company – has warned that western hotels have missed a great window of opportunity for capturing the attention of international outbound Chinese tourists by not actively promoting their properties ahead of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival currently taking place this week. Historically the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is one of […]

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How to increase sales in tourism industry

Selling travel for concert-goers and sports event attendees shouldn’t be like moving heaven and earth says Simon Goddard from Vibe -and now is the perfect moment to take advantage of the recovery of public events.  When asked by journalists why he robbed banks the infamous bank-robber Willie Sutton responded “because that’s where the money is”. Likewise, […]

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U.S. travel agency sales recovery in 2021

Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC) today released data showing ARC-accredited travel agency air ticket sales totaled $39.8 billion in 2021, a 69% increase from the $23 billion total in 2020.* The number of passenger trips in 2021 grew by 50% year over year, totaling 174 million compared to 116 million in 2020. Results comparing December 2021 […]

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Phocus Wire: How Booking.com gained market share while we were in lockdown

During the pandemic, many hotels have seen their direct sales grow exponentially within their channel mix. Meanwhile, on the sly, Booking.com has also managed to increase its share with almost no resistance. Given the current situation, where many channels are still not appearing and we don’t know if they will be activated this season, Booking.com has […]

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