TUI: Κορυφαία η Ελλάδα στις προτιμήσεις των τουριστών το 2014

Το εγκώμιο της χώρας μας, αλλά και το ότι αυτή βρίσκεται στην κορυφή των προτιμήσεων των τουριστών για το 2014, έπλεξε για μια ακόμη φορά ο ισχυρός άνδρας του group της TUI Peter Long...
Σε δηλώσεις του υπογράμμισε ότι οι κορυφαίοι φετινοί προορισμοί του group είναι η Ελλάδα, η Ibiza και η Lanzarote, ενώ ανακοίνωσε σημαντική βελτίωση των οικονομικών αποτελεσμάτων του ομίλου με τα στοιχεία έως τα τέλη Μαρτίου, γεγονός που οφείλεται και στην αύξηση της τιμής των πωλούμενων τουριστικών πακέτων.
Ακόμη δημοσιοποίησε την λειτουργία τριών μεγάλων ξενοδοχειακών συγκροτημάτων του Ομίλου Σε Ίμπιζα, Τζαμαϊκα και Τουρκία.
Αξίζει να σημειωθεί η συνεχιζόμενη κακή πορεία της Αιγύπτου, λόγω των γεγονότων.
Οι συνεχείς αναφορές του CEO της TUI στην Ελλάδα, αποδεικνύουν την καλή χημεία που έχει αναπτύξει με τον πρωθυπουργό Αντώνη Σαμαρά, την συνεχώς ισχυροποιούμενη θέση της χώρας μας στην "ατζέντα" του πολυεθνικού κολοσσού, και βέβαια την πολύ καλή πορεία της TUI HELLAS και τα συνεχώς βελτιούμενα οικονομικά της αποτελέσματα.

Ένα πολύ ενδιαφέρον ρεπορτάζ του shropshirestar ακολουθεί:

The 5% rise in average prices helped the company offset a 3% year-on-year drop in bookings amid tougher comparisons with strong trading last year. Chief executive Peter Long said TUI, which also owns First Choice, was pleased with summer trading, with 60% of the programme now sold. TUI reported an operating loss down 3% at £315 million in the six months to the end of March, despite Easter falling outside the first half this year. The company, which principally sells packages to customers in the UK, Germany, France and the Nordics, had said in March its operating loss would be flat for the period. The rise in the average cost of its holidays in the UK came as the company offered more higher margin "unique" holidays and moved to offset rising costs. TUI said it had laid on more holidays for Britons going to Greece, Ibiza and Lanzarote than a year ago due to increased demand. It continues to expand its best performing "unique" brands, such as Sensatori, which recently opened a new resort in Jamaica and will be opening a further two resorts in Ibiza and Turkey next summer. The business said overall its winter holiday bookings were typically down 6%, though prices rose 2%. Egypt remained TUI's worst affected region due to the country's ongoing political unrest. The business reiterated its full-year operating performance guidance for growth of between 7% and 10%. TUI Travel chief executive Peter Long said: "Overall, we are pleased with summer 2014 trading, against strong comparatives, and we remain confident of delivering 7% to 10% growth in underlying operating profit during the year." The business said it was seeing margin improvement in Germany and was working to cut losses in the French market. TUI added: "The UK continues to be the clear market leader, with further growth in profitability expected this year." Like most tour operators and airlines, TUI generally reports a loss in the traditionally weaker first part of the year and makes the bulk of its profits in the summer months when its European customer base take more holidays. .


Ένα ακόμη ενδιαφέρον ρεπορτάζ από το Travelmole εδώ:

TUI: UK summer bookings down, but prices up TUI's UK summer bookings are 3% down on last year, but average selling prices are up by 5%. The travel giant said this year's figures compared with a very strong start to early trading the year before. To date, 60% of this summer's programme has been sold. "We have made selected capacity increases in unique product in destinations such as Greece, Ibiza and Lanzarote, in line with demand," it said. "Sales of unique holidays account for 85% of holidays sold to date, up by three percentage points. This Summer we have further expanded our highly successful Sensatori offering with the launch of a new resort in Jamaica. "Sales of our other unique concepts, such as Couples, Holiday Village and Splashworld, are significantly higher than prior year." Online sales now account for 47% of summer holidays booked, up four percentage points on the previous year. Across all markets, overall mainstream bookings are down slightly against strong comparatives, with average selling prices up 2%. Meanwhile, TUI said winter 2013/14 has closed out as expected, with strong pricing across the mainstream sector overall, despite a challenging trading environment in the Nordics. "Mainstream bookings were down by 2% excluding Egypt with average selling prices up 3%. Including Egypt, bookings were down 6%, with average selling prices up 2%," it said. The figures were disclosed as TUI reported an operating loss of £298 million in the six months to end of March, slightly more than the £289 million it lost in the same period last year. The results were better than forecast, particularly as the Easter holidays fell outside the period this year. TUI said it remained confident of achieving its growth target this year of 7% to 10% underlying operating profit growth on a constant currency basis.

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