News in tour-operators:

Thomas Cook to acquire Think W3

Published: 11 Mar 2010 (0 comments)

Thomas Cook Group has agreed to acquire 100 percent of Think W3 Limited, the owner of Essential Travel. Financial details weren’t shared.

TUI brand launched in Russia and Ukraine

Published: 03 Mar 2010 (0 comments)

TUI Russia & CIS has announced the launch of the TUI brand in Russia & Ukraine.

Flight Centre almost doubles its first half net profit

Published: 26 Feb 2010 (0 comments)

Flight Centre Limited’s net profit after tax for the six months to December 31, 2009, jumped 95.8 percent to $51.5 million, from $26.1 million in the prior corresponding period.

TUI Travel UK launches new pre-departure customer portal

Published: 23 Feb 2010 (0 comments)

eCRM specialist, CreatorMail, has developed MyThomson, an interactive, personalised, pre-departure web portal for TUI Travel UK.

Thomas Cook sees a favourable response to its ad campaign

Published: 12 Feb 2010 (0 comments)

Thomas Cook Group has reported a loss before tax of £81.5 million for the October to December period.

Ryanair leads the trend where suppliers grow revenues from merchandising and ancillary revenue

Published: 11 Feb 2010 (1 comments)

Ryanair, in partnership with Perfect Getaways, a holiday home search engine, launched its holiday home website www.RyanairLettings.com to deliver holiday accommodation to those looking for holiday villas, cottages, and apartments

“The idea of social media for brands has gone beyond the test and learn phase”

Published: 10 Feb 2010 (0 comments)

IN-DEPTH: Bruce Poon Tip, CEO, Gap Adventures on social media

TUI Travel sees holiday demand improving

Published: 10 Feb 2010 (0 comments)

TUI Travel is seeing holiday demand improving across all its source markets, with sustained improvements in booking volumes over the last three to four months.

Thomas Cook to migrate all of its UK business to the Galileo platform

Published: 02 Feb 2010 (0 comments)

Thomas Cook Group has chosen Travelport as its GDS provider in the UK.

CEO’s and MD’s of Air Asia X, Abacus, Google Travel and Microsoft to address Asia’s travel industry

Published: 21 Jan 2010 (0 comments)

Leading senior executives from Air Asia X, Abacus, Google Travel, Microsoft are set to address Asia’s travel industry and discuss key strategies for the upturn.

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