Tui News
TUI boosts Dreamliner commitment with further orders
Boeing and TUI Travel have completed an order for two 787-8 Dreamliners. The deal, worth $424 million at current list prices, extends TUI Travel’s 787 commitment to 15 airplanes.
TUI Travel chief in Greece for tourism talks
Peter Long, chief executive of TUI Travel, one of the world’s leading leisure travel companies, has met with the Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras to discuss the growth plans for the company in the country, one of its key destinations. “I would like to thank the prime minister for sharing his vision of tourism as one of the main economic engines in the Country and commend his strategy to accelerate the growth in this dynamic and high potential industry,” said Long.
TUI’s Peter Long takes up charity post
Peter Long, Chief Executive of Europe’s largest leisure travel company, TUI Travel, has been appointed President of the Family Holiday Association charity.
TUI Travel to create 1,500 tourism jobs
TUI Travel has announced it has changed the way it recruits for the majority of its UK customer-facing roles making it easier for potential recruits to find, apply and join the Group. Due to the sheer diversity of jobs and opportunities across the company it has brought eight of its brands under one roof.
Changes at the top for TUI UK
TUI UK&I have announced that Fraser Ellacott, the current managing director of Thomson & Island Cruises, will join the UK&I board in the newly created position of customer operations director. Ellacott, who has been the managing director of Thomson & Island Cruises since 2011, will now be responsible for all customer facing areas including retail, financial services, contact centres, overseas holiday experience, commercial and ancillaries and the property portfolio.
Western Union extends TUI UK partnership
The Western Union Company and UK tour operator TUI UK & Ireland, home to the brands Thomson and First Choice, have announced a new five year contract to ensure Western Union’s money transfer services will continue to be available in travel shops across the UK. The deal sees TUI UK & Ireland and Western Union extend their successful ten year collaboration and means that holidaymakers, as well as many other customer groups, who need cash to be sent to them quickly by family or friends, can do so conveniently at a ‘Thomson featuring First Choice’ travel shop.
TUI China opens Shanghai branch
TUI China officially opened its Shanghai branch, located in the CH International Tower, in Hongkou District, Shanghai. TUI China’s Shanghai branch will focus on providing professional services to Shanghai’s growing M.I.C.E. (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events) sector
Tour operators pull out of Egypt as violence escalates
TUI has said it will cancel all holidays purchase by German holidaymakers to Egypt until at least the middle of September. Escalating violence in the country following the removal of president Mohamed Morsi last month has prompted the move.
Abu Dhabi teams up with TUI for Indian tourism push
Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority and TUI have teamed up to stage a month long destination campaign in New Delhi to further bolster Indian visitor numbers to the emirate. It is the first large-scale consumer facing activation for TCA Abu Dhabi in the republic since opening its dedicated promotions office there early this year and reinforces the two organisations’ commitment to the Indian market - the largest overseas catchment for the emirate this year in terms of hotel guests.
TUI Travel launches SuneoClub
TUI Travel has launched its first international group-wide unique concept: SuneoClub. This is the first concept that has been designed and developed by our experts across all the Mainstream source markets with international audiences in mind.
TUI chief seeks Canary Islands support
Peter Long, chief executive of TUI Travel, has called for greater support from the Canary Islands’ government. In a brief address at an event for tourism officials and partners earlier, Long said offering financial incentives to low-cost carriers created an un-level playing field and urged the government to treat all airlines equally.
New TUI Travel app puts customer centre stage
Peter Long, chief executive, TUI Travel, is putting mobile at the heart of customer relationships. In today’s economic climate, Long sees value as absolutely crucial to holidaymakers, with customer satisfaction underpinning everything the company does.