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Tui on track despite slump in Turkey bookings

Operators
TTG Staff
9 February 2016

Tui Group is still on course to hit its profit forecasts for 2016 despite mounting geopolitical problems.

Tui headquarters

As well as suffering from the closure of Tunisia as a holiday market and the ban on flying to Sharm el Sheikh, the company said that demand for Turkey had fallen by 40%.

The German travel giant saw first quarter earnings before interest, tax and amortisation narrow from a loss of €141.4 million to €137.5 million. Turnover rose 5.4% to €3.7 billion.

Tui expects to achieve a 10% growth in underlying Ebita in 2015/16.

Trading for summer 2016 is described as "in line with our expectations at this early stage" at 33% sold to date, with overall volumes up 1% and average selling prices up 2%. UK bookings are up 9%.