Tui

Tui, Designer Travel, Ponant: this week's travel trade people moves

Recent moves include Jason Montague becoming NCLH’s chief luxury officer, while Abta’s former head of membership, Danny Waine, has launched his own consultancy firm

Flights to Tenerife resume after private jet removed from runway

Aer Lingus, Ryanair, easyJet and Tui flights were among those to be diverted away from the airport after its main runway became blocked

Tui reports footfall surge following Scottish store reopening

The shop reopened on 6 December in the Scottish town of Kilbride, around 11 miles south of Glasgow

Tui pushes app sales as it goes up against Jet2 and easyJet with peaks offers

Tui has opened its peaks offers via its app – three days before putting them on sale through the trade – while Jet2holidays has also detailed its turn of year discounts

First Choice boss Bart Quinton Smith takes over as Tui UK and Ireland sales director

TTG 30 Under 30 alumnus Quinton Smith takes over Neil Swanson, who was promoted to the role of Tui UK and Ireland managing director in October following Andrew Flintham’s departure

Tui to more than double hotel presence in Asia within three years

Tui has vowed to bring the total number of properties in Asia to around 40 within the next three years, with the majority of projects being in China.

Tui sees switch from Spain to North Africa as cost and capacity deter consumers

Tui has said some consumers are switching away from Spain to North Africa because of cost issues

Tui targeting 50% app sales as it puts Ryanair packages on sale

Tui has set itself a target to achieve 50% of its sales via its app, and has pledged to develop technology that already accounts for double-digit figures in the UK

Package sales through agents still core to our business, insists Tui chief

’2024 has been a very good year for us,’ said Tui chief executive Sebastian Ebel after the group’s earnings soared by a third to €1.3 billion off the back of record cruise performance

'I've sold nearly 2,000 cruises – here are my top tips for other agents'

Tui’s Rachel Liversidge shares the secrets of her success

Video: Watch as Peta activist interrupts Abta event to protest Tui

Nathan Stower, Tui UK and Ireland’s head of public policy, was speaking as part of a panel at Abta’s Travel Matters conference in London on Tuesday when a Peta protester took to the stage – the second time in a month Tui’s stance has been protested at a major event

Jet2 to explore mid-haul routes and meet with Doncaster Sheffield

Taking questions from agents at the Jet2holidays conference in Paphos last week, chief executive Steve Heapy opened up on some of the airline and operator’s short-to-medium term planning

Marella boss reveals how line managed to win over third-party agents

Managing director Chris Hackney tells TTG this year has been the best in the line’s history. More than 350,000 passengers have sailed with the Tui-owned line and almost 200 new agents have booked a Marella sailing

Tui agent reveals 2,000th cruise booking celebration plans

Assistant store manager Rachel Liversidge, who has spent 24 years with the travel giant, has sold an average of 75 cruises a year. Yet, she reckons she has only personally sailed on a cruise ship ’five or six’ times

Tui staff up efficiency thanks to new AI assistant tool

AI assistants created on the Tui AI Assistant Store platform can be shared with colleagues. More than 400 individual AI assistants have already been been built by staff

Inside Tui's evolution: 'It's an acceleration of where we've been going'

A senior-level shake-up and a new HQ herald sweeping and ambitious change at Tui in the UK, while new contracts for the operator’s top bosses in Hanover look set to give the giant’s transformation some clarity and continuity. Harry Kemble and Gary Noakes report

Whale and dolphin charity forced to pull campaign following pressure from airports

Whale and Dolphin Conservation’s Don’t Go to the Show campaign appeared briefly at Birmingham airport and had been due to run at others, but was pulled by ad firm Global following pushback from airports

Carrier, InteleTravel, Travel Counsellors: this week's travel trade people moves

Moves this week see Carrier take on a new product lead, while InteleTravel has shaken up its UK team. Elsewhere, Travel Counsellors has expanded its business development unit

Tui bosses given vote of confidence to press ahead with transformation

Tui has confirmed new three-year contracts for its group chief executive and finance boss, allowing them to continue with a wide-ranging effort to transform Tui’s business

Has travel hit ‘peak package’? Or is there more to come?

With Atol authorisations hitting their highest levels ever, Gary Noakes dissects the latest round of Atol renewals – and explores where the industry has hit ‘peak Atol’

Tui ramps up Thailand winter sun offering with new ex-UK flights

Tui will add 6,000 extra seats this winter and a further 9,000 next year from Gatwick and Manchester airports

Ade Adepitan hails Spain's ‘game-changing’ accessibility report ‘a blueprint for progress’

TV presenter and basketball paralympian Ade Adepitan linked up with Spain to help the country launch its ‘transformative’ report into accessibility, which he hailed a ‘blueprint’ for progress

Video: Watch as Tui chief faces orca protest at WTM London

Protesters took to the stage at WTM London on Tuesday (5 November) during a sustainability panel session featuring Tui’s chief strategy officer and chief executive of holiday experiences, Peter Krueger

Tui to resume flying from Southampton after 15-year hiatus

Flights to Majorca will run every Tuesday from 27 May 2025 and 20 September 2025 to align with Marella Cruises’ summer programme