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TUI is turning to alternative markets such as the growing trend for a combined travel and remote working experience as it launches a new ‘workation’ package.

TUI UK has committed to the CMA that customers awaiting their refunds for holidays that were cancelled due to coronavirus will receive them by the end of the month.

Travel giant TUI has announced plans to slash 8,000 jobs worldwide after reporting a group loss of EUR 740.5 million (USD 802.7 million) in its second quarter results - a major hit…

TUI has received the approval of the German government for a bridging loan of EUR 1.8 billion (USD 1.98 billion) from the KfW. The funds of Germany’s state-owned development bank are to…

Charlotte WWiebe has been appointed as TUI's new group sustainability director. She previously held the function of HR director and member of the management board at TUI Nordic, where…

With Europe spearheading the vacation and urban home rental trend globally, OYO is betting big on expanding in the continent. OYO Vacation Homes and its brand Belvilla, a vacation homes…

Travel industry chiefs and next-generation female professionals from 18 countries headed to Iceland and pledged to accelerate gender diversity, gender balance and inclusion within the…

TUI has now developed a new first-to-market product to help combat the winter blues and evoke the elusive ‘holiday feeling’. The Holiday Feeling in a Bottle is a brand-new moisturising…

TUI is adding multiple new destinations and frequencies from 13 UK airports for next year in its biggest summer programme. The move follows the operator announcing two million extra…

A survey of over 200 UK holidaymakers by Holiday Hypermarket has revealed that over 40% of those surveyed had yet to visit their dream holiday destination. Of those still waiting to…

Like a Trojan horse, PETA sneaks as a TUI Group shareholder to convince the company’s management to cut ties with SeaWorld.

Turkey is well and truly back on the map as a top summer holiday location says a survey by TUI.

We live in a world of apps and TUI is leading the way for holidaymakers to be able to reach a TUI trained local expert while on a holiday. The new messaging service on TUI app will sort even…

Hotelbeds Group has announced the sale of its Destination Management operations for enterprise value of €110 million to TUI.  This goes against the grain of Hotelbeds' recent behaviour as…

TUI - the UK’s biggest travel and tour operator - reveals its 2019 summer programme with more flights, options, and destinations for travellers.

TUI has unveiled a new prototype that reveals how customers could be using their subconscious to choose holidays in just a few years’ time.  Called Realeyes, the futuristic…

TUI UK & Ireland unveiled its fundraising campaign A Million Smiles in May last year, which challenged colleagues to raise £1 million to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Family…

TUI Group and Etihad Aviation Group will not continue their negotiations about the planned joint venture between the German aviation subsidiary TUI fly and Niki.  The goal of the…

The latest 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft to join the Thomson Airways’ fleet has touched down at Manchester Airport, flown by the airline’s managing director, Captain John Murphy. Murphy…

The families of the 30 British victims of the 2015 terror attack in Sousse, Tunisia will sue tour operator TUI following the coroner’s ruling that they unlawfully died.  While TUI has…

Thomson and First Choice, today announced the introduction of Vietnam to its winter 2017 programme. The Caribbean islands of St Lucia and Cayo Santa Maria in Cuba, which were new…

The UK’s largest tour operator, Luton-based TUI UK & Ireland, is celebrating after scooping a number of awards at a ceremony to honour the country’s top employers for school and college…

Thomson Cruises has launched its newest ship, TUI Discovery, at a glittering ceremony in Palma, Majorca.  The evening launch commenced with keynote speeches from managing director of…

TUI has agreed to sell Hotelbeds Group, its global B2B bedbank, for EUR1.165 billion (approx. US$1.31bn). Cinven, the European private equity firm, and the Canada Pension Plan…

Thomson and First Choice have expanded their long-haul holiday options for summer 2017 with the introduction of two new Caribbean islands, flying on the 787 Dreamliner.  From May next…

Two of the UK travel industry’s most influential entities have justified their brand alignment strategies at this week’s 2015 ABTA Convention in Costa Navarino, Greece.  Tui UK &…

TUI Group has partnered with PwC and the Travel Foundation to measure the impact of 60,000 TUI customers who visited eight hotels in Cyprus during 2013.  The ambitious pilot study,…

Thomson and First Choice have moved to reassure relatives of missing holidaymakers who may have been caught up in the Tunisian terror attack, amid news the British death toll could climb as…

Dubai’s Cruise Tourism is on a high. The current season witnessed its busiest month so far in January 2015. The cruise terminals in Mina Rashid welcomed over 30 ship calls, bringing…

Tui Travel witnessed a 3% rise in its pre-tax profits making £475 million in the year to September.   Strong performance was noted in the UK, Holland and Germany, which saw…

More than 80 key influencers from Germany’s travel and tourism industry were in Dubai as part of the emirate’s ongoing strategy to grow its share of the world’s largest outbound market…

Daniel Robb has been named as digital marketing director for TUI Travel’s mainstream sector. Robb will join the group on 1 July from Google where for the past nine years he has led the…

First Choice has launched a new game taking inspiration from its television advert. The ‘Zip Wire Zoom’ game draws from the zip wire section in the advert and is now available for…

Helen Caron has been named as the new managing director of cruise at TUI UK & Ireland. Caron, who is currently director of Ireland, will take up the new role on 2 January from…

TUI UK & Ireland’s customer operations director Fraser Ellacott has replaced Nick Longman on the ABTA board of directors. Longman, who is distribution director at TUI, recently…

Dubai is gearing up for a tourist-filled cruise season of 2013-14. The cruise hub is set to welcome more than 20 global cruise lines anticipated to bring in as many as 300,000 tourists…

Turkey, Greece and the Balearic Islands were the most popular holiday destinations for UK tourists this summer for TUI, the company has revealed.  Analysing its summer 2013 data…

TUI’s yachting arm The Moorings has will go through a rebrand for 2014. The new identity is to “incorporate the company’s heritage into a fresh identity for today’s customer” and will…

TUI Travel has called for a UK industry standard in measuring carbon efficiencies within aviation. The travel company, which is known and commended for its transparency in emissions,…

TUI Travel's airlines have reached a target to reduce carbon by 6% two years earlier than the original deadline. The group said a mixture of operational, fuel conservation, capacity…

Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) and TUI have teamed up for a month-long destination campaign in New Delhi. The initiative is promoted to further bolster Indian…

TUI AG’s cruise division has posted a deeper loss with its operating result EUR10m (GBP8.5m) lower than the same nine months last year. In a recent financial statement, TUI said the…

The chief executive of TUI, Peter Long, has praised his opposite number at Thomas Cook for turning the ailing business around. Harriett Green, Thomas Cook’s CEO, who was interviewed…

TUI Travel has posted an increase in operating profit for the third quarter this year as it looks to growth for the next five years. The travel company saw its Q3 underlying operating…

TUI Travel has committed to purchasing 60 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft with the option for a further 90. Subject to shareholder approval, the new aircraft will be used to replace the…

TUI has secured a new GBP300m credit bank facility to “strengthen capital structure and underpin the debt maturity profile”. Its loan has been set under previous arrangements under a…

Thomson received its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner today as parent company TUI Travel purchased 60 new Boeing 787 MAX aircraft. The Dreamliner arrived at Manchester Airport this morning…

Small ship specialist eWaterways is due to announce a partnership with TUI UK and Ireland at tomorrow’s CLIA UK and Ireland Selling Cruise conference. The deal will see the likes of…

Social media communication with reps; WiFi on transfer buses and digital information screens are just some of the new technology offerings TUI is to place in Cyprus this summer for a…