Flyglobespan

Flyglobespan adds Turkey capacity

A second weekly flight from Edinburgh to Dalaman in Turkey is being laid on by Flyglobespan for next summer. A Sunday flight will run in addition to a Saturday departure between May and early November. The company had already planned weekly flights from Glasgow and Aberdeen to the Turkish destination. Prices start at £99.99 one way including tax and £195 per person for a seven night holiday in a self catering apartment in Icmeler, including flights, based on two sharing.

CEO Rick Green said: "We are delighted with our sales for Dalaman and are confident that this second weekend flight will prove a great success. "It further reinforces our view that, while consumers may cut back on spending in other areas, the main holiday remains a necessity."

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Travel Companies Going Bust This Winter

Up to 15 companies will go bust this winter, warns TC boss.

Thomas Cook chief executive Manny Fontenla-Novoa has predicted that up to 15 more UK travel companies could go bust in the next three months. Speaking at a media briefing in London, he said companies which do not have back up banking facilities in place will struggle to survive in the current climate. “If they can survive the next three months they will be okay, but these next three months are crucial,” he said. He said airlines were among those at risk of failure in the current climate. "There is no question it is a tough market," he said. "But we at Thomas Cook are in pretty good shape going forward."

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Resorthoppa acquired by Lowcostbeds.com

Holiday transfers company Resorthoppa is being taken over by Lowcostbeds.com. Management of the two businesses will be brought together to create a single, integrated group. No purchase price was disclosed. The deal is expected to be completed before Christmas. Lowcostbeds.com will offer Resorthoppa transfers through its trade web site.

Bundled pricing for lowcostbeds.com transfers and beds will enable lower prices to be offered to the trade, enabling agents to increase their margins, the company claimed. Lowcostbeds.com CEO Paul Evans said: “We are very excited about adding Resorthoppa’s range of great value transfer services to our huge range of directly contracted accommodation product. “Together, we will be able to offer agents a simpler way to package holidays and reduce their cost of sale.”

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Reviews to appear on Thomas Cook website

Thomas Cook UK & Ireland holidaymakers are being given the option of writing independent online reviews of their holidays. More than 300,000 people who have travelled in the last 12 months have added their holiday and hotel ratings to thomas cook. The facility is part of a new e-commerce platform upon which the Thomas Cook .com website now operates. The holiday search section has been revamped with more content, imagery and videos. New maps, customer ratings, reviews and advanced search filters have been introduced.

The company can also personalise and tailor content based on user preferences or behaviour. E-commerce director Russell Gould said: “Travellers will continue to use on and offline channels through their holiday research and booking journey. “This new e-commerce platform is not only a website, but will quickly evolve into a multi-channel sales platform that delivers a unique and best-in-class customer experience for all travel related purchases. “Over the coming year, we will enhance it further and plan to roll it across all our sales channels. “Our ability to tailor and personalise content to individual visitor preferences is an incredibly powerful marketing tool.

This is a huge leap that provides thomas cook. com with the capability to present relevant tailored offers and promotions to our online customers.” He added: “Our aim is to ensure we present a realistic and impartial view of each holiday and hotel, which is why we have created the functionality for our customers to complete reviews. “We are also introducing new processes that will allow visitors to filter to relevant reviews from similar travellers, for instance, only reviews from people who have travelled as a family with young children can be selected.” “ ‘Accommodation Only’ conversion from search to purchase has doubled and tailor-made ‘Flight & Hotel’ searches have already increased by 70%, leading to an increase in bookings by over 100% in October alone. “We still have a lot of other processes to implement, but results so far indicate we are definitely heading in the right direction with the new site.”

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P&O Cruises

P&O Cruises provides dynamic packaging options

Dynamic packaging options are being made available to agents in a new P&O Cruises 2010 Worldwide Adventures programme. A total of 38 holidays ranging from 14 to 53 night cruises feature in the brochure with sailings on Arcadia and Aurora from Southampton. The vessels will visit 73 destinations in 33 countries with sections of each voyage available on a cruise-only basis Prices for all featured holidays are cruise-only, and ‘build your own’ holiday package add-on prices will be available for flights, coach transfers and hotel accommodation.

Early booking discounts of up to 45% are available as well as on board credit of up to £125 per person for bookings made before the end of February 2009.P&O Cruises’ managing director Nigel Esdale said: “As well as having an enticing choice of far-flung destinations for passengers to explore, this brochure also gives today’s savvy traveller more flexibility by offering cruise only and holiday package options.”

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