Cat, from Manchester, is sitting by the pool, while her husband splashes with their three-year-old daughter. ‘We booked last minute, and I had no idea we were the guinea pigs,’ she says. They are — as I am — part of a 500-strong vanguard of British tourists on chartered TUI flights to Ibiza, followed by … Read more
Tui is now offering coronavirus cover to all its holidaymakers until the end of the year. The cover – which Tui says should be used alongside normal travel insurance – will be applied to all new and existing bookings for holidays taken until December 31, 2020, and comes as customers and crew embrace the ‘new … Read more
Britain’s biggest tour operator has hailed its first flights this weekend as a ‘hugely symbolic moment’ for the industry – but warned of challenges ahead after the summer season was cut critically short. Package holiday giant Tui yesterday launched its first passenger flights from the UK for almost four months when two Boeing 737 jets … Read more
The Holiday Guru is always on hand to answer your questions. This week topics tackled include ‘misleading’ adverts for Wizz Air flights to Bulgaria, arranging refunds for Interrail passes, re-booking cancelled Ryanair flights and accepting Refund Credit Notes from Tui. Q. I received a Wizz Air promo email saying ‘Bulgaria is open’ and advertising 20 … Read more
Tui strikes compensation deal with Boeing for grounding of the 737 Max plane By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 3 June 2020 | Updated: 22:38 BST, 3 June 2020 Tui said Boeing would provide compensation for a significant portion of the financial impact of the grounding of the 737 Max Tour … Read more
My husband and I booked two holidays to Turkey with Tui for later this year – one in June and one in September. We paid upfront for the first holiday which was more than £5,000 for in cash and a deposit for the second trip. Our holiday in June has been cancelled and we were … Read more
Holidays giant Tui considering tapping investors for hundreds of millions of pounds By Jamie Nimmo, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:56 BST, 16 May 2020 | Updated: 21:56 BST, 16 May 2020 Holidays giant Tui is considering tapping investors for hundreds of millions of pounds. A major equity fund-raise is one of the options under … Read more
Travel lockdown triggers another 18,000 job cuts: Aircraft maker Airbus and tour operator Tui reveal plans to axe staff By Tom Witherow and Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 13 May 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 13 May 2020 Airbus and Tui are set to slash thousands of jobs as planes around … Read more
TUI will cut up to 8,000 jobs across the globe after losing £747m in 2020 as chief exec says Covid is the ‘biggest crisis’ ever faced by holiday industry Anglo-German company said it was working to ‘reduce its cost base’ by 30% Said this will affect 8,000 roles that will ‘either not be recruited or … Read more
An outraged tourist decided to check out of his ‘dreadful’ Tui hotel just two hours into his stay, disgusted at finding exposed wiring and cracked tiling in his ‘filthy’ bedroom. Lee Parker, from Beccles, Suffolk, checked into the Catalonia Punta Del Rey in Las Caletillas, Tenerife, expecting a four-star hotel. However, he claims that when … Read more