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TUI to offer holidays to customers from the likes of Spain, China and Italy

TUI Group eyes new markets to fill its hotels

European travel and tourism company TUI said it aims to start offering holidays to customers from countries such as China, India, Spain and Italy as it seeks new ways to keep its hotels full.

Business • 14 Feb 17

TUI Group seeing strong demand from British holidaymakers despite weak sterling

Travel firm TUI Group nudges up profit outlook

TUI Group, Europe's largest tour operator, said it expected its 2015/16 core profit to rise by between 12 and 13%.

Business • 28 Sep 16

Thomas Cook said its revenue for its first half of the year grew slightly to £2.67 billion

Thomas Cook's bookings down 5% on Turkey slump

Thomas Cook said its summer bookings fell as security concerns meant more holidaymakers opted for breaks in Spain over Turkey, Tunisia and Egypt, outstripping its efforts to adjust flights.

Business • 19 May 16

TUI said tourists are choosing to go to Spain, instead of North Africa and Turkey this year

TUI's summer booking rise puts it ahead of rivals

TUI Group said summer holiday bookings were higher than last year, outshining rival travel firm Thomas Cook which said last week that customers were delaying plans due to security concerns.

Business • 31 Mar 16

Thomas Cook seeing later booking patterns

Thomas Cook holiday demand falls

Thomas Cook said customers were delaying booking holidays, uncertain of making plans as they see previously popular destinations such as Turkey as less safe.

Business • 22 Mar 16

Monarch competes against budget carriers Ryanair and EasyJet

Monarch still on track to return to profitability

British airline and holidays company Monarch Group today said it was sticking with its forecast for a return to profitability this year.

Business • 04 Jun 15

Thomas Cook reports an underlying operating loss of £173m for the six months to end of March

Thomas Cook flags dividend restart

Travel firm Thomas Cook said that dividend payments could resume next year as it stuck to its forecast for full-year growth.

Business • 20 May 15

Thomas Cook reported an underlying operating loss of £187m for the six months to end of March

Thomas Cook's half year loss narrows

Thomas Cook posted a smaller first-half loss after strong demand for more expensive hotels and growing online reservations helped it to weather the slump in bookings for Egypt.

Business • 15 May 14

Thomas Cook is half-way through a three-year plan to cut jobs and close branches

Thomas Cook sees pick-up in summer bookings

Holiday operator Thomas Cook said today it had seen an improving trend for summer holidays since it reported first quarter results, with overall bookings up 2%.

Business • 27 Mar 14

Thomas Cook posted an underlying operating loss of £56m in the three months to December

Thomas Cook's seasonal loss narrows

British holiday operator Thomas Cook said its seasonal loss narrowed in its financial first quarter.

Business • 11 Feb 14

Since Harriet Green took over as CEO last year, Thomas Cook has achieved a steady improvement in its finances

Thomas Cook's overhaul yields profit leap

Thomas Cook raised its revenue and cost-cutting targets in the latest stage of a profit-boosting turnaround at the world's oldest travel firm.

Business • 28 Nov 13

The number of outbound trips by Irish residents fell 1.9% in the first quarter of the year

Fewer trips taken by Irish residents - CSO

Irish residents took fewer domestic trips in the first three months of the year when compared to the same period of 2012, according to figures from the Central Statistics Office.

Business • 11 Jul 13