9 noviembre, 2011
IATA agents to be hit by a significant IATA fee increase
IATA plans to change the delivery system of fees received from travel agents to adjust to the Swiss franc. The amendment, which shall enter into force in January 2012, will involve increased rates by 25 percent on average in Europe, according GEBTA Europe president, Michel... Seguir leyendo...
9 noviembre, 2011
EasyJet gets in Spain 20% of its annual sales
EasyJet gets in Spain 20% of its annuals sales, according to Javier Gandara, EasyJet director general in Spain. The british ‘low cost’ expert to increase their passenger numbers in Spain up to 13 million, from around 10 million last year. EasyJet, the third... Seguir leyendo...
7 noviembre, 2011
Air Plus Ultra, a new Spanish long-haul airline
Air Plus Ultra will be the brand of a Spanish new long-haul airline, Preferente has known from several sources. The new carrier will be based in Madrid and is planning to operate flights between Spain and Latin America, like Iberia, Air Europa, Orbest and Air Pullmantur... Seguir leyendo...
1 noviembre, 2011
OdigeO will be the name of the holding of eDreams, Opodo, Go Voyage and Travellink
Por R. H.
The merger between Go Voyages, eDreams, Opodo and Travellink has given birth to the first group of online travel in Europe and fifth in the world. The group resulting from the merger will be called OdigeO, although the name does not reach the final customer, given the brand... Seguir leyendo...22 octubre, 2011
Interview with Stephen Kaufer, TripAdvisor CEO
Preferente has been able to interview Stephen Kaufer, TripAdvisor cofounder and CEO whilst its company is being investigated by the advertising watchdog ASA after receiving a complaint on behalf of thousands of hotels that its claims to provide trustworthy and honest reviews... Seguir leyendo...
18 octubre, 2011
Viajes Iberia-BCD Travel alliance, booming
Viajes Iberia-BCD Travel, is walking on the right track 10 months after making public their alliance. The corporate division of the network led by the Spanish Enrique Riera continues to expand with increases in staff. Business travel supposed 250 million in 2010 from 833... Seguir leyendo...
17 octubre, 2011
Binter halves staff
Binter Canarias, the main interregional airline in the Canary Islands, is planning to halve staff from 129 to 65 workers, unions have said this Monday. Binter Canarias last year was awarded the European Award for best regional airline. Binter had 403 employees in... Seguir leyendo...
17 octubre, 2011
HNA buys NH 20% with 23% discount
HNA Group, parent of China's Hainan Airlines, has changed the conditions of its purchase of a stake in Spain's NH Hoteles , cutting the share price of a capital increase to 5.35 euros per share from an original 7 euros per share, the Spanish hotel group said on Monday. The... Seguir leyendo...
15 octubre, 2011
Interview with Chris Emmins, denouncer of TripAdvisor
Exclusive interview for PREFERENTE with Chris Emmins, co-founder of KwikChex.com, whose complaints have provoke that TripAdvisor is being investigated by the ASA. ─As TripAdvisor has removed ‘reviews you can trust’, and ASA was investigating the company... Seguir leyendo...
14 octubre, 2011
Orizonia and Globalia: 49% of Spanish tour operators income
Orizonia and Globalia accounted in 2010 the 48.8 percent of the income of the tour operator sector in Spain. The concentration of the sector is seen that the five largest tour operators ─Pullmantur, Soltour and Mundosocial, besides the two mentioned ─ represent 70.2... Seguir leyendo...
Francia vive un caos de país bananero por la tasa aérea
Un Boeing 737 de Norwegian, a punto de caer al mar en el aterrizaje
Bolivia, sin dólares, en riesgo de aislamiento por vía aérea
Volotea: su fondo de maniobra negativo se dispara a 240 millones
El elefante en la sala
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Tren Maya sin casi turistas con solo el 20% de usuarios extranjeros
Riviera Maya teme golpe turístico de Trump y de nuevos impuestos
Los Cabos: 81 vuelos semanales de American desde seis aeropuertos
Golpe a Booking: demanda doble de hoteles españoles
