Arjan Kers, General Manager of TUI Netherlands, is now also responsible for the Belgian market. His appointment as Managing Director TUI BENE was announced on Thursday. Sofie Van den Driessche, who until now was responsible for the Belgian market, will work closely with Kers as a member of the new management team. As Managing Director TUI BENE, Kers manages the integrated … [Read more...] about Arjan Kers appointed Managing Director of TUI Netherlands and Belgium
Apollo Travel focuses more on retail
The German-Scandinavian Apollo Reizen, which has also been active in the Dutch market since 2023, will focus more explicitly on retail. To this end, Apollo Partner Web has been launched. It allows travel agencies and agents to book customers directly. This opens the door for both new partnerships and new customers, the company says. "Since travel agencies play an important role … [Read more...] about Apollo Travel focuses more on retail
Radstake: ‘As an online travel agent, Booking.com is welcome as an ANVR member’
Booking must participate in the pension scheme for the travel industry, the Court of Appeal in The Hague ruled in a ruling this week. Based on this ruling, Stichting Reiswerk will send a renewed request to Booking next week for the submission of wage statements, on the basis of which the premium can be determined for the social fund. This is according to Frank Radstake of the … [Read more...] about Radstake: ‘As an online travel agent, Booking.com is welcome as an ANVR member’
ANVR/GfK booking monitor: ‘2023 was the year with the most bookings’
In December of last year, too, there was a substantial growth in the number of bookings, which is the same as in the previous months. This is evident from figures from the new ANVR/GfK booking monitor. In December last year, the number of bookings was 15 percent higher than a year earlier and also 6 percent higher than in the pre-corona year of 2019. "This means that 2023 ended … [Read more...] about ANVR/GfK booking monitor: ‘2023 was the year with the most bookings’
Play offers multi-day stopover in Iceland
Play Airlines, which operates flights between Europe and North America, now offers a stopover in Iceland at no extra cost. In this way, passengers can visit two countries on one trip. The Icelandic low-cost airline uses the so-called hub-and-spoke model. This means that all flights go via Iceland. In this way, passengers can stay in Iceland for up to ten days. "Instead of … [Read more...] about Play offers multi-day stopover in Iceland