Can easyJet Holidays fill the void? A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
The collapse of Thomas Cook in September left a huge hole in the travel industry and the question remains, who is filling it? Hoteliers and suppliers are looking to make up for lost distribution while agents and operators are awaiting further replacement of lost seat capacity. If you’re an agent, the options today are probably more limited than at any other time in the past few decades. Until recently there were four main options for mainstream beach holidays: Thomas Cook, Tui, Jet2holidays and dynamically packaging your own deals. With Cook gone, Tui aggressively pushing direct and new Atol rules making dynamic packaging less attractive for many, Jet2holidays has emerged as perhaps the most attractive choice. It is into this market that a relaunched easyJet Holidays has marched (page 5). It’s certainly
welcome that there is another supplier in the sector with an extensive flying programme willing to work with agents. But we still don’t know any details of the timing of the trade launch, and as Jet2holidays trade boss Alan Cross told us last week: “What I’d ask independent agents is, how much marketing support are they giving you? How many people have they got on the road?” Along with On the Beach’s trade-only Classic Package Holidays, a new breed of supplier keen to work with third parties is welcome. But it’s clear easyJet has no wish to become the sort of trade partner that agents are used to working with. For this dotcom pioneer, it’s all about technology, keeping costs low and, as its name suggests, being ‘easy’ to do business with.
WHAT LUCY DID THIS WEEK
OHanded out awards to our first Touring & Adventure Hotlist winners, across a range of categories, as voted for by agent readers of T
ravel Weekly
OClimbed in the cold and torrential rain for six days to reach the top of Mount Kilimanjaro with a group of industry leaders and raised thousands for charity
Lucy Huxley, editor-in-chief, Travel Weekly Group CONTENTS NEWS
APC could rise to £10, warns Bowen 4 Avalon woos agents hit by Viking cuts 4 EasyJet Holidays unveils bigger Atol 5 Buckingham Palace seeks travel agent 6
If Only ‘to stay separate’; Kuoni/J Lewis 8 Special report
FRONT COVER
Carnival Cruise Line’s 12 new Fun Ambassadors
enjoy trampoline park Flip Out in London last week page 5
Photo: Steve Dunlop
NEWS YOU CAN USE Product
Princess, Tui, Malaysia Airlines, Jet2 23 Cruise
CMV, Crystal, MSC, Carnival, Royal 24 operator
Fred Holidays, Collette, A&K, Contiki 26 hotel
FOLLOW US:
travelweekly.co.uk
Beds With Ease plans first fam trips 29 @travelweekly
BUSINESS NEWS
On the Beach blames Cook for 26% profits drop and raises APC query
travelweeklyuk 70
Comment: Mintel’s Marloes de Vries 71 Election is ‘critical to Brexit outcome’ 72
@travelweeklyuk 5 DECEMBER 2019 3
Tourism Ireland sets out 2020 strategy 10 conference reports Not Just Travel, Windsor
Comment Jacqueline Dobson, Barrhead Travel 18
Jet2holidays: Partners2Success, Spain 14 Elite Travel Group, Cyprus
12 14
OGot home to find my kids writing their letters to Father Christmas. Santa has more shopping to do!
FRONTLINE Get Social
EasyJet Holidays, flight quotas, If Only 33 your stories
Emma Summerill, Not Just Travel AGENT DIARY
36
David Walker: Bali makes me wonder 40 competitions
Norwegian Escape, Collette, Virgin 41 Mystery Shopper Manchester agents seek Peru trip
42
DESTINATIONS weddings & honeymoons
Jamaica: Spice up your nuptials 8 of the Best: Winter honeymoons
latin america Take 2: Alternative festivals
48 hours: Peruvian capital Lima
44 50
57 63
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76
