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NEWS ROUND-UP NEWS IN BRIEF


Turkey’s tourism revenue bounces back by 19%


Turkish tourism revenue rebounded last year by 18.9% compared with 2016 as hotels cut rates. Tourism revenue hit $34 billion in 2014, but it fell drastically in the following two years after terrorist attacks and a failed coup. Revenue for 2017 was $26.3 billion, with $21.5 billion credited to independent travel and $4.8 billion to package holiday tours, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute.


Crystal lowers capacity to 800 on new ocean ships


Crystal Cruises is to downsize its new ocean ships. The vessels will have a maximum capacity of 800 passengers rather than 1,000. The first of the three new ocean vessels is still scheduled for delivery in 2022.


Cruise lines vow to scrap single-use plastic on ships


P&O Cruises, Cunard and Royal Caribbean International have vowed to tackle single-use plastic on their ships. P&O and Cunard plan to abolish single-use plastics by 2022, while Royal intends to reduce plastic use following concerns about the impact to oceans. Ryanair has pledged to go ‘plastic-free’ within the next five years, while Marriott is removing plastic straws from more than 60 hotels.


Scenic orders new ship Scenic Eclipse II for launch in 2020


Scenic is to build a second ‘discovery yacht’ to launch in May 2020.


The 228-passenger Scenic


Eclipse II, which will be of a similar design to sister ship Scenic Eclipse, will sail from Athens to Lisbon for its maiden voyage. Sailings for its debut


8 travelweekly.co.uk 8 February 2018


Family bookings fuel sales growth for a seventh year


Ian Taylor ian.taylor@travelweekly.co.uk


Family bookings are driving this summer’s outbound growth, with sales rising at double the rate for non-families.


Industry analyst GfK reports


family bookings for summer 2018 up 6% year on year to the end of January, against a 3% rise for non-family bookings, contributing to a 4% increase for the market overall. It follows a summer 2017


performance that GfK described as “exceptional given the uncertain background” when family bookings rose 13% on 2016 against a 7% increase for the total market. Growth in family bookings has outpaced non-family sales since summer 2012, with the sector now accounting for almost 40% of summer bookings compared with just over 20% of winter sales. However, the average selling


price (ASP) of family holidays is significantly lower than for non-family bookings, with a current difference for summer 2018 of about 23%. GfK senior client insight director David Hope said: “The difference


SUMMER SALES: Family bookings in 2018 have risen 6% year on year


“The family market books earlier than the non-family, but this year it is even stronger than normal”


is due to product mix. The family market is dominated by traditional beach holidays, while the non-family has more escorted tours and cruises, longer durations and a higher proportion of long-haul.” All-inclusive holidays account


DISCOVERY YACHT: Scenic Eclipse II, which will be similar to its sister ship, has onboard helicopters


for 61% of family bookings for this summer to date and are up 8% year on year. Hope said: “Growth in the family


market is linked with all-inclusive growth, providing the security of being able to control the budget.” He added: “The family market


traditionally books earlier than the non-family, but this year it is even stronger than normal.” Most summer 2018 family bookings to date (93%) have been for seven to 14 nights, with seven- night bookings up 15% year on year, but 14 nights down 7%.


season in the European and Russian Arctic regions will go on sale in April. Scenic Eclipse II’s itineraries


will include Russia’s White Sea, the Northwest Passage, southern Greenland and Alaska to Russia across the Bering Sea. There will be 114 all-veranda


suites, nine restaurants, eight lounges and bars, a spa, a ‘marina’ deck (for water sports), helicopters and a submarine. Building will start in 2019.


FAMILY HOLIDAYS


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