9 noviembre, 2011
Viajes Iberia to be rebranded as Vibo
Viajes Iberia, the oldest Spanish travel agency retail network, is going to be rebranded as Vibo, in an attempt to differ it from Spanish biggest airline Iberia, Preferente has known from several sources. Viajes Iberia is the retail branch of Orizonia Group, property... 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...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...
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...
5 octubre, 2011
Google has "absolutely no intention of entering the booking space"
Por N. B.
Nigel Huddleston, head of Google Travel, said Tuesday at the ABTA Convention in Palma that the company has "absolutely no intention of entering the booking space, that is the space of travel agents", that he called "partners", and proposed an effort in developing applications... Seguir leyendo...1 octubre, 2011
Happy Cruises ships haven’t been sold
The owners of the three ships operated by Happy Cruises deny that they have been sold, as is rumored in some circles. The Spanish cruise company still hopes to emerge from the critical situation that is after the last weekend to cease their activity. But ownership of... Seguir leyendo...
16 septiembre, 2011
CAM holds 3,28% of Tui AG
Por R. Fernández
Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo (CAM), Spanish savings bank, hold 3,28% of Tui AG, preferente.com has known from several financial sources. CAM said last May 19th that it had finished its period as a shareholder of the German tour operator. CAM held 5% of Tui AG since 2004. Market... Seguir leyendo...8 septiembre, 2011
Nautalia starts online selling in late September
Nautalia begin to accept reservations for travel through the Internet since late September, after the travel agency retail led by José María Lucas had expected in March start selling on the web since July. In May it was announced that the online channel was... Seguir leyendo...
3 septiembre, 2011
Barceló launches a new tour operator
Barceló launches a new Spanish tour operator, as confirmed by various sources to preferente.com. The Majorcan group will make it official on Monday in a statement. His creation was an open secret in the main Spanish tourism circles. With this project, the group co-directed... Seguir leyendo...
26 agosto, 2011
Fankhauser, Fontenla likely successor as CEO of Thomas Cook
In short, a matter of days, it will be known who the person is going to be the successor of Manny Fontenla-Novoa officially at the helm of Thomas Cook, and do not dismiss an executive from the house as a substitute the former CEO. The person that members of the Board of... Seguir leyendo...