News & Stories
Bremen. TUI AG is selling its business travel section consolidated under the one hundred percent subsidiary of TQ3 Travel Solutions Management Holding GmbH to BCD Holdings N.V. in the Netherlands. There will be changes in management, while contracts with existing customers will be left unchanged for the time being.
London. Today's business travellers are surprisingly productive on the move. Advances in technology such as PDA, wireless access in airport lounges and hotels, and laptop connectivity, have made people feel as industrious as their office-based colleagues, but these technology improvements have also enabled travellers to enjoy more personal time as a result.
Cologne. With a new categorisation system and increased transparency of pricing, the launch of all-inclusive offers and numerous marketing campaigns, Pierre & Vacances affiliate Center Parcs wants to increase its guest numbers in 2006.
Munich. The Investment Forum Berlin has changed its dates for 2006, so does Expo Real in Munich: The famous real estate fair will take place from Monday, 23 to Wednesday, 25 October 2006.
Neu-Anspach. The bored expression on the face of the sales representative at the trade fair has the very opposite effect of that desired - already another potential customer walks by the stand. 75 percent of the trade fair budget is simply thrown down the drain - one of the reasons is because 70% of sales reps simply ignore the visitors. A company consultant, specialising in trade fairs, criticises the outdated views of the organisers as well as the exhibitors in her new book. Both simply throw away valuable opportunities with their lack of strategy. A look forward to the coming trade fair year and a survey of the hotel groups.
Augsburg. For hoteliers they are both horror and hope at the same time: they drive the whole hotel industry crazy with their extra wishes, but with their budgets they compensate for all the annoyance. The new travel designers resemble grand travel agency shipping clerks: they specialise in upwardly mobile and high-class clientele for whom they fulfil every wish. To do that you need the right hotel partners: they must be flexible, fast, discrete – just perfect. And with a little bit of luck both sides can earn a lot of money.
Zurich. Kuoni Reisen Holding AG is selling its US subsidiary Intrav to the English operator First Choice Holidays plc for 82 million CHF. The sale will be carried out in January 2006.