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Thomas Cook CEO Says Greece is Winning in Current Sales

2020-10-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Santorini Sunset

Alan French, who’s the new head of Thomas Cook, says “Greece is currently the destination with the highest sales for our company.”

Tags: China tourism, China ventures, Chinese investments, Fosun Tourism, Greece bookings, Greece investments, Greece tours, Greece travel, Greece trips, Guo Guangchang, quarantine-free destinations, thomas cook

Hospitality Beyond COVID-19: Early Advice from the Industry’s Best

2020-03-14 by Phil Butler

Post Coronavirus

Greece’s tourism sector is in big trouble over the COVID-19 pandemic. With more and more countries instituting level 3 travel advisories for Europe, the country’s early tourism season is badly affected. Just emerging from a horrendous economic crisis, Greece offers us a litmus test for worldwide destinations in crisis. What needs to happen now is […]

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Heraklion Hotels Event 2 Outline 2020 Revenue Win or Lose

2020-02-10 by Phil Butler

Galaxy Hotel

The Heraklion Hotel Association and EyeWide Digital Marketing, and RevitUp have organized a unique industry meetup for February 13th.

Tags: Cook’s Club Hersonissos, Crete hotels, Expedia, Greece hospitality, Henri Roelings, Heraklion Chamber of Commerce, Heraklion events, Heraklion Hoteliers Association, Heraklion hotels, HospitalityNet, Hotel Optimization, hotel revenue, hotels, industry experts, Magnuson Hotels, revenue, RevitUP, thomas cook, Thomas Magnuson, TUI

Crete Island: A Destination with a Celestial Potential

2020-02-01 by Phil Butler

Incredible Crete

A look at the tremendous potential of sustainable Crete hospitality and tourism with some of the industry’s most knowledgeable experts.

Tags: alternative tourism, crete, Crete hotels, Crete Region, Crete resorts, Crete rooms, Cyprus hotels, Dimitris Koutoulas, EyeWide Digital Marketing, Greece hotels, Hotel Association of Halkidiki, Kyriakos G. Kotsoglou, Magnuson Hotels, Minas Liapakis, Revenue Management, RevitUP, thomas cook, Thomas Magnuson, Tom Magnuson

Hays Travel Snaps Up All Thomas Cook Shops in Time for Christmas

2019-12-09 by Phil Butler

Hays Travel Founders

Hayes Travel has bought up all 555 Thomas Cook shops within the UK comes as great news to the fallen travel company’s employees.

Tags: Hays Travel, Hays Travel buyout, Hays Travel shops, Hays Travel UK, Irene Hays, John Hays, thomas cook, Thomas Cook Group, tours, travel

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