TUI

Bookings show an increased demand of Greece in summer, say German tour operators. According to Deutsche Welle, Germany’s largest tour operator, TUI registered a 4% increase in bookings for Greece in the current winter period and the coming summer, compared to the previous year.

German tourism giant TUI said that customers who had booked trips to Istanbul can switch destination without penalties, after a suicide attack in the Turkish city on early Jan. 12 claimed 10 lives, nine of them Germans, as reported by Agence France-Presse. 

The operator said customers can also opt to postpone their trip to Istanbul without penalties for the next six days.

By Stathis Kousounis

TUI and the Robinson Club are making plans for new investments in their hotels in Greece and are interested in making the most of new destinations within the country, revealed Thomas Ellerbeck, TUI’s director of corporate and external affairs, following a general meeting of the German-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Athens.