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TUI and Clients Optimistically Back Green
Saturday, 06 Sep, 2009
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Not only are 80% of travellers optimistic about their 2010 holiday plans but also six out of ten say they would be more likely to book with a green company say TUI who’ve just unveiled an even bigger green brochure.
An annual trends report published today by travel leaders Thomson and First Choice reveals considerable optimism from travellers considering holiday plans for 2010.
Despite recessionary pressures, the Thomson and First Choice report revealed that environment and sustainability are now mainstream concerns. Six out of ten people say they would be more likely to book with a companywhich showed greener business practices such as employing local people, sourcing local produce and using hotels that don’t waste energy.
Around half the people surveyed by Thomson and First Choice are planning to spend the same as this year and an encouraging 24% are counting on spending more.
Of those people who said the recession had changed their holiday plans this year, around 6% said they had considered package holidays this year so as to offer extra security in case an airline collapsed. But that figure more than doubles to 13% for 2010.
TUI subsidiary First Choice has recently released their new online ‘Greener Holidays’ brochure for summer 2010 – an entirely sustainable play. This latest downloadable brochure offers an expanded range of 41 properties from across the world, all of which have received a Travelife award and features a number of newly awarded properties.
One major cloud on the horizon for travellers in 2010 is the Air Passenger Duty tax increases planned by the British government which will come into force in two stages – from November 2009. These will increase the tax on long haul flights – typically 12 hours or more – from £40 to £80.
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