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...EasyJet is targeting a second consecutive summer of record profits as it said the deepening conflict in the Middle East was not deterring customers from booking holidays....
...Dunne said early bookings showed demand for travel in 2024 was “fine”, but added that the next three months, typically the busiest period for summer holiday bookings, would be a “key indicator” of demand...
...Airbnb’s profits more than doubled in the first quarter, boosted by an early Easter holiday, but the home rental platform forecast lower than expected sales and earnings for the second....
...January is one of the busiest holiday booking periods, providing insights on trading for the rest of the year....
...“Flight and holidays bookings took off strongly during the traditional busy turn-of-year sales period, as customers opted to secure their summer holidays,” Lundgren said....
...Trips to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand during the holiday were up 30 per cent over 2019, according to booking site Trip.com....
...Booking.com is haggling with the European Commission over a planned takeover of Swedish online flight-booking company Etraveli....
...Santa Ana, which is taking bookings now, sits in 210 private hectares of olive grove and woodland in Menorca’s south-west....
...Seat capacity for this summer is set to increase by a further 12.3 per cent, and in its most recent trading update it said forward bookings for package holiday customers are up 13 per cent....
...holiday season....
...It reported a 72 per cent increase in blended travel bookings in 2023, compared with a year earlier....
...He added: “We see a positive outlook for this year with airline and [holiday] bookings both ahead year on year.” EasyJet said the current fiscal year had started with a strong growth in profit....
...Though if you’re prone to workplace self-consciousness, it may be worth booking a conference room to enjoy your sound bath in peace. Have you tried sound-bathing, and if so, what did it do for you?...
...Lufthansa reported the “highest revenue and profit ever achieved in one summer” as the German airline said that holiday travellers have kept spending on first-class tickets despite spiralling prices....
...However . . . we advise holidaymakers to consider the whole picture and factor in the package price before booking.”...
...Since it opened last June, booking a space at the Shoreditch restaurant’s 16-seat counter has been near impossible: on top of evening slots, it’s now open for Friday and Saturday lunches....
...And then, always this goes for actually just booking restaurants in general....
...“This time the sentiment does look better — international flight bookings and domestic flight bookings have both exceeded 2019 levels,” said Wang. “I do think it might surprise on the upside.”...
...Travellers with upcoming holiday bookings in unaffected parts of Rhodes or other Greek islands may struggle to cancel for free....
...Marriott warned in February of slower revenue growth this year and Expedia last month forecast softer growth in sales and bookings as the post-pandemic travel boom fades....
...be cancelled during peak holiday season....
...Bookings for the summer season were up 6 per cent compared with summer 2022, with prices up 7 per cent. Ebel said forward bookings were also strong despite the weak economy....
...Nevertheless, he said customers were taking steps to cut costs, including by booking all-inclusive deals, instead of partly catered or self-catered, in order to “know the absolute cost of their holiday”,...
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