TUI Group to Expand Hotel Portfolio in 2019
Date: November 2018
Location: Europe: Top destinations in Spain, Greece and Turkey, with some others that will expand the TUI offering in Italy, Egypt, Tunisia and Croatia.
Name: 12 new TUI Sensimar and 3 TUI Family Life hotels.
No. of Keys: The announcement will take the portfolio of TUI’s three international concept hotel brands from 88 to 103 hotels.
As part of this expansion, TUI will also debut a TUI concept brand in the Greek island of Santorini with the TUI Sensimar Meltemi Blue.
In addition, TUI Sensatori Barut Fethiye Resort in Turkey will be extended with the construction of a new building next to the hotel.
TUI Group’s overall hotel portfolio currently comprises 380 hotels and resorts, 50 of which are operated by third-party hoteliers.
“For our three international concept hotel brands, we plan to deliver strong growth in cooperation with local partners.
“Our concepts offer TUI’s renowned quality and a unique holiday experience, resulting in high customer satisfaction levels and occupancy rates in the hotels.
“TUI will continue to set standards for the holiday hotel industry in the future,” said Sebastian Ebel, TUI Group executive board member in charge of hotels and resorts.
“We are also driving our growth roadmap in the hotel segment further ahead through our TUI Blue, Robinson and TUI Magic Life brands and our long-standing joint venture partners such as Riu.”
THPT Comment: Some competition here between TUI and Thomas Cook, who are also on a growth path.
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