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Qué aerolíneas no rebajan puntualidad ni en temporada alta

✈ Global aviation was disrupted from July 19-21 due to a Microsoft system failure, canceling over 5,000 flights. Iberia Express led Europe with an OTP of 79.79%, despite a slight drop from June. Madrid-Barajas Airport's OTP fell to 62.48%, while Vueling improved by 2 points to 76.47%. Iberia ranks 10th worldwide with an OTP of 73.82%, and Latin American airlines show high punctuality, with Azul, LATAM, Avianca, and Aeroméxico leading. Latin America saw a 24% reduction in flight cancellations in July compared to June.
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Las agencias de viajes, preocupadas por la merma de la rentabilidad

📌 Spanish travel agencies are facing profitability concerns due to high prices affecting demand; despite a strong first half, the last two months have seen a decline. The Spanish Confederation of Travel Agencies (CEAV) reports a 9.8% annual growth in May and an 11.3% year-to-date increase, despite the slowed growth from early sales campaigns. Agencies experienced a 1.5% drop in July, adding to a 3% decrease in June, while hotels and restaurants have grown, according to Caixabank's Consumption Monitor.
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8 fallos de la plataforma online del registro de reservas de agencias

🛈 Un especialista ha detectado incongruencias en la nueva plataforma online para el registro de viajeros, afectando tanto al website como al API móvil, previendo problemas en su lanzamiento en octubre. El Ministerio del Interior registrará la identidad y movimientos de clientes de agencias de viajes. Tanto hoteleros de CEHAT como agencias advierten del caos en la implementación. El CEO de Beroni señala la falta de información y sugiere webinars para formar a técnicos. La plataforma presenta fallos técnicos y acepta datos falsos o incompletos.
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CaixaBank concede 1.750 M € de crédito a hoteles y alojamientos

💰 CaixaBank Hotels & Tourism executed 1,900 credit operations for the hotel and lodging sector in the first half of 2024, totaling 1.75 billion euros in funding, marking a 43% increase from previous periods. Leading regions in credit volume included the Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Canary Islands, Andalusia, and the Community of Madrid. The bank, holding a credit portfolio of 8.4 billion euros and over 12,000 clients, champions sustainable projects that enhance energy efficiency, accessibility, waste management, and inclusion of people at risk of exclusion. In 2023, CaixaBank granted the sector a record 2.85 billion euros, surpassing the amounts in previous years: 2.8 billion (2022), 2.6 billion (2021), 2.5 billion (2020), and 2.26 billion (pre-pandemic 2019). CaixaBank Research forecasts a 5% growth in the tourism sector's GDP in 2024, outpacing the general economy, and 3.2% in 2025.
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Los clientes de FTI reciben phishing simulando el fondo de rescate DRSF

💸 FTI Group customers targeted by phishing SMS fraud posed as communications from the German rescue fund DRSF. The DRSF began the largest refund process on August 8 with "more than 215,000 canceled tourist packages." Fraud attempts coincide with DRSF contacting customers for refunds, involving millions in three digits. Refunds processing requires three documents from consumers and will take several weeks, potentially until September. This follows FTI Touristik's bankruptcy and DRSF's creation post-Thomas Cook collapse in 2019.
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Playa Hotels AND Resorts nombra nueva directora comercial para Europa

🏖 Playa Hotels & Resorts appointed Silvia Catena as the new Commercial Director for the UK, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy. Her role aims to boost company sales in these markets. Catena's background includes working with TripAdvisor in the UK and managing over 70 hotels in the Caribbean for Cara Hotel Marketing. Multilingual in Spanish, Italian, and English, she graduated in Foreign Languages from the University of Bologna. She will work closely with Lucy Abdul, the Commercial Manager for the UK and Ireland, focusing on sales performance, partner relationships, and product knowledge for Playa's properties.
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México aumenta casi un 7% la llegada de turistas y el gasto extranjero

🏖️ Mexico welcomed 21.82 million international tourists and garnered $16.276 billion in tourism revenue from January to June 2024, marking increases of 6.2% and 6.9% respectively. Air arrivals totaled 12.43 million, up by 4.9% from 2023 and 19.5% from 2019. Tourism Secretary Miguel Torruco Marqués reported $14.896 billion in earnings, up 7% from the previous year and 40.2% from pre-pandemic levels. Cruise passengers reached 5.15 million, a 10.2% increase from 2019, contributing $435.1 million, 34.3% higher than pre-pandemic figures. The balance for international visitors hit $12.719 billion, a 2.7% rise from 2023 and a 51.4% jump from 2019's first semester.
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París recibe 11,2 millones de visitantes durante los Juegos Olímpicos

🏅 Paris welcomed 11.2 million visitors during the Olympic Games, a 4% increase from the previous year but just shy of the 11.3 million anticipated. Hotel occupancy reached 84% from July 23 to August 6, up 10.1 points from 2023. Of the visitors, 44.6% were local, 27.7% domestic day-trippers, 12.5% from other French regions, and 15.2% foreigners. Tourists from the USA, Germany, and the UK made up 13.5%, 7.6%, and 6.8% respectively. International arrivals are expected to rise by 7.9% between the Olympics and the upcoming Paralympics from August 28 to September 8.
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W2M compra el receptivo de BestDay en México y Dominicana

🏖️ World2Meet (W2M), the travel division of Grupo Iberostar, acquired the incoming travel business of BestDay in Mexico and the Dominican Republic, including transportation companies. BD Experience, part of BestDay acquired by Despegar for $56.5 million in 2020, joins W2M offering ground transport and group travel services with offices in Cancún, Playa del Carmen, Cozumel, and Punta Cana. The strategic operation in the Caribbean complements W2M's other acquisitions: Viajes Cibeles, Viajes Eroski in 2023, Bytour in 2022, Grupo Azul Marino in 2021, and Viajes Dos in 2020.
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Líbere Hospitality se fija la meta de 100 M € de facturación en 2026

🏨 Libere Hospitality Group reports ADR increases above 10%, occupation over 85%, and expects revenue over €20M, up from €13M in 2023. Madrid and Barcelona lead ADRs in Spain, with Valencia, Málaga, and Bilbao also performing well. The group focuses on apartments, 2 and 3-star limited service hotels, and aims for 3,000 units and €100M revenue by 2026. Expansion includes Portugal, Italy, the UK, and plans for France, Greece, and Benelux, with a strong urban focus but also looking at vacation cities like Palma, Málaga, Marbella, Estepona, and Benidorm.
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