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Miguel Praga

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Imserso: los pensionistas más avispados realizan hasta cinco viajes

📌 Over 800,000 tourism program spots for seniors are causing discontent among pensioners due to uneven distribution; with 886,269 spots and four million accredited individuals, an imbalance arises. After about 80% of trips are booked in initial sales days, savvy pensioners or those with online booking assistance snap up remaining spots. Some manage to take up to five trips per season, the maximum allowed by Social Tourism (Ávoris), while others miss out. Each user is limited to 30 reservation processes per season, including bookings, waitlists, modifications, and cancellations.
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Fiebre por la compra anticipada de viajes de cara al verano

💰 La demanda de viajes en España ha visto una reactivación significativa desde septiembre, con un breve estancamiento debido a la DANA. Las ventas anticipadas para el verano de 2025 están superando los niveles del año anterior, con crecimientos de doble dígito y una OTA destacando aumentos superiores al 50%. Este auge se atribuye al cambio de comportamiento del consumidor español, que ahora reserva con más antelación para evitar el incremento de precios.
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Irlanda apoya a O’Leary

💰 Michael O’Leary, CEO of Ryanair, known for his controversial statements, recently campaigned fiercely against the Green Party in Ireland. The Greens, who had 12 seats in the Irish parliament, proposed a cap on flights at Dublin Airport, affecting O'Leary's business. Following the elections on Saturday, the Green Party lost all 12 seats, becoming extraparliamentary. O'Leary's criticism predated their defeat, and despite the possibility of the Greens gaining a seat during the ongoing count, the likelihood seemed improbable as of Sunday night.
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Las agencias llaman a boicotear el ‘Gran Hermano’ de Marlaska

📌 As of December 2, Spanish travel agencies mobilize against a new Interior Ministry mandate requiring extensive client data reporting, including sensitive information. Despite 1,994 points of sale registered on the Interior's platform by late November, the sector comprises about 9,000. Penalties for non-compliance range from 100 to 30,000 euros, stirring significant unrest among travel professionals. The real impact of the boycott, supported by private group discussions among thousands of travel agents, remains to be seen.
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Ryanair volará a París Orly a partir de abril de 2025

✈ Ryanair, the Irish airline, will start flying to Paris' second airport from April 1 next year. Previously not serving any main Paris airport, it operates from Beauvais, optimistically dubbed Paris Beauvais, 90km north, and Vatry, 150km east, with connections to Marrakech and Porto. It requested slots for Bratislava and Bergamo, indicating plans to enter Paris with ten European destinations. Despite announcing potential withdrawal from destinations due to new taxes effective January, Ryanair's slot request suggests a strategy to pressure political authorities. Ryanair is known for initially using less common airports before shifting to main ones due to demand or assured profitability.
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Azulmarino centrará su expansión en Madrid, Barcelona y Andalucía

🏦 Azulmarino, part of World2Meet (W2M), aims to expand in Madrid (from 12 to 20 agencies) and Barcelona (from 1 to 20 agencies) by 2025. Plans include growing in Andalusia by adding 30 to 40 locations, either owned or franchised. The search for locations will start in June to open them by January 2026. Azulmarino currently operates 185 sales points and doesn't intend to exceed 200 owned agencies.
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Las agencias amenazan con dejar de vender Imserso por el registro de viajeros

👨 Pedro Fiol, president of Aviba (Baleares) and vice-president of CEAV, warns that the requirement to submit "numerous data" to the Ministry of Interior for each booking may lead travel agencies to stop selling Imserso's senior travel program. Agencies earn just €14.50 in commission per package, far below the average €80-€100. About 90% of retirees use agencies for vacation bookings, with Baleares agencies handling an average of 12,000 spots per season.
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Viajes El Corte Inglés retira los incentivos a sus agentes por vender Ávoris

🏖️ Viajes El Corte Inglés has removed incentives for travel agents selling Ávoris' wholesaler products, including Travelplan, Catai, Special Tours, Rhodasol, and Jolidey (to disappear on December 10). Instead, agents receive 1%-1.20% for selling Tourmundial and Club de Vacaciones packages, as well as Muchosol accommodations. This move aims to boost sales of own-brand products over competitor Ávoris, which runs more than 540 outlets in Spain.
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