Short-Term Bookings Increase Sharply

Nuremberg, July 30, 2026 – Last-minute and short-term holiday bookings for the summer months increased significantly in the booking month of June (+19 percent). As a result, the cumulative revenue performance for the current 2026 summer season improved ...

New bookings remain below previous year

Nuremberg, June 29, 2026 – Despite a visible pick-up in short-term holiday bookings, overall demand in the German tour-operator travel market remains disappointing: for the current summer season, incoming revenue in the completed booking month of May was 7 percent ...

Signs of Recovery in the Eastern Mediterranean

Nuremberg, May 27, 2026 – Following the significant declines in bookings recorded in the previous month, booking activity in the German holiday travel market increasingly normalised in April, even though overall booking volumes remain 9 percent below the previous ...

Travel market takes a big hit

Nuremberg, April 29, 2026 – Bookings of leisure trips for the current winter season plummeted by nearly half in March, and by just under a fifth for the upcoming summer season. Taken together, the decline in bookings ...

January Peak Weaker Than Last Year

Nuremberg, February 26, 2026 – January is traditionally the strongest booking month of the year in the holiday travel business. This year, however, it was comparatively weaker: booked travel revenues for summer holidays in 2026 ...

More Volume for Summer holidays than ever

Nuremberg, December 29, 2025 – In November 2025, booking revenues exceeded the prior-year month by a total of 10 percent. The largest share of this growth, an increase of 15 percent, was generated by the summer season 2026, which ...