Insights

Holiday travel market is going on recovering

Nuremberg, April 29th, 2022 – When it comes to holidays, Germans have so far been booking their trips despite the war in Ukraine and rising costs due to increasing inflation: up until the beginning of April (week 14), the number of new bookings in ...

Strong wish for summer holiday returns

Nuremberg, January 31, 2022 – In December 2021, the sales volume in the leisure travel business has been relatively stable: However, the overall volume shows a 45 percent loss comparing to the sales in December 2019. Cumulatively, the ...

New Corona wave affects travel activities during christmas

Nuremberg, 31 December 2021 – The sharp rise in Corona incidences in November, the threat of the next wave of omicron and admonishing words from politicians are visibly leaving their mark on the leisure travel business. In November 2021, new bookings by German citizens fall to ...

Vacationers continue to book on short term

Nuremberg, September 30, 2021 – By the end of August 2021, the cumulative decline in sales for this year's summer season compared to the pre-Corona summer of 2019 has further decreased - by three percentage points to a minus of 59 percent compared to ...

Last-minute share reaches an all time high

Nuremberg, 31st of August 2021 – The booking month of July 2021 is no longer keeping pace with the exceptionally good previous month of June: New bookings for holidays booked online or in travel agencies are at a level of around 70 percent of ...

Delta variant leaves first traces

Nuremberg, 30 July 2021 – Overall, the booking month of June 2021 is still characterised by extremely buoyant holiday demand. Cumulative summer sales of tour operator holidays organised on a package or modular basis have now more than doubled …