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Thomas Cook: tourists are returning to Egypt and Turkey
Published in Amwal Al Ghad on 28 - 03 - 2017

Foreign holidays remain a top priority for Europeans despite economic and security worries, tour operator Thomas Cook said Tuesday, reporting a 40 percent jump in bookings to Greece besides signs of a recovery in travel to Egypt and Turkey.
"Customers' appetite to go abroad on holiday this summer is good across all our markets," CEO Peter Fankhauser said.
"After a slow start to the season and a tough year in 2016, we're seeing early signs that customers are beginning to go back to Turkey and Egypt," he added.
Thomas Cook, which unnerved investors in February with a cautious outlook, said that while it was seeing some pressure on profit margins due to more competition, strong demand for summer holidays meant it was on track to profit forecasts.
Analysts expect the group, which arranges holidays for around 20 million people a year, to report full-year operating profit of around 327 million pounds ($412 million).
It said summer bookings for the group were up 10 percent compared to a weak period last year.
Tourists turned their backs on previously popular resorts in Turkey and elsewhere in the Eastern Mediterranean last summer because of concerns about security, leaving Thomas Cook scrambling to find more hotel rooms in Spain and Portugal.
It said it had expanded capacity in Greece this season, while smaller destinations such as Cyprus, Bulgaria and Croatia were also proving popular.
The Spanish market was more competitive however, it said, and it was focusing on selling higher-margin holidays rather than chasing volume growth.
Shares in the group were broadly flat at 89.30 pence at 0943 GMT.
Analysts at Jefferies, who have a "buy" rating on the stock, said they believed the margin pressure was manageable thanks to the group's cost savings strategy.
Source: Reuters


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