Thomson Airways flight TOM 2410, from Manchester to Alicante held the world’s highest pub quiz today.* Customers on board got to enjoy a whole new kind of in-flight entertainment whilst raising money for the Family Holiday Association at the same time. Read more »

The fourth hotel in Thomson’s exclusive Sensatori collection will open its doors to Thomson customers in February 2011. Read more »

Slovenia world cup ‘Goals for Hols’ promotion

Slovenia’s World Cup footballers have set a goal of attracting thousands of British fans with the kick-off today of a holiday giveaway campaign. Read more »

David was appointed Managing Director for TUI UK and Ireland (TUI UK) in October 2011. TUI UK is home to some of the UK’s best loved travel brands including Thomson, Thomson Airways, Thomson Cruises and First Choice. David has a board of eight directors reporting into him from around the business including: Purchasing and Product, Yield and Planning, Marketing, IT, the Airline, Human Resources, Finance and Distribution. Read more »

Chris joined First Choice in 1999 to establish Travel Choice Direct, before becoming Managing Director of Retail & Direct – Travel Choice and then MD of First Choice Airways where she led the investment programme into TUI Travel’s long haul offering by signing a deal to be the UK’s fist customer for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Read more »

Nick played an integral role during the successful merger of Thomson and First Choice in 2007 in his role of Integration Director, taking responsibility for the merger of the two companies including the generation and delivery of £125m of synergies. Read more »

TUI UK & Ireland has appointed a new HR Director, Martin Gash, who joined the UK & Ireland Mainstream Board at the start of October.

Martin takes over from Jacky Simmonds, who has been appointed the Group HR Director for TUI Travel PLC, TUI UK’s parent company.

Martin formerly held the position of HR Director for UK & Ireland at DHL Express where he has been for the last four years. Prior to working at DHL, he worked at Sodexo for 12 years in roles across retail, catering and facilities management arena. Martin brings a wealth of experience to TUI UK having worked in industrial relations, change management, talent management and having been a board member for several years.



Thomson Airways, the airline for Thomson and First Choice holidays, yesterday won a global award in the skills development category at the Mercury awards. The annual Mercury awards is hosted by the International Travel Catering Association (ITCA) and rewards organisations that set high standards in the area of in-flight catering and service. Read more »