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TUI Travel PLC welcomes the announcement today by the Government detailing the final legislation which will bring ‘flight-plus’ holiday arrangements into the ATOL scheme.  As the largest contributor to the ATOL scheme, TUI Travel has a crucial interest in making the scheme as effective and as fair as possible for both consumers and businesses and this is a step in the right direction. Read more »

TUI UK & Ireland today announced that it has made the following new appointments to its Board.

Jeremy Ellis has been appointed as Marketing Director. Jeremy has been with TUI UK for twenty years during which time he has been instrumental in creating innovative above and below the line marketing campaigns which have established our differentiated products firmly in the minds of the British public. Garry Wilson currently Director of Purchasing is appointed Product and Purchasing Director. In his many years with the business Garry’s focus has been on enhancing our differentiated product offering and managing our commodity products for value. Read more »

• First UK airline to operate commercial flight on sustainable biofuels

• Flight number TOM 7446 Birmingham to Arrecife, Lanzarote

Thomson Airways will today be the first UK airline to fly customers on sustainable biofuel when flight TOM 7446 takes off from Birmingham Airport to Arrecife.  Carrying 232 passengers on a Boeing 757-200 it is scheduled to depart on 06^th October at 14:25 HRS for the four hour flight. Read more »

Thomson and First Choice are set to introduce a new programme for primary schools focusing on elements of sustainable tourism from both an environmental and social perspective. Forming part of the Holiday Forever campaign, the scheme enables primary school children to learn about the importance of protecting the natural environment and culture, both in the UK and in some of their favourite holiday destinations. Read more »

TUI UK & Ireland, parent company of Thomson and First Choice Holidays, becomes the first tour operator to introduce NVQ Level 2 Diploma in Tour Operations to its 800 overseas holiday advisor roles. Read more »

Three year commitments reinforce TUI’s position at forefront of sustainable travel

London, 17 March 2011: The UK’s leading tour operator, TUI (Thomson and First Choice), has today announced 20 sustainable travel commitments for 2011. Launched at The Economist’s Sustainable Business Summit, the ambitious three year commitments reinforce the company’s position at the forefront of sustainable tourism – it is the only travel company to introduce such wide ranging and measurable objectives. Read more »

If Richard Branson is campaigning for an efficiency rating for every ocean going vessel, he should also be pushing for the creation for a similar system within the aviation industry that all airlines are rated against. Read more »

At a time when many retail shops are closing, Thomson is bucking the trend by opening a brand new Superstore on Friday 5^th November within the Teesside Shopping Park in Stockton-on Tees. The latest figures from The Local Data Company suggest that the number of shops lying unoccupied in Stockton-on-Tees stands at around 19.5% – well above the national average of 13.9% for November. Thomson’s latest opening hopes to help reverse this trend. The new shop will join its network of 512 retail outlets in the UK and reiterates Thomson’s commitment to regional retail shops which allow our customers to gain expert travel advice in their local area. Read more »