Viajes El Corte Inglés and Logitravel have reached an agreement to merge creating a new company which aspires to become a global benchmark in the travel sector. The new company will cover both leisure and business travel, incentives, conferences and events. The transaction is subject to the approval of the CNMC.
Collaboration will expand six of Wyndham’s hotel brands in leisure destinations in Spain, Portugal and Italy over the next 10 years.
Baleando brings together Balearia's extensive ferry network connecting the mainland of Spain to the Balearic Islands, with Logitravel's portfolio of directly contracted hotels, ancillaries and attractions and making them bookable as packages using Logitravel's renowned platform.
Piñero Group and Logitravel Group announce the creation of Soltour Travel Partners, an alliance that offers the innovation and dynamism of Smytravel, the Logitravel Group online tour operator combined with the solidity and reliability of Soltour, a leading independent tour operator in Spain and Portugal in the holiday segment.
Traveltool e-services has submitted an Expression of Interest (MDI) to the Government of Spain that could be financed with the funds 'Next Generation EU' for the digitalization of the spanish retail travel agencies.
The Group has developed its own solution, eliminating the resident option from the flight search engines, showing the prices of the standard fares and adding the resident status to the last step for the application of the corresponding discount.
This alliance of two significant brands will allow consolidation under the same banner of Soltour's specialised product - with more than 10,000 travel partners in its portfolio – together with Smytravel's most innovative technology for the distribution of dynamic vacation products and its wide range of destinations worldwide. This new alliance has been created with a strong vocation offering quality, dynamic and innovative product.
Smy Hotels has chosen the resort of Cagliari to open its first hotel in Sardinia. The Smy Sighientu Thalasso & Spa 4 * is located on the southern coast of Sardinia, only 25 km from Cagliari International airport. Having opened 9 hotels during 2019 and 2020, Smy Hotels continues with its sustained growth and with its strategic commitment to grow, combined with partners, in the management, rental and purchasing models throughout the Mediterranean arc.
Traveltool will offer its more than 600 associated agencies the first "GIAV for Traveltool" software license at no cost, and special conditions for contracting second licenses or additional services provided by Gesintur. The DNA and the technological background of both companies has facilitated their understanding, and will allow Traveltool e-services to offer an integrated solution, including the GIAV management software as a key element among the products and services of its agencies.
With a Diploma in Tourist Businesses and Activities from the Balearic School of Tourism and an MBA from the University of Paderborn (Germany), José Yudici is very excited about joining the team at Smy Hotels and playing a leading role in the project that, with sustained growth, will see them achieve their strategy to grow in the management, rental and combined purchasing formats with partners across the Mediteranean arc.