Thomson cuts its package holidays and raises prices

Title

Thomson cuts its package holidays and raises prices

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

30 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:29

Description

Julie Sedgwick reports on a business reorganisation by Britain’s biggest tour operators, Thomson Holidays. They are scrapping half a million of their package holidays in an attempt to rid the industry of it’s poor reputation. A hundred hotels also face being closed. The move is a response to thousands of disgruntled holidaymakers who have been victims of a price war between tour operators. Includes interview with Charles Newbold, Thomson’s managing director.

Contributors

Julie Sedgwick; Charles Newbold

Keywords

Travel; Hotel industry; Tourism; Holidays; Thomson Holidays; Travel abroad; Tourist industry

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