13:18 Due to the rapidly increasing number of infections in almost all of Europe, there is a serious fear that the summer holidays will fall into the water for the second year in a row.
March 02, 2021 Today at 1:45 am Rising house prices are worrying local residents of Knokke-Heist. But many people who keep second-home residents away from the coastal municipality are a step too far. “They also pay taxes.” ‘There is a lot for sale here, but it is expensive. They take advantage of the people a […]
February 27, 2021 Today at 01:00 The coastal municipality of Knokke-Heist is considering a direct debit obligation outside the tourist center. ‘We want to avoid dead neighborhoods,’ says Piet De Groote, the new mayor of Knokke-Heist. The municipality of Knokke-Heist wants to oblige buyers of houses and apartments in certain neighborhoods to establish their main […]
February 26, 2021 Today at 07:44 Airbnb’s first financial report since the IPO turns deep red. Still, the tour company held its own, courtesy of travelers exploring their own neighborhood. Resilience is what a company that often needs from tourism needs in these times. In lockdown year 2020, we were more at home than we […]
February 19, 2021 Today at 14:11 The Spanish travel group Wamos is pulling its hands off its Belgian daughter Neckermann. The faltering travel agency chain is looking for a new buyer. Neckermann’s future remains uncertain. The drifting travel agency chain is asking the Nivelles court today on Friday to initiate a ‘transfer under judicial authority’ […]
February 19, 2021 Today at 10:51 The travel organization TUI is scrapping all trips to non-European and distant destinations until the end of April. ‘At the moment there are few prospects that we will be able to open non-European and distant destinations, which is why we made this decision,’ a spokeswoman for TUI Belgium told […]
Neckermann is on the verge of financial collapse. The tour operator was formerly part of Thomas Cook, which went bankrupt at the end of September 2019. Neckermann was then saved by the Spanish company Wamos, but it is also not doing well in the corona crisis. If no financial means are found by February 22 […]
February 13, 2021 Today at 11:58 At tour operator Neckermann the countdown is to 22 February. Then the company draws up a state of affairs of the financial situation. Management is looking for solutions to the acute financial shortage, unions fear bankruptcy. Rewind to the end of last year. Then the court of Nivelles approved […]
February 09, 2021 Today at 16:22 TUI hopes for an exuberant summer thanks to worldwide vaccinations. This should help close the pit that the pandemic has left. The German travel company TUI is hoping for the summer to ease the financial noose around her neck. In a statement she published on Tuesday, she says she […]
February 03, 2021 Today at 12:09 A group of 26 tour operators – with Joker travel and Travelworld being some of the best known – will not offer tourist tours until at least April 1. However, the current travel ban will end on March 1. With the travel stop, the tour operators – together with […]