TUI UK bookings for summer 2025 are ahead of other markets, while the operator said the UK is its most advanced market for the coming winter.
UK summer 2025 bookings are up 1% on the same time last year, while bookings for the group as a whole are down 2%.
As of 3 August, TUI’s UK summer programme was 89% sold, compared to 86% across all TUI’s markets. German bookings are down 5%, with 83% of the programme sold.
TUI Group said it has seen a ‘positive start overall’ to the winter 2025/26 season, adding the UK is its most advanced market, with 31% of the programme sold. It said bookings are in line with the prior year, at a higher average selling price.
TUI issued the bookings update while announcing a record third quarter, with earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) up 38% year-on-year, to €321m and revenue up 7% to €6.2bn.
The company said it had seen a ‘record’ performance for its Hotels & Resorts and Cruises divisions in the nine months to 30 June, although its Markets + Airlines segment remained ‘challenging in a competitive market’.
The group has raised its annual profit guidance for the 2025 financial year and now expects EBIT to increase year-on-year by 9-11% on 2024’s full-year figure of €1.296 billion. Previously, its guidance was at a 7-10% increase.
TUI said summer 2025 is ‘holding up in a competitive market’ with average selling price (ASP) up 3%. It added it is seeing a ‘continued later booking trend amid [the] impact of heatwaves in June/July, as well as the Middle East conflict.
TUI Group CEO Sebastian Ebel: “We are seeing strong growth and raised our targets for the full year. We achieved record results for our hotel and cruise brands. We are intensively driving forward the transformation of the traditional tour operator business across all source markets. All whilst increasing the share of differentiated products, becoming more efficient in our processes and reducing our costs through global production platforms. This will enable us to grow profitably.”
