Gold Magazine January - February 2014, Issue 34 | Page 54

“All Tourism is Good Tourism” TUI’s Chief Executive predicts more visitors in 2014. TUI Travel, Europe’s biggest tour operator and one of the world’s leading leisure travel companies, with over 240 brands in 180 countries and more than 30 million customers, is a key partner in the Cyprus tourism sector, bringing visitors to the island from not only the UK, but from Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Poland and France. In May 2013, the company signed contracts to purchase 60 narrow-body Boeing 737 MAX aircraft as part of its fleet renewal strategy. TUI CEO Peter Long spoke to Gold about the company’s relations w ]