The Med to lose status as number one holiday spot

New research by The Co-operative Travel has revealed that once popular resorts in the Western Mediterranean, such as the Costa del Sol and Algarve, are being shunned in favour of holidays in up-and-coming holiday spots.

The new number one area has been nicknamed the Mett after its key destinations: Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia and Turkey.

This year Mediterranean resorts have seen a cumulative fall in bookings of 11.6% compared to the Mett’s increase of 23.4%. If these current trends continue then the two areas will swap places by the end of 2011, with the Mett becoming the number one choice for package holidays.

This would mean that by summer 2012, the Mett would be receiving over 38% of UK package holidaymakers.

Trevor Davis, director of retail distribution at The Co-operative Travel said: “The growth of all-inclusive deals, which appeal to people wanting to fix the total cost of their holiday, has helped to increase demand for these fast-growing destinations.

“At the same time increased capacity and the high cost of the Euro have both contributed to a significant rise in bookings.”
He added: "If these trends continue, it will represent the biggest change in bookings patterns since the boom of the package holiday in the 1970s.

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PRESS RELEASE 24/May/2011

Sir Stelios everything and anything “EASY” bullies existing British business\\\'s

EasyGulet.com and EasyGulet.co.uk are the operating names of websites distributing online leisure services for Gulet holidays (A Gulet is a boat that is built from a centuries old design and is unique to Turkey these Gulets are still only made today in Turkey) Gulet holidays are a specialist sector of the travel market.

Originally developed in 2008 we have now been distributing these very special holidays for over a period of 5 years under the auspices of the above websites, EasyGulet.com and EasyGulet.co.uk

The websites, EasyGulet.com and EasyGulet.co.uk, in its design, marketing and content, bears no correlation or shares by way of any mark, services offered online, logos, colour scheme of orange, or any such inference; That may suggest that its operations in anyway bear reference too, is supported by, or is part of the easygroup plc and any of its registered product offerings/brand names and thus unlikely to cause by way of confusion to the consumers of the United Kingdom and globally.

Despite the facts indicated in the above paragraph, whereby at no time has the website set out to confuse or make assumption that its being in anyway part of the easygroup, to this extent, Sir Stelios Haji- Iannou his company Easygroup IP Licensing and firm of Lawyers Clarke Willmott LLP, continue to bombard us with calls and letters inciting copy write infringement, literary infringement, intellectual property infringement and so on and to this extent demanding handing over of domains and cessation of trading with threats of injunctions, damages, costs, etc.

The word “easy” is a widely used generic term in the English language today and at the last time of checking, have found hundreds of companies and websites with the word “easy” used as a prefix and the rest further constituting “easy” in the makeup of their names. There are also several examples which bear direct name resemblance to the easygroup’s registered websites and product offerings and exist happily without any challenge from Sir Stelios Haji- Iannou his company Easygroup IP Licensing and firm of Lawyers Clarke Willmott LLP.

Are we now given to believe that Sir Stelios as claims would have it, the prolific and serial entrepreneur along with Easygroup IP Licensing, owns all domain rights to everything and anything “EASY” or is it a case that Sir Stelios in his great entrepreneurial wisdom chooses as and when he desires to cheery pick new sectors of the market to exploit and when in doing so decides to bully any existing British business’s into extinction for the use of their names aided by the legalities being dispensed by Clarke Willmott LLP.

I do believe that we in Britain have the right to use names which we think are suited to our business needs and the birthright of our English language, also withstanding it does not conflict or offends the interest of another, the word “easy” as defined in the English Dictionary (adjective- free from pain, discomfort, worry, or care) is not the sole property of any one person or company.

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THE EXPERIENCE IS EVERYTHING

SINGAPORE, June 28, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- TravelShark (formerly Swiftrank), the leading global online travel network, today announced that it has closed a $5 million round of financing to further accelerate the company\'s already impressive revenue growth and global sales since its public launch in 2010. The investment was made by DLA Holdings, a Singapore-based private equity firm. With the recent $5 million investment, TravelShark has raised a total of $8 million to date.

"This additional funding is a nod to the dramatic expansion that TravelShark has achieved in traffic and revenues across its global network of 12,000 travel sites, as well as the tremendous opportunity we have to further accelerate growth," said Sue Heilbronner, CEO of TravelShark. "With this financing, we will invest in sales, marketing, and new product development to leverage our new consumer-friendly brand and our traction with travel suppliers and consumers."

More than 600 hotels, hotel brands, hospitality companies, and interactive marketing agencies in more than 20 countries now participate in TravelShark\'s Featured Hotel Program to promote global visibility and generate direct booking revenues at an attractive ROI. Featured Hotel partners include Intercontinental Hotels Group, MGM Resorts, Highgate Holdings, TIG Global, and many others.

"We have increased our investment in TravelShark because we are excited about the company\'s momentum, and we believe that the additional capital will fuel even more rapid growth," said David Leppan, Chairman of DLA Holdings. "TravelShark is providing a new direct online distribution channel to hotels and other travel verticals, and with the new brand in place, the company is looking to extend its offerings beyond travel suppliers to consumers with a host of timely new products."