TUI Confirms 2026 Targets as Geopolitical Uncertainty Remains


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TUI stays on course.

Despite an environment marked by geopolitical tensions, economic slowdown across several European markets and greater consumer caution, the travel group confirms its financial outlook for the 2026 financial year.

At the end of the third quarter, covering the period from April to June 2026, TUI reports an underlying EBIT of €235 million, compared with €321 million a year earlier. The result was notably affected by €20 million due to the direct consequences of the war in Iran on the cruise activity.

For the nine months of the year, the underlying EBIT reached €123 million, vs €165 million in the same period in 2025.

According to the group, the effects of the war in Iran and the hurricane in Jamaica weighed on the result by €81 million. Excluding these exceptional items, TUI believes its performance would have surpassed that of the previous year.


Late Reservations

Dans ce contexte, le groupe constate surtout une évolution des comportements d’achat. Les consommateurs continuent de voyager, mais prennent leurs décisions plus tardivement.

Après plusieurs semaines marquées par la prudence, TUI observe un redressement des réservations. Sur les quatre dernières semaines, les revenus réservés ont progressé de 7%, réduisant le retard enregistré depuis le début de la saison estivale. Le chiffre d’affaires réservé pour l’été 2026 reste toutefois inférieur de 6% à celui de l’année précédente.

Les destinations court et moyen-courrier restent les plus demandées, notamment la Grèce et l’Espagne, Baléares et Canaries comprises. La demande pour les destinations de Méditerranée orientale montre également des signes de reprise ces dernières semaines.

Pour Sebastian Ebel, directeur général de TUI, cette évolution confirme la résilience de la demande touristique. “Le voyage reste très important dans la vie des gens“, souligne-t-il, tout en constatant que le calendrier des décisions d’achat s’est déplacé vers des réservations plus proches du départ.


Hotels and Cruises Hold Up

L’activité Holiday Experiences, qui regroupe notamment les hôtels, les croisières et TUI Musement, continue de soutenir les performances du groupe. Elle a généré un EBIT sous-jacent de 278 millions d’euros au troisième trimestre, contre 294 millions un an auparavant.

Dans l’hôtellerie, TUI Hotels & Resorts affiche un EBIT de 121 millions d’euros au troisième trimestre. Le nombre de nuitées disponibles progresse légèrement de 1%, à 11,3 millions, tandis que le taux d’occupation recule de cinq points, à 77%. Le groupe explique cette évolution notamment par la montée en puissance de nouveaux établissements et par une demande moins soutenue en Méditerranée orientale, au Mexique et dans les Caraïbes. Le tarif moyen journalier reste, lui, stable à 88 euros.

Le segment croisières continue également d’afficher de solides performances opérationnelles. Son EBIT sous-jacent atteint 133 millions d’euros au troisième trimestre, contre 143 millions un an plus tôt. Le recul est entièrement lié à l’impact exceptionnel de 20 millions d’euros de la guerre en Iran.

Pour des raisons de sécurité, les navires Mein Schiff 4 et Mein Schiff 5 étaient restés dans des ports de la région du Golfe entre mars et la mi-mai 2026. Les itinéraires ont ensuite pu reprendre. Hors cet impact, l’EBIT du segment aurait progressé de 10 millions d’euros.

La demande reste par ailleurs soutenue sur les marchés allemand et britannique. Les tarifs moyens des croisières ont progressé de 4%, à 252 euros, tandis que le taux de remplissage, hors impact de la guerre en Iran, s’est amélioré d’un point pour atteindre 99%.


TUI Musement Continues Its Progress

Autre activité en croissance, TUI Musement enregistre une hausse de 10,8% de son EBIT sous-jacent au troisième trimestre, à 23 millions d’euros. Le groupe attribue cette progression notamment à l’amélioration de son activité B2B et aux gains d’efficacité opérationnelle.

Sur neuf mois, l’EBIT sous-jacent de TUI Musement progresse de 171%, à 17,3 millions d’euros, contre 6,4 millions d’euros un an auparavant. Le nombre d’expériences vendues reste quasiment stable, à 2,9 millions, tandis que les transferts diminuent de 10%, à 7,9 millions, dans un contexte de demande affectée par les incertitudes géopolitiques.

À l’inverse, l’activité Markets + Airline, qui regroupe les tour-opérateurs, les ventes et TUI Airline, reste sous pression. Son EBIT sous-jacent ressort à -16 millions d’euros au troisième trimestre, contre +50 millions un an plus tôt. Le groupe évoque une demande plus faible, une pression accrue sur les prix, la hausse des coûts du carburant et des capacités supplémentaires sur le marché.


France Still in the Red

Dans le détail régional, les trois principales zones commerciales de TUI restent confrontées à un environnement difficile.

La région centrale, qui comprend notamment l’Allemagne, l’Autriche, la Suisse et la Pologne, affiche un EBIT sous-jacent de -10 millions d’euros au troisième trimestre, contre +25 millions un an auparavant. La région Nord, qui regroupe le Royaume-Uni, l’Irlande et les pays nordiques, ressort à +10 millions d’euros, contre +45 millions.

La région Ouest, qui comprend les Pays-Bas, la Belgique et la France, enregistre pour sa part un EBIT sous-jacent de -16 millions d’euros, contre -21 millions un an auparavant. Malgré cette perte, le résultat s’améliore donc légèrement sur un an.


Paris Île-de-France: Summer 2026 Confirms Tourism Momentum


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Paris Île-de-France confirms its tourist appeal for the summer 2026.

Between June and August, the destination welcomed 13.3 million tourists, up by 3% compared with summer 2025. Even more dynamic, tourist spending reached 7 billion euros, up by 6%.

International visitors accounted for 7 million tourists, versus 6.3 million for domestic, French visitors. On the expenditure side, the first group generated 4.8 billion euros (+5%), while the French spent 2.2 billion euros (+9%).

Tourist expenditure thus grows twice as fast as attendance, reinforcing the spillovers for the accommodation, catering and retail sectors.


The United States Remain the Leading Foreign Market

With around 1 million visitors in the summer, the United States remains the destination’s leading international market. The United Kingdom and Spain follow, with nearly 500,000 visitors each, ahead of Germany and Belgium.

Visitor numbers are rising notably from Spain, the Netherlands and Canada, while the British market is dipping. This diversification of audiences helps reinforce the destination’s resilience.

The growth in tourism activity covers the entire Île-de-France region. Overnight stays rise by 6% across the region, with increases recorded in each of the eight departments.

The Val-d’Oise (+12%) and the Val-de-Marne (+11%) show the strongest gains, ahead of Seine-Saint-Denis (+8%). In Paris, overnight stays also rise by 5%.

The capital remains the main attraction hub, but these results illustrate a gradual diffusion of flows and tourism spillovers beyond Paris.


A Season Driven by Major Events

The event calendar helped sustain summer attendance. The Top 14 final at the Stade de France, the arrival of the Tour de France on the Champs-Élysées, and the European Swimming Championships notably contributed to the destination’s appeal.

The Esports World Cup also stood out with 175,000 tickets sold, nearly double the previous edition, and more than 2 million visits to competition sites.

Over seven weeks, the event brought together 2,000 players, 200 clubs and visitors from more than 100 countries, boosting Paris’s visibility among a new generation of visitors.


First Half Already Greater Than 2019

The summer momentum continues a sustained dynamic since the start of the year. From January to June, Paris Île-de-France welcomed 24.7 million tourists, up 1% year over year and 4% compared with 2019.

Tourist spending reached 11.8 billion euros, up 4% year on year and up 17% compared with 2019. The hotel sector also confirms this trend with 34.1 million hotel stays in the first half, up 2% year on year and 6% compared with 2019.

Several events helped support flows since January, including the opening of Disney Adventure World, the Paris Marathon, Roland-Garros, which set a record with 727,000 spectators, as well as professional events VivaTech, Choose France and Eurosatory.


Positive Outlook for the Rest of the Year

The momentum is expected to continue in the second half of the year. Air bookings for September through December are up 4% year on year, with demand particularly strong from Asia (+12%), the Middle East (+11%) and Southeast Asia (+19%).

India, the United States, Japan and China stand out as promising markets. The coming months’ calendar, with Fashion Week, the Auto Show, SIAL Paris, Art Basel Paris and numerous sporting and cultural events, should continue to support activity.

For Valérie Pécresse, president of the Île-de-France Region, these results confirm “the strength of appeal” of the region and its ambition to ensure the benefits of tourism reach all territories.

Alexandra Dublanche, president of Choose Paris Region, also stresses the need to continue upgrading the offer and to encourage visitors to discover “the full richness and diversity” of the destination beyond the capital.


Business Travel: Paris Region Confirms Global Leadership


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Despite economic and geopolitical uncertainties, business tourism in Île-de-France is showing solid indicators.

The CCI Paris Île-de-France has just published its 2026 assessment focused on the activity of the region’s main exhibition parks and convention centers.

With 24 major sites representing nearly 700,000 m² of covered exhibition space, Paris Île-de-France offers the leading European supply of infrastructures dedicated to professional encounters.


362 trade shows and 7 million visitors in 2025

In 2025, the 24 main Île-de-France sites hosted 362 trade shows, drawing together 100,487 exhibiting companies and 7 million visitors.

According to the CCI, these events generated 4.1 billion euros in economic impact for the Île-de-France region. Exchanges between exhibitors and visitors, meanwhile, accounted for 18.2 billion euros in turnover.

Beyond trade shows, congress activity also contributes to the economic weight of the business tourism sector in the region. Paris thus rose to the second place in the ICCA ranking of cities hosting the most international congresses in 2025.

Throughout the year, the capital and its region hosted 1,200 congresses, for a total of 716,195 delegates. International visitors represented 18.6% of participants. This activity generated 942 million euros in economic impact, according to data released by the CCI Paris Île-de-France.

Île-de-France infrastructures are not limited to trade shows and congresses. In 2025, they also hosted 1,204 other events, including corporate events, shows, cultural and sporting gatherings, examinations, training sessions and other meetings.

These events brought together 2.5 million participants. Overall, this confirms the sector’s weight in the regional tourism economy, particularly for hotels, dining, retail and transportation.


Major professional events support activity in 2026

The first available indicators for 2026 remain favorable, notably in the international congress segment.

More than 10 major international congresses, each drawing over 5,000 participants, are scheduled or have taken place this year. Among them are notably JFHOD, EuroPCR, ISTH, SFO, IPEM and the congress of ADF, as well as the congress of the French Society of Rheumatology.

The trade show sector also continued its progression in the first half of 2026. Several large-scale events helped sustain this dynamic, among them Wine Paris, VivaTech, Eurosatory, JEC World, Global Industrie, Who’s Next and Paris Packaging Week.

The trend is nonetheless less uniform on the consumer/public events side. The CCI reports more nuanced attendance results, despite growth in the number of exhibitors and net occupied space compared with the previous year.


A calendar already favorable for 2027

The prospects remain positive for 2027 as well, with several major international events already scheduled, including IMCAS, JEPU and COGI.

For Dominique Restino, president of CCI Paris Île-de-France, the sector’s results testify to its economic weight for the region.

Trade shows, congresses and professional events generate billions of euros in economic spillovers,” he notes, also highlighting their contribution to employment and the international visibility of Île-de-France.


Amelia Brille Published by Amelia Brille TourMaG.com Editor
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Pierre & Vacances-Center Parcs Confirms Its Goals Despite First-Half Loss


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Pierre & Vacances-Center Parcs published semi-annual results marked by an uptick in its tourism activity for the first half of the 2025/2026 fiscal year.

For the first six months of the period, the group’s overall external revenue reached €816.8 million, up from €802.1 million a year earlier, representing a rise of 1.8%.

Tourism activities account for €805.8 million in revenue, up 6%. This growth is driven by both accommodation (+6.2%, to €619.7 million) and other tourism activities (+5.4%, to €186.1 million).


Pierre & Vacances: revenue by brand

In detail, Center Parcs records revenue of €495.4 million (+2.4%), of which €492.5 million comes from tourism activities. The brand’s lodging activity grows by 5.8%, to €377.9 million.

Pierre & Vacances registers revenue of €172.9 million, up 6.2%. Lodging-related income reaches €143.7 million, a rise of 7.5% year over year.

Adagio posts revenue of €109.6 million (+5.5%), while maeva&co hits €30.8 million (+6.6%).

The group also continued to develop its activities during the semester. Pierre & Vacances formed a partnership with Swisspeak Resorts in Switzerland, Adagio took over nine residences operated by Sergic, and maeva&co joined the Camping Paradis and Ushuaïa Villages franchises.

Center Parcs also launched “Friends,” a new loyalty program designed to strengthen customer engagement.


Net loss of €101.4 million due to seasonality

On the financial side, adjusted EBITDA stands at -€41.6 million for the first half, versus -€40.3 million a year earlier. The group reports a net loss of €101.4 million, attributing it in particular to the seasonality of its activities and to several exceptional items.

Franck Gervais, the group’s chief executive, notes that “the first half of 2025/2026 confirms the relevance and robustness of our model” in “an internationally tense environment.” He highlights the strength of our positioning in local tourism, supported by the rise in the average selling price and in the number of nights sold.

Pierre & Vacances-Center Parcs nonetheless confirms its annual target for adjusted EBITDA at €185 million, despite the negative effects of the VAT increase on tourist accommodation in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Corsair Confirms In-House Capability for Heavy Maintenance on the Airbus A330neo


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An expertise honed over time

This capability is not improvised. It rests on an in-house technical leadership within the company, whose resources are approved by EASA/DGAC. The airline already managed a substantial portion of its fleet maintenance internally; over the years it has methodically expanded this scope to better control the lifecycle of its aircraft. These internalized C checks have thus been completed in roughly two weeks — a timeframe that is well within reach given the scale of operations performed: structural inspections, system checks, and comprehensive equipment verifications, all in accordance with the most demanding safety and quality standards in the industry.

To this know-how, Corsair adds a very rare digital component: end-to-end control of the entire planning and execution process for visits (tasks, materials, personnel, etc.). From internally developed applications, Corsair technicians register the completion of their tasks on tablets, and all data are synthesized to provide mastery and perfect transparency across the entire value chain, from the planning phases of the project.


Flexibility, cost control and independence

Beyond technical performance, this internalization serves several strategic objectives. It enables Corsair to gain flexibility in planning its operations, to better manage its maintenance costs, and to reduce its reliance on external service providers. This issue is all the more critical as global aircraft maintenance capacities (MRO) are currently in high demand, in a context of strong pressure on the capabilities needed by the sector (hangar availability, qualified personnel, and aircraft parts). Having this autonomy therefore constitutes a real competitive advantage. Corsair had already internalized several key capabilities, including inline cabin maintenance and engine removals/reinstallations.


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Reliability at the heart of the customer promise

On long-haul routes, maintenance mastery is not merely a technical issue: it directly governs operational performance. Aircraft availability determines schedule reliability, program robustness, and ultimately the quality of service delivered to passengers. By taking back control of the heavy maintenance of its aircraft, Corsair equips itself to better guarantee, over the long term, the reliability and quality of its offering — a crucial concern for its customers as well as for all its distribution partners, who rely on this regularity and quality on a daily basis.


In-house maintenance as a guarantee of upgrading the offering

The strengthening of maintenance capabilities thus supports the strategy of moving upmarket pursued in recent years. By expanding its cabin and equipment maintenance expertise, Corsair gains greater control over the quality of the product offered to its passengers. Consequently, about 50% of the workload of a Corsair C check is devoted to the cabin alone, an unheard level among specialized MROs. Directly contributing to the upkeep of interior fittings helps ensure the sustained level of quality expected by customers.


A modern fleet serving performance

Finally, this phase fully aligns with Corsair’s transformation embarked on in 2021, structured around a fleet now composed exclusively of Airbus A330neo aircraft. This homogeneity — one of the youngest fleets in Europe — gives the company enhanced operational reliability and cohesive service across its network. As state-of-the-art aircraft, the A330neos also offer significantly improved environmental performance: a 15% reduction in fuel consumption, 25% lower CO₂ emissions per seat, and a 60% smaller noise footprint compared with the previous generation. In an industry facing growing pressures for competitiveness and decarbonization, this efficiency is a durable driver of cost control.

With the capacity to perform C-checks in-house and a greater grasp of the value chain, Corsair confirms a transformation that blends operational performance, technical mastery, and service quality — serving a durable long-haul model, rewarded by solid financial results.


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