quotes that sum up recent trading in the travel sector swipe >>

We’ve gone through all the latest travel business announcements. Here are four quotes we found interesting. swipe >>

“WAVE season bookings are off to a record start, with booked load factors in line with prior years and at higher rates… Guest spending onboard and pre-cruise purchases continue to exceed prior years.” swipe >> Royal Caribbean Group FY24 results and 2025 guidance - January 2025

“Traffic demand is reasonably strong. It's too early to say yet what it will be like for the full summer period. Capacity is constrained across Europe... we're seeing strong bookings coming through the OTA channels as people are booking well in advance into summer 2026…” swipe >> Ryanair FY25 Q3 results - January 2025

“Underlying demand remains positive at the start of Q4. January and February RASK continue to track in the low double-digit range, underpinned by bookings some 3ppts ahead of the same period last year.“ swipe >> Wizz Air FY25 Q3 results - January 2025

swipe >> Saga trading update - January 2025 “The Ocean Cruise booked load factor is 67%, 1ppt ahead of the same point in the prior year and the per diem of £393, is 7% ahead…River Cruise… load factor is 55% and the per diem is £357, which compare with 59% and £335… Travel booked revenue is £126m, 10% ahead of the same point in the prior year, and passengers of 39k, are 11% ahead.”

“Looking to this summer, we have seen continuing demand for easyJet’s flights and holidays where we have one million more customers already booked.” swipe >> easyJet FY25 Q1 results - January 2025

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