Thomson and First Choice Welcome in the New Year with Fantastic Savings

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TUI PLC

21 Dec, 2011, 18:32 GMT

LONDON, December 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Offers include 1000's of free child places and up to £200 off per couple per holiday

Thomson and First Choice will launch their New Year sale on Boxing Day, offering customers savings of up to £200 as well as thousands of free child places throughout the year. The savings offer fantastic value as they are available across our most popular holidays including our unique concept hotels, such as Thomson's Sensatori and Couples hotels as well as First Choice Holiday Villages and SplashWorld.

Customers who book early will be able to secure their dream holiday at their chosen hotel and during the times they want to travel, by simply putting a low deposit on their break.  For families who are restricted to travelling during peak times free child places can offer fantastic savings. However, as they are available on a first come, first served basis those looking to book should get in there quick!

Holidaymakers who are concerned about their job security needn't worry as all Thomson and First Choice holidays, booked in a Thomson and First Choice shop, are covered by our redundancy protection scheme. This means that should a customer who's put a deposit on one of our holidays be made redundant before their holiday, they'll get their deposit refunded.*

"We know that our most popular properties like our Sensatori Resorts and Holiday Villages sell out quickly, so we always advise customers to book early so that they can take advantage of our early booking offers and get the holiday they want," says David Burling Managing Director for Thomson and First Choice.

"Our research shows that customers would rather cut back on other luxuries then forgo their annual summer holidays in the sun. 2011 has been a challenging year for the travel industry, yet our parent company TUI Travel PLC produced record profits, thanks to our flexible business model and strategy for creating exclusive holiday concepts. Customers booking their holidays with us can feel confident that they will not only have a fantastic time away, but that their money will be safe too."

Great Offers for this summer include:

First Choice Holiday Village Turkey - Free Child Places

First Choice offers seven night holidays to Turkey staying at the 4Sun Holiday VillageTurkey, on an all inclusive basis from £1069  per person, with the first child free and second child from £579. Price is based on two adults and two children sharing and includes flights departing from London Gatwick airport on 27 August 2012 and transfers. To find out more or to book this holiday visit http://www.firstchoice.co.uk  or call +44(0)871-231-5595.

£200 off a holiday at the Thomson Couples, Riu Palace Oceana Hammamet, Tunisia

Thomson offers seven night holidays to Tunisia staying at the 5T Thomson Couples unit, RIU Palace Oceana Hammamet, on a half board basis from £519  per person (saving £200 per person).  Price is based on two adults sharing, and includes flights departing from London Gatwick airport between 06th and 20th June 2012 and transfers.  To find out more or to book this holiday visit http://www.thomson.co.uk  or call +44(0)871-231-5595. 

Notes to editors:

  • *The Redundancy Protection Scheme is subject to a number of terms and conditions. Please get in touch for a full rundown of these.
  • These New Year savings are available both online and in-store at all Thomson and First Choice shops.
  • Free child places are subject to availability and are on a first come first serve basis.