Cocktail Holidays posts EUR 18 million in sales, forecasts 15 pct growth in 2018

Tour operator Cocktail Holidays posted over EUR 18 million in sales in 2017, representing a 10 percent year-on-year increase. For 2018, the company estimates a 15 percent growth of its sales figure.

This year, the tour operator will include in its offer tours to the United States, Jordan, Brazil, Hong Kong and Macau, Singapore, and is strengthening its destinations such as Sharm El Sheikh and Tenerife and is forecasting an increase of individual tourism.

According to company representatives, the most sought after destinations in the Cocktail Holidays portfolio are Sharm El Sheikh, Tenerife and Greek islands of Zakynthos and Creta-Chania. The number of tourists visiting these destinations increased by 10 percent last year.

“Last year we resumed tours to a destination our tourists are fond of, Sharm El Sheikh, for which we offered holidays with charter flights in spring, but also during the winter holidays. The charter flights to Tenerife, operated via the last plane that entered TAROM’s fleet, our main charter partner, and had an occupancy rate of 98 percent,” Dan Goicea, Cocktail Holidays manager said.

The company is diversifying the tour offers in 2018, by offering packages starting from EUR 850/person for tours of at least eight days in the US, Jordan, Brazil and Singapore.

“For us 2018 is an important year, in which we mark 25 years of activity. Cocktail Holidays means 40 consultants, with an average experience of 16 years per employees, 2,000 resale agents which have served over 1 million tourists,” Goicea said.