Travel trade magazine HOSTELTUR have just published their ranking of Spanish retail travel agency ch

Travel car orbitz rental city search reservations trade magazine HOSTELTUR have just published their ranking of Spanish retail travel agency chains by turnover. The order remains more or less the same as previous years with Viajes El Corte Inglés still on top despite an estimated 7% drop in sales. Vibo Viajes, the retail arm of the fallen giant Orizonia was in third place in their first and last year as Vibo (previously Viajes Iberia) so in the ranking for 2013 most of the sales from Vibo will be split between Barceló and Viajes Halcón who have been taking on many of the old Vibo outlets.
Overall all these big chains reduced their sales by an average of 9% from 2011 to 2012. Seeing the performance by group it is clear that the biggest decrease has been in vacational travel as the chain s with a higher proportion of corporate travel clients (Carlson car orbitz rental city search reservations Wagonlits and Barceló) have suffered the smallest decreases (2%) whilst the popular leisure and package tour retail specialist such as Halcón (-15%) o Viajes Eroski (-12%) have been the hardest hit.