Horrible holidays
糟糕的假期
The holiday business is in trouble. Firms aremerging like Brits in Benidorm
旅游业身陷困境,各公司正忙于兼并
EUROPE S travel industry has had four terrible years: a recession, an Icelandic volcano,unrest in the Middle East, costly oil, a weak dollar and a widespread sense of malaise.
欧洲的旅游行业已经经历了四年的低谷:经济衰退、冰岛火山喷发、中东骚乱、昂贵的油价、贬值的美元以及普遍疲软的经济。
People want to get away from it all, but worry that they can t afford to.
人们想要摆脱这些,却又担心无力承担。
Airlines, hotels and cruise ships have all suffered, but the worst-hit are the tour operators.
航空公司,酒店以及度假巡游船都受到了牵连,但受影响最大的还是旅游公司。
To survive, they have merged and cut costs.
他们通过兼并和削减开支来维持生存。
In 2007 Thomas Cook, a German-owned travel firm, took over MyTravel, a British rival, tocreate Europe s second-biggest package-tour firm. A couple of months later Hanover-basedTUI,
德国的Thomas Cook旅游公司在2007年收购了其英国的竞争对手My Travel,从而组建了欧洲第二大的旅游服务公司。几个月后,
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