Itaka selling over 5,000 trips daily

During a press conference on Monday, Itaka announced that it was selling over 5,000 trips daily. “The height of the season has clearly begun” pointed out vice president of Itaka, Piotr Henicz.

While the company outlined its vacation packages for the upcoming winter season, the summer months are still in full swing.  Because of the high volume of reservations, Itaka's online booking system has experienced technical difficulties. “Our servers are simply over capacity, but we are working on expanding their capabilities. By next year, the process should be a lot easier” stated Henicz.

Itaka is pleased that customers are buying not only last minute vacation packages, but also trips one or two months in advance.  “It seems that everyone was waiting especially longer to book their vacation this year” explained Henicz. Trips To Greece, Spain and Turkey are consistently the most popular, as well as a small increase in trips to Bulgaria. Egypt and Tunisia, widely popular in the past two years, have seen a slight downturn in popularity.

The average trip price is also a bit higher than last year, and the company has not needed to drop prices because of steady demand. Henicz warned, however, not to expect higher profits from last year, when Itaka serviced 628,000 customers and had PLN 1.64 billion in turnover. “That was 20 percent more than a year before” reminded Henicz.

During the presentation, Henicz also noted that the company is promoting its benefits program, Itaka Bonus, which lets customers gather points that can later be put to win prizes such as future vacations with Itaka.