TUI UK SUMMER 2026 TO LAUNCH WITH THOUSANDS OF HOTELS, EXCLUSIVE ROUTES AND FREE KIDS’ PLACES INCLUDING FLORIDA

• On sale from 17 October TUI Summer 2026 launches with 2,000* hotels
• Thousands of free kids places** available including Florida
• 92 exclusive regional flying routes from UK airports
• More tours than ever and expansive multi centre programme
• Four new wedding destinations
• Four new TUI River Cruise itineraries

On sale from 17^th October, TUI 2026 summer holidays offer more choice, flexibility and range than ever.  2,000* hotels will be available including 80 TUI BLUE and Sensatori by TUI BLUE resorts as well as TUI Magic Life, TUI Suneo and Holiday Village concepts. And a combination of TUI flying and flight partner supported packages, including 92 exclusive regional routes, means sunseekers can travel to their favourite holiday hotspots from their local airports.

Families can bag free summer kids places**, with thousands available across multiple holiday destinations including Orlando.  There’s a choice of 18 hotels perfectly placed to make theme park dreams come true, including Universal Resort hotels, The Universal Endless Dockside and The Universal Summer Surfside.

Those who want a little more exploration and adventure can choose from a bigger than ever collection of 64 tours – from a taster safari in Kenya to a grand tour of Thailand, Limoncello tasting in Sorrento to sailing the Turkish Coast.  Plus 105 short and long haul mix & match multi destination holidays are available, and the 2026 city breaks programme kicks off with Dubai, Oman, Abu Dhabi and New York on sale with multiple more to follow.

And four new destinations – the Maldives, Mauritius, Lake Garda and Majorca – join the weddings line up and same sex weddings also now available in Croatia and Greece. With ceremonies in more than 180 spectacular venues in 15 romantic destinations soon-to-be weds can trust TUI for end-to-end support from the legalities to the celebrations.

TUI River Cruises introduces four new itineraries for its European fleet in summer 2026. The Dutch & Belgian Discovery itinerary will take passengers on a six-night journey along the Dutch and Belgian Waterway, exploring The Netherlands and Belgium. Meanwhile, the East Danube Delights itinerary offers a seven-night cruise down the Danube, featuring sailings through Hungary, Croatia, the Iron Gates, Bulgaria, and the newly included port of Kladovo in Serbia. In addition, customers can bolt on a new cruise and stay option available with a seven-night cruise combined with a seven-night stay in the new Lakes & Mountains destination Lake Balaton.

For customers seeking longer adventures, TUI River Cruises will also offer the Moselle & North Rhine itinerary, a captivating eight-night voyage, as well as the North Rhine & Moselle Explorer, which spans nine nights through Germany and The Netherlands. There will new flights from Newcastle and Bristol to Amsterdam and Frankfurt and increased capacity from Birmingham and Edinburgh to these destinations. River cruise fanatics can also go back-to-back cruising with seven-night round trip sailings from Budapest, creating a 14-night cruise

Phillip Iveson, Commercial Director of TUI UK&I comments: ‘’We’re delighted to be expanding our summer free kids’ places including Florida. We know how much families value the offer and anticipate the uptake for Orlando will be strong.

“For summer 2026 we are offering our widest range of destinations with free kids’ places, the convenience of being able to fly from 24 UK regional airports, market-beating luggage allowance on our family concepts like Holiday Village, Sensatori and TUI Blue, and the icing on the cake is our TUI run kids clubs with UK accredited staff across 112 hotels.

“We are bolstering our TUI flying programme with an ever-expanding selection of flights including our airline partners meaning we offer unrivalled choice, all with the exceptional TUI service our customers know and love. Wherever and however holidaymakers want to getaway, for however long they want to go, they’ll find a TUI holiday to suit them”.

To find out more about the TUI holidays on offer in summer 2026 visit www.tui.co.uk or your local travel agent.

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Notes to editors

* More hotels will be added early in 2025

** Free kids place offer applies to new bookings only, on selected holidays subject to limited availability. Only 1 free kid’s place is available in each selected hotel room with a minimum of 2 full paying adults. Other children must pay the full brochure price. A free kids’ place includes whichever standard board basis is offered at the hotel. For departures 01/05/26-19/10/26. Selected packages. Subject to availability. Theme park tickets not included. Please see www.tui.co.uk or the relevant brochure for full booking terms and conditions that apply.

About TUI UK & Ireland 

TUI, the largest global travel and leisure company is the business behind First Choice, Marella Cruises and Crystal Ski Holidays brands, as well as TUI Cities, TUI Lakes & Mountains, TUI Tours, TUI River Cruises, and its leisure hotel brand TUI BLUE. TUI also provides thousands of experiences in 100 countries through TUI Musement, one of the world’s leading tours and activities digital platforms.

TUI UK & Ireland has a team of over 11,000 employees and its full holiday programme serves millions of customers each year. Across the world they have over 4,500 destination team employees taking care of guests on their holidays.

Its airline, TUI Airways, operates to over 86 destinations in 34 countries with 70 aircraft from 23 UK and Ireland airports.

TUI’s retail estate is made up of 331 retail stores including TUI superstores where TUI’s travel experts take care of all customers’ needs.