Company Editor

"tui": {
    "names": [
        "TUI",
        "TUI Group",
        "TUI AG",
        "Touristik Union International"
    ],
    "comment": "TUI is a German tourism company that has been accused of false advertising [1], breaching ABTA guidelines [2], and selling tickets to marine parks that abuse orcas [3][4][5]. The company has also caused customers to become ill [6][7][8], used fake parts in its planes [9][10], and enforced the biggest gender pay gap in any UK company [11].",
    "sources": {
        "1": "https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/travel-companies-jet2holidays-and-tui-have-adverts-banned-for-misleading-claims/",
        "2": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39000881",
        "3": "https://secure.peta.org.uk/page/31471/action/1?locale=en-GB",
        "4": "https://www.peta.org.uk/blog/tui/",
        "5": "https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/10/06/swimming-with-dolphins-thousands-call-on-tui-to-stop-selling-cruel-trips",
        "6": "https://www.gbnews.com/news/tui-sued-tourists-holidaymakers-luxury-hotels",
        "7": "https://uk.news.yahoo.com/tui-faces-legal-action-836-143442793.html",
        "8": "https://www.hudgellsolicitors.co.uk/client-stories/tui-agrees-damages-holidaymaker-needed-hospital-treatment-after-being-diagnosed-with-legionnaires-disease-after-trip-india#:~:text=Post%20Office%20Scandal%20%2D%3E%20%C2%B7%20Post%20Office%20IT%20Scandal%20%2D%3E%20%C2%B7%20Horizon%20Convictions%20Redress&text=TUI%20agrees%20damages%20for%20holidaymaker%20who%20needed%20hospital%20treatment",
        "9": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/aog-technics-planes-tui-aircraft-parts-b2423123.html",
        "10": "https://simpleflying.com/tui-impacted-parts-with-forged-safety-records/",
        "11": "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/16/tui-travel-group-male-employees-paid-more-than-double-female-staff-report"
    },
    "sourceNotes": {
        "1": "false advertising",
        "2": "breached ABTA guidelines",
        "3": "sells tickets to marine parks abusing orcas",
        "4": "sells tickets to marine parks abusing orcas",
        "5": "sells tickets to marine parks abusing orcas",
        "6": "made customers ill",
        "7": "made customers ill",
        "8": "made customers ill",
        "9": "fake parts found in its planes",
        "10": "fake parts found in its planes",
        "11": "biggest gender pay gap in the UK"
    },
    "tags": [
        "travel"
    ],
    "score": 25,
    "ownedBy": [],
    "logoUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/TUI_Logo_2016.svg",
    "siteUrl": "https://www.tuigroup.com/en-en",
    "updatedAt": "2026-01-07T08:44:14.019Z"
},