TUI Travel
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TUI Travel PLC is a FTSE 250 international leisure travel group listed on the London Stock Exchange. It was formed on 3 September 2007 by the merger of First Choice Holidays PLC and the Tourism Division of TUI AG
, which owns 55.09% of the company, operating in 180 countries and serving 30m customers. It is headquartered in Crawley
, West Sussex
, England
. Tui operates 155 aircraft and 3500 retail outlets in Europe and employs 50,000 people worldwide. The company mainly serves the leisure travel customer and is organised and managed through four business sectors: Mainstream, Specialist and Activity, Emerging Markets and Online Destination Services
as Preußische Bergwerks und Hütten-Aktiengesellschaft operating in the industrial sector. In 1959 it was first listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
and in 1964 became Preussag. In 2000 it acquired Thomson Travel and in 2002 bought Hapag Lloyd, which itself owned the travel firm TUI (formerly Touristik Union International), and renamed itself TUI AG.
in 1982. In 1987 it launched Air 2000
and in 1990 acquired Redwing. It changed its name to First Choice in 1994.
TUI AG
TUI AG is a German multinational travel and tourism company headquartered in Hanover. Until 2001 it was an industrial and transportation company named Preussag AG, which in the mid-1990s decided to reinvent itself as a tourism, shipping, and logistics company...
, which owns 55.09% of the company, operating in 180 countries and serving 30m customers. It is headquartered in Crawley
Crawley
Crawley is a town and local government district with Borough status in West Sussex, England. It is south of Charing Cross, north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town of Chichester, covers an area of and had a population of 99,744 at the time of the 2001 Census.The area has...
, West Sussex
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Tui operates 155 aircraft and 3500 retail outlets in Europe and employs 50,000 people worldwide. The company mainly serves the leisure travel customer and is organised and managed through four business sectors: Mainstream, Specialist and Activity, Emerging Markets and Online Destination Services
TUI AG
The company was founded in 1923 in BerlinBerlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
as Preußische Bergwerks und Hütten-Aktiengesellschaft operating in the industrial sector. In 1959 it was first listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Frankfurt Stock Exchange
The Frankfurt Stock Exchange is the world's 12th largest stock exchange by market capitalization. Located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange is owned and operated by Deutsche Börse, which also owns the European futures exchange Eurex and the clearing company...
and in 1964 became Preussag. In 2000 it acquired Thomson Travel and in 2002 bought Hapag Lloyd, which itself owned the travel firm TUI (formerly Touristik Union International), and renamed itself TUI AG.
First Choice
The company was founded in 1973 as Owners Abroad operating as a travel agent. It first listed on the London Stock ExchangeLondon Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...
in 1982. In 1987 it launched Air 2000
Air 2000
Air 2000 was a British charter airline that operated for 17 years between 1987 and 2004. The airline was renamed as First Choice Airways in 2004 which lasted until TUI Travel PLC merged with First Choice Holidays PLC in 2008 and as a result First Choice Airways was merged with Thomsonfly to create...
and in 1990 acquired Redwing. It changed its name to First Choice in 1994.
Post merger
The merger of the Travel Division of TUI AG with First Choice was completed in September 2007.Operations
The Company is organised into five sectors:- Mainstream The sector has 89 brands including ThomsonThomson HolidaysThomson Holidays is a UK based travel operator and part of TUI Travel PLC. The company was founded as part of the Thomson Travel Group in 1965 following the acquisition of three package holiday travel agencies and the airline Britannia Airways by Roy Thomson...
and First ChoiceFirst Choice (travel firm)First Choice is a brand name used by TUI Travel PLC to sell package holidays in the United Kingdom.The brand is also the name of a chain of travel agents that are part of the same group....
, serves 24m customers a year and is split into two subsections (sales of complete travel packages and sales of components such as flights) and three geographical areas (Central Europe, Northern Europe, Western Europe).- Central Europe - covering Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Eastern Europe - contributed a fleet of 48 aircraft, a retail estate of 1,774 shops and over 9,400 employees.
- Northern Europe - UK, Ireland and Canada, and the Nordic countries - has a fleet of 84 aircraft, a retail estate of 1,131 shops and over 22,000 employees.
- Western Europe - France, the Netherlands and Belgium - had a fleet of 20 aircraft, a retail estate of 689 shops and over 6,500 employees.
- Specialist and Emerging Markets This sector includes 25 brands, serves 2 million customers and has 3,000 employees. This sector is split into three divisions (Destination, Premium and Lifestages). Destination is the companies portfolio of local market leaders, Premium is 5 UK-based brands offering 'premium leisure travel experiences' in Europe, Asia and the Caribbean. Lifestages is the demographic specialist arm, aiming at groups such as older people and students.
- Online Destination Services This sector has 39 brands, serves 15 million customers and has 4,400 employees covering direct sale of holidays and components and including LateRooms.com, Asiarooms.com and Hotelopia.
- Activity This sector has 39 brands, serves 400,000 customers and has 3,300 employees, divided into six sub-sectors (Marine, Adventure, Polar, Sports, Ski & Lakes and Schools). The Ski business includes the brands Crystal Ski, First Choice Ski and Thomson Ski. Lakes includes Thomson Lakes & Mountains and Crystal Summer. Marine comprises Moorings, Footloose & Sunsail Yachts, Sunsail Clubs watersports holidays and Le Boat (formerly Inland Waterways). Adventure includes trekking and expedition cruising companies such as TrekAmericaTrekAmericaTrekAmerica is an adventure travel operator and provider of small group tours in North America covering the USA, Canada, Alaska and Mexico. Its adventure holidays take the traveller to the big cities, National Parks, remote beaches and other locations off the tourist routes. TrekAmerica was founded...
, Exodus, Imaginative Traveller and The Adventure Company. Experiential offers US-based specialist escorted tours. iExplore.com is their one-stop portal website for this sector.
- Island Cruises This sector operates a joint-venture cruise line with Royal CaribbeanRoyal Caribbean InternationalRoyal Caribbean International is a Norwegian and American cruise line brand based in Miami, Florida and owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.. With 42 ships in service under 5 different brands and one more under construction, it controls a 25.6% share of the world cruise market...
under the Island CruisesIsland CruisesIsland Cruises was the brand name of a cruise line operated by Sunshine Cruises Limited, founded as a joint venture between Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and First Choice Travel PLC. First Choice were later acquired by TUI Travel PLC...
name.
Organisation
| TUI AG | |||||
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| TUI Central Europe | TUI Northern Europe | TUI Western Europe | TUI Hotels & Resorts | TUI Airlines TUI Airlines TUI Airline Management is the fifth largest European air carrier and with 155 aircraft has the largest leisure fleet of aircraft in Europe. Its parent company TUI Travel PLC is the largest tourism group in Europe... |
Shipping |
| Germany Austria Serbia Switzerland Poland Russia Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
United Kingdom Ireland Scandinavia |
France Belgium Netherlands Italy |
RIU Hotels ROBINSON Club Grupotel Grecotel Iberotel MAGIC LIFE |
TUIfly Thomson Airways(Thomsonfly/First Choice merger) Corsairfly Jetairfly Arkefly Jet4you |
Hapag-Lloyd Container Line CP Ships Hapag-Lloyd Cruise Line |
Airlines
- Germany
- TUIflyTUIflyTUIfly Vermarktungs GmbH is an airline based at Hannover Airport in Langenhagen, Lower Saxony, Germany. The airline offers both charter and scheduled low-cost flights. About 60% of all seats are sold directly, 30% as a part of a TUI holiday package and 10% by other agencies...
- TUIfly
- Austria
- TUIflyTUIflyTUIfly Vermarktungs GmbH is an airline based at Hannover Airport in Langenhagen, Lower Saxony, Germany. The airline offers both charter and scheduled low-cost flights. About 60% of all seats are sold directly, 30% as a part of a TUI holiday package and 10% by other agencies...
- TUIfly
- United Kingdom
- Thomson AirwaysThomson AirwaysThomson Airways is the world's largest charter airline, offering scheduled and charter flights from the UK to destinations across Europe, Africa, Asia and North America. The company commenced operations on 1 November 2008, following the merger and subsequent re-branding of Thomsonfly and First...
(Thomsonfly and First Choice)
- Thomson Airways
- Sweden
- TUIfly NordicTUIfly NordicTUIfly Nordic AB, formerly known as Britannia Nordic, is a charter airline based in Stockholm, Sweden. The name changed on 1 May 2006. It operates holiday charter flights from airports in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden to fly vacation travelers for the tour operators Star Tour , Fritidsresor ...
- TUIfly Nordic
- France
- CorsairflyCorsairflyCorsair S.A. trading as Corsairfly, is an airline based in Rungis, France. It is currently the second largest French airline after Air France and operates international scheduled and charter services to 62 European destinations, the French overseas territories, Africa and North America...
- Corsairfly
- Belgium
- JetairflyJetairflyJetairfly is a Belgian airline with its headquarters in Ostend, Belgium and its centre of flight operations in Zaventem, Belgium. It operates scheduled passenger flights...
- Jetairfly
- Netherlands
- ArkeflyArkeflyArkeFly is a Dutch charter airline headquartered in Schiphol-Rijk on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands. It is the charter carrier of the Dutch arm of the German travel conglomerate TUI and its main base is Schiphol Airport...
- Arkefly
- Morocco
- Jet4YouJet4youJet4you is a low-cost airline based in Casablanca, Morocco. It operates services between Moroccan cities and destinations in France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Ireland and Italy. Its main base is Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport, with focus cities at Agadir, Nador, Paris and...
- Jet4You
Tour operators
- TUI Central Europe
- Germany
- 1-2-FLY
- airtours international
- atraveo
- Berge & Meer Touristik
- Discount Travel
- FOX-Tours
- Gebeco
- L'TUR
- OFT-Reisen
- Touropa
- TUI Deutschland
- Wolters Reisen
- Austria
- Gulet Touropa Touristik
- TUI Austria
- Poland
- TUI Poland
- Switzerland
- TUI Suisse
- Germany
- TUI Northern Europe
- Denmark
- Sportsrejser
- StarTour
- TEMA
- Finland
- Finnmatkat
- TEMA
- United Kingdom
- Specialist Holidays Group
- Austravel
- Teamlink Sports Tours
- Gullivers Sports Travel
- Travelbound Schools
- ILOVETOUR
- Off The Piste
- Ski Alpine
- HTS School Tours
- Your Sporting Challenge
- Thomson HolidaysThomson HolidaysThomson Holidays is a UK based travel operator and part of TUI Travel PLC. The company was founded as part of the Thomson Travel Group in 1965 following the acquisition of three package holiday travel agencies and the airline Britannia Airways by Roy Thomson...
- SovereignSovereignA sovereign is the supreme lawmaking authority within its jurisdiction.Sovereign may also refer to:*Monarch, the sovereign of a monarchy*Sovereign Bank, banking institution in the United States*Sovereign...
- Hayes and Jarvis
- First Choice Holidays
- Imaginative Traveller
- TUI UK
- Ireland
- Specialist Holiday Group
- JWT Holidays
- Falcon Holidays
- Norway
- Sportreiser
- StarTour
- TEMA
- Sweden
- Fritidsresor
- Sportresor
- TEMA
- TUI Nordic
- Denmark
- TUI Western Europe
- Italy
- I Viaggi del Turchese
- France
- Nouvelles Frontières
- TUI France
- JV
- Touraventure
- Belgium
- Jetair
- TUI Belgium
- Netherlands
- Arke
- De Boer & Wendel
- Discovery
- Group & Incentive Travel
- Holland International
- Isropa Reizen
- KRAS Reizen
- Panta Reizen
- TUI Nederland
- Sunrise
- KidsWorldClub
- ROBINSON
- Wedding Unlimited
- Extravacanza
- Goed Idee Reizen
- Lastminute.nl
- Zeetours Cruises
- Italy
- Asia
- India
- Le Passage to India
- India
- TUI CIS
- Ukraine
- TUI Ukraine/(ex. Voyage Kiev)
- Ukraine
- Future markets
- China
- TUI China
- Russia
- TUI Mostravel Russia (Recently Mostravel was aquinted by TUI AG)
- China
Hotel brands
- Atlantica Hotels
- Dorfhotel
- Gran Resort Hotels
- Grecotel
- Grupotel
- Iberotel
- MAGIC LIFE
- RIU HotelsRIU HotelsRIU Hotels & Resorts is a hotel chain founded by the Riu family as a small holiday firm in 1953 . The RIU Hotels & Resorts chain is still owned by the Riu family's third generation . RIU Hotels & Resorts offer all-inclusive board basis. RIU Hotels & Resorts has more than 100 hotels in 19 countries ...
(50%) - ROBINSON Club
- Jaz Hotels
- Sol y Mar
Travel agencies
- TUI Central Europe
- Germany
- TUI Leisure Travel
- TUI ReiseCenter
- FIRST Reisebüro
- Hapag-Lloyd Reisebüro
- Discount Travel
- TUI Travel Star
- Touristik Express
- TV Travel Shop Germany
- TUI Leisure Travel
- Austria
- TUI ReiseCenter
- Poland
- TUI CentrumPodrózy
- Scan Holiday
- Serbia
- TUI ReiseCenter
- Switzerland
- TUI Suisse Retail
- TUI ReiseCenter
- TUI Agence de voyages
- Reisebüro Schweizer
- Häfliger Reisen
- TUI Suisse Retail
- Germany
- TUI Northern Europe
- Denmark
- StarTour
- Finland
- Oy Finnmatkat
- United Kingdom
- Thomson HolidaysThomson HolidaysThomson Holidays is a UK based travel operator and part of TUI Travel PLC. The company was founded as part of the Thomson Travel Group in 1965 following the acquisition of three package holiday travel agencies and the airline Britannia Airways by Roy Thomson...
- First Choice Holidays
- Austravel (No longer has shops - call centre based)
- Caller-Pegasus Travel Service (No Longer Trading)
- Lunn Poly (No Longer Trading)
- Portland Direct
- Eclipes Direct
- Simply Travel
- Crystal Holidays
- Jetsave
- Sovereign Travel
- Flexible Flights
- BedsOnline
- Thomson Tailormade
- Crystal Ski
- Skytours
- Meon Villas
- Thomson Holidays
- Ireland
- Falcon Holidays
- JWT Holidays
- Norway
- StarTour Stjernereiser
- Sweden
- Fritidsresor Sverige
- Denmark
- TUI Western Europe
- France
- Nouvelles Frontières
- Havas Voyages
- Belgium
- Nouvelles Frontières Belgique
- Sunjets
- Jetaircenter
- Netherlands
- Go Best
- World of TUI Reisbureau
- KRAS Reisbureau
- France
Incoming agencies
- Egypt
- Travco Group
- Bulgaria
- TUI Bulgaria
- China
- TUI China Travel
- Dubai
- Travco Dubai
- Jordan
- Jordan Tours & Travel
- Dominican Republic
- TUI Dominicana
- Greece
- TUI Hellas Travel
- India
- Le Passage to India
- Italy
- Serenade Tours
- Kenya
- Pollman's Tours and Safaris
- Croatia
- Gulliver Travel
- Lebanon
- Aeolos Liban
- Malta
- TUI Malta
- Morocco
- Holidays Services
- Mauritius
- Summertimes
- Mexico
- Mex-Atlántica Tours
- Namibia
- ATC Namibia
- Portugal
- TUI Portugal
- Romania
- Danubius Travel
- Spain
- TUI España Turismo
- Sri Lanka
- Aitken Spence Travels
- South Africa
- ATC African Travel
- Tanzania
- Ranger Safaris
- Tunisia
- Tunisie Voyages
- Turkey
- Tantur Turizm (TUI Türkiye)
- Cyprus
- Aeolos Travel
Cruise lines
- Germany
- Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten
- TUI CruisesTUI CruisesTUI Cruises is a Germany-based, Joint venture cruise line of the German Tourist firm, TUI AG and the Norwegian-American cruise line operator, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.. The company started operations in 2009 and is marketed in German clienteles, in addition to Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten. The...
(50% share)
- United Kingdom
- Island CruisesIsland CruisesIsland Cruises was the brand name of a cruise line operated by Sunshine Cruises Limited, founded as a joint venture between Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and First Choice Travel PLC. First Choice were later acquired by TUI Travel PLC...
- Thomson Cruises
- Island Cruises