TUI AG
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TUI AG (Touristik Union International) is a German based company. 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. It sold off many of its industrial concerns and purchased several major travel and transportation firms.
It is today the world's largest tourist firm with interests across Europe. It owns travel agents, hotels, airlines, cruise ships, retail stores, and container ships. Major subsidiaries include TUI AG Airlines, the largest holiday fleet in Europe. Its common brand TUIfly encompasses 7 airlines. TUI AG is also one of the world's largest shipping companies, having its logistics activities bundled within Hapag-Lloyd AG and concentrated on the highly profitable shipping sector.
Some data of TUI:
- approx. 3,500 travel agencies
- 79 tour operator in 18 countries
- over 100 aircraft
- 37 incoming agencies in 31 countries
- 12 hotel brand in 28 countries with 285 hotels and around 163,000 beds
- 10 cruise liners
Contents
History
- 1968 creation of TUI (Touristik Union International) an association of the medium-sized companies Touropa, Scharnow-Reisen, Hummel Reise and Dr. Tigges
- 1970 airtours international and TransEuropa integrate to TUI; Creation of ROBINSON Club (with the group Steigenberger)
- from 1972 participation to different hotel brands (et al. Iberotel 1972, RIU 1977, Grecotels 1981)
- 1990 the name of the main tour operator is "TUI Schöne Ferien"
- 1995 Creation of TUI Nederland and TUI Austria
- 1996 Creation of TUI Suisse
- 1998 Acquisition of the group Preussag/Hapag-Lloyd and rename to Hapag Touristik Union (HTU)
- 2000 HTU was renamed to TUI Group
- 2001 TUI Group is now 100% subsidiary of Preussag AG
- 2002 Rename of Preussag AG to TUI AG
- from 2002 reorganisation from a mixed company to tourism company.
- 2004 The bank WestLB sells his participation (31,4%) from the TUI AG. New shareholders are Spanish investors (Family Riu, Grupo de Empresas Matutes, Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo).
- 2005 TUI sells his subsidiary VTG AG to Compagnie Européenne de Wagons.
- 2005 The shipping activities are grouped under the Hapag-Lloyd. With the acquisition of CP Ships it becomes the fourth largest worldwide container shipping company.
- 2006 TUI AG sells his business travel subsidiary TQ3 to BCD Holdings N.V.
Organisation
| TUI AG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUI Central Europe | TUI Northern Europe | TUI Western Europe | TUI Hotels & Resorts | TUI Airlines | Shipping |
| Germany Austria Switzerland Poland Russia | United Kingdom Ireland Scandinavia | France Belgium Netherlands Italy | RIU Hotels ROBINSON Club Grupotel Grecotel Iberotel MAGIC LIFE | HLX Hapagfly Thomsonfly Corsairfly Jetairfly Arkefly | Hapag-Lloyd Container Line CP Ships Hapag-Lloyd Cruise Line |
Tourism Subsidiaries
Airlines
- *Hapagfly
- Germany
- *Hapag-Lloyd Express (HLX)
- United Kingdom
- *Thomsonfly
- Sweden
- *TUIfly Nordic
- France
- *Corsairfly
- Belgium
- *Jetairfly
- Netherlands
- *Arkefly
- Morocco
- *Jet4You
Tour operators
- TUI Central Europe
- *Germany
- ** 1-2-FLY
- ** airtours international
- ** 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
- TUI Northern Europe
- *Denmark
- **Sportsrejser
- **StarTour
- **TEMA
- *Finland
- **Finnmatkat
- **TEMA
- *United Kingdom
- ** Specialist Holidays Group
- ** Thomson
- ** TUI UK
- *Ireland
- **Budget Travel
- ** Specialist Holiday Group
- *Norway
- **Sportreiser
- **StarTour
- **TEMA
- *Sweden
- **Fritidsresor
- **Sportresor
- **TEMA
- **TUI Nordic
- TUI Western Europe
- *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
- **Zeetours Cruises
- Future markets
- *China
- **TUI China
- *Russia
- **TUI Mostravel Russia
Hotel brands
- Atlantica Hotels
- Dorfhotel
- Gran Resort Hotels
- Grecotel
- Grupotel
- Iberotel
- MAGIC LIFE
- RIU Hotels (50%)
- ROBINSON Club
- 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
- *Austria
- ** TUI ReiseCenter
- *Poland
- ** TUI CentrumPodrózy
- **Scan Holiday
- *Switzerland
- ** TUI Suisse Retail
- *** Imholz
- ***Vögele Reisen
- ***Häfliger-Reisen
- TUI Northern Europe
- *Denmark
- **StarTour
- *Finland
- **Oy Finnmatkat
- *United Kingdom
- ** Thomson Holidays
- ** Austravel
- ** Caller-Pegasus Travel Service
- *Ireland
- **Budget Travel
- *Norway
- **StarTour Stjernereiser
- *Sweden
- **Fritidsresor Sverige
- TUI Western Europe
- *France
- ** Nouvelles Frontières
- ** Havas Voyages
- *Belgium
- ** Nouvelles Frontières Belgique
- ** Sunjets
- ** TUI Travel Center
- *Netherlands
- **World of TUI Reisbureau
- **KRAS Reisbureau
Incoming agencies
- Egypt
- *Travco Group
- Bulgaria
- *TUI Bulgaria
- China
- *TUI China Travel
- Dubai
- *Travco Dubai
- Dominican Republic
- *TUI Dominicana
- Greece
- *TUI Hellas Travel
- 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 liner
- Germany
- *Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten
- United Kingdom
- *Thomson Cruise
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