Hotelplan Group expands in UK – The Hotelplan Group expands its operations in Britain by acquiring the Enigma Travel Group, a company specializing in skiing holidays, which comprises the Esprit Holidays and Ski Total brands. As a result of this acquisition, Hotelplan UK – comprising tour operator Inghams with Inntravel and now the Engima Travel Group – has become one of the best diversified skiing and walking holidays specialist in Britain.

Hotelplan Group with new business structure – The business operations of the Hotelplan Group are re-organised in three new divisions: Full Service Travel Operations, Specialised Tour Operating and Travel Related & Online Services. The largest of the three new business divisions, Full Service Travel Operations, comprises Hotelplan Suisse with bta first travel and Hotelplan Italy. The Specialised Tour Operating division consists of the tour operators Inghams and Enigma Travel Group in Great Britain and Ascent Travel in Russia. The third division ‘Travel Related & Online Services’ comprises holiday apartment provider Interhome with Vacando and Swiss online portal travel.ch.

In addition, the Switzerland Business Unit is renamed, changing from M-Travel Switzerland to Hotelplan Suisse.

Interhome enters exclusive partnership with Orascom Development in El Gouna (Egypt) – Interhome is further expanding internationally by entering into an exclusive partnership with Orascom Hotels & Development S.A.E. of Egypt, a 100% subsidiary of Orascom Development Holding AG (Orascom Development), a leading developer of fully integrated towns. The group’s largest project – the Red Sea resort of El Gouna – is an integrated holiday and leisure destination comprising some 2600 villas and apartments. Since 1 March 2010, Interhome is present in El Gouna with a branded local office, offering a full range of services to property owners as well as to holidaymakers.