Hotelplan Suisse is the largest Swiss tour operator and employs a staff of approx. 900. The branch network comprises 98 branches (Hotelplan and Travelhouse branches as well as Globus Reisen Lounges). Hotelplan Suisse is the Swiss strategic business unit of the internationally operating Hotelplan Group, which is wholly owned by the Federation of Migros Cooperatives, Switzerland’s largest retail supermarket chain. Hotelplan Suisse is represented on the Swiss market by the five travel brands
Globus Reisen,
Travelhouse,
Tourisme Pour Tous,
Hotelplan and
Migros Ferien.
Hotelplan UK, the parent company of specialist tour operators Inghams and Inntravel, has expanded its operations in Britain 2010 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 the 100% acquisition, Hotelplan UK has become one of the best diversified skiing and walking holidays specialist in Britain.
Inghams has made its name on the English travel market as a winter holiday specialist for high quality ski holidays in 8 countries. In addition to its Ski and Luxury Ski programmes, Inghams – established 1934 – is the UK leader in “Lakes & Mountains” holidays. The established walking and cycling specialist, Inntravel, is also part of Hotelplan UK.
Esprit Holidays has been established in 1982 and operates Esprit Ski, the UK’s market-leading family ski specialist, Esprit Santa’s Lapland, offering family short breaks to Finnish Lapland and a summer programme, Esprit Family Adventures. Ski Total has also been operating since 1982 and is the leading specialist for adult skiers and groups in the quality catered chalet and chalet hotel sector.
The portfolio of Hotelplan UK has been complemented by the acquisition in 2015 of the soft adventure provider Explore Worldwide.
The Holiday Home Division portfolio with the
Interhome and
Interchalet brands has some 60,000 holiday homes and apartments in 31 countries on its books. Interhome maintains more than 60 local service offices and can satisfy just about every individual customer requirement.
Interchalet is one of the largest German operators in this sector. The Holiday Home Division’s varied range of properties extends from simple chalets and apartments to luxuriously appointed villas – be it in summer or winter, at the seaside, in the countryside or in the mountains.
bta first travel is the business travel specialists within the Hotelplan Group and has established itself as a leading provider in the business travel market as well as undisputed number 1 for SMEs thanks to tailored services that are perfectly aimed to customer requirements.
Today, the bta first Group has a total of 12 branch offices in Switzerland and employs more than 100 business travel professionals.
Finass Travel Ltd, based in Wetzikon (Switzerland) is a business travel, leisure travel and incentive and event travel specialist serving clients all over the world. With tailor-made business travel solutions, Finass creates the optimum travel arrangements for every client – from flight and hotel bookings to elaborating specific travel guidelines and transparent travel expense accounting. 22 employees are working for the organization, which has been incorporated in 1993.
bedfinder (BF International Travel Ltd.) provides worldwide B2C and B2B travel services. On the one hand, this includes selling products directly to the customer via modern web platforms; on the other hand, bedfinder also makes white label products, technology and fulfilment services available to interested partners.
