Careers Homepage Get inspired About Expertise & Services Destinations Contact Home > About > Kuoni Milestones Team Kuoni Group Memberships Kuoni Milestones Awards Your Sales Contact Get in contact with our worldwide sales team view all contacts » E-Mail: dmc.globalsales@ch.kuoni.com Contact now Kuoni Milestones Built on the legacy of immensely successful businesses Our foundations were laid when, in May 2011 as part of its strategic growth plans, the Kuoni Travel Group acquired GTA. Complementing Kuoni's traditional consumer tour operations, GTA’s strengths in online travel services matched those of Kuoni’s existing destination management business for leisure group travel. The acquisition marked a step change for Kuoni, enlarging its leisure group business and helping to secure its position in Asia and as one of the world’s leading providers of online business-to-business travel services. In October 2011, the Kuoni Group combined its business activities to take full advantage of cross-border and cross-company synergies and accelerate growth. Today three divisions reflect the activities, geographical spread and customer portfolios of these activities: Outbound Europe for European tour operating. Emerging Markets & Specialists for tour operating in emerging markets, specialist outbound and inbound operators, and VFS Global. Global Travel Services, uniting Kuoni Destination Management with GTA for business-to-business fully independent (FIT) and group travel and meetings, incentives, conferences and events (MICE). Kuoni Global Travel Services is built on the legacies of two immensely successful companies, both with long heritages in travel: 1906 Alfred Kuoni opens a Travel Bureau in Zurich and in 1907 organises his first escorted group tour to Egypt. Such group tours remain core to Kuoni Global Travel Services today. 1948 Kuoni expands abroad to Italy and France, while a branch office in Japan opens 15 years later in 1963. 1948 Kuoni expands abroad to Italy and France 1956 Kuoni celebrates five decades in travel. 1990 Kuoni acquires Private Safaris 1991 Kuoni opens a branch office in Atlanta, USA 2000 Kuoni acquires SITA India and the US Incoming operator T-Pro 2001 Kuoni opened a branch office in Dubai 2000 - 2004 Kuoni acquires SITA India and the US incoming operator T-Pro. 2002 sees Kuoni’s acquisition of Allied Tours in the USA and its merger with T-Pro to become AlliedTPro. 2005 - 2009 Kuoni celebrates its centenary in 2006. Kuoni unites its Incoming Europe division, AlliedTPro, Private Safaris and SITA as the brand Kuoni Destination Management under the direction of Chief Executive Rolf Schafroth. Kuoni Destination Management acquires Distant Frontiers, India & Asian Trails that same year followed by the launch of Kuoni Events in the UK, Switzerland and the USA in 2007. Also in 2007, Destination Management acquires Conference & Touring in Germany and opens offices in Innsbruck, Lyon, Milan, Namibia, Beijing and Guangzhou. Destination Management opens offices in Jakarta and Helsinki, while acquiring Desert Adventures Tourism and Australian Tours Management in 2008. 2010 - pre­sent Kuoni acquires the destination management division of TBA Global LLC and markets its activities as Kuoni Destination Management USA. The same year, Kuoni acquires Gulf Dunes LLC and Reem Tours and Travel LLC, while Kuoni Destination Management opens its office in Amman, Jordan. In 2011, Kuoni acquires GTA. In 2012, for the third consecutive year, Kuoni Destination Management is voted “World’s Leading Destination Management Company” in the World Travel Awards. your request Memberships Awards World Travel Awards 2010 World Travel Award 2011 World Travel Awards 2012 World Travel Awards 2013 Links Kuoni Group Kuoni Global Travel Services Kuoni Group Travel Experts GTA © 2013 Kuoni Destination Management. All rights reserved. Terms of Use Privacy Policy Photo credits