English Home group sustainability Brands Media Career GROUP Home DER TOURISTIK IS BUILDING A EUROPEAN NETWORK OF TRAVEL EXPERTS ANTITRUST AUTHORITIES APPROVE ACQUISITION OF KUONI TOUR OPERATOR ACTIVITIES Frankfurt / Zurich, September 14th. DER Touristik, the travel division of REWE Group, is repositioning itself and taking on a leading role in the European travel market. As the travel group based in Frankfurt announced, the competition authorities of the EU and Switzerland have bought the entire European tour operator and travel sales business of the Swiss tourism group Kuoni Travel Holding Ltd. (Zurich) approved without conditions. The purchase announced by REWE Group on June 22, 2015 has now been completed. This means that DER Touristik is growing to EUR 7 billion in sales and 7.7 million guests with activities in the tour operator and travel sales business in 14 European countries. The transaction includes all tour operators, specialists, travel agencies and online portals in the markets of Switzerland, Great Britain, Benelux and Scandinavia / Finland - there also the airline Novair and the sports resort Playitas / Fuerteventura. DER Touristik goes its own way in terms of its structure and travel offer. “The travel preferences are as individual as the people. That is why we focus on diversity, ”says Sören Hartmann, CEO DER Touristik, and rejects the merging of the national companies into one company. The national companies and brands will remain. “We are creating a pan-European network of very strong tourism companies. Sales and the tour operator and specialist brands will remain national. If you want to meet your individual travel needs, you have to be close to the customer, ”emphasizes Sören Hartmann. Consumers should benefit from this merger: “As a large group, we can achieve even more in terms of quality and conditions. Our guests will benefit from this, ”emphasizes Hartmann. DETAILS PRESS RELEASES Remaining places in the autumn break DER Touristik Group receives an international board Sun spot in a snow paradise El Gouna: sea meets desert Ulrike Braun heads DER Touristik Sustainability WE AS AN EMPLOYER You can find our open positions here. JOB EXCHANGE INFORMATION FOR TRAVEL AGENTS TRAVEL AGENT PORTALS INTERIOR VIEWS Visit us. Virtual. INSIDE VIEW To press Travel agent portal Locations Contact Sitemap imprint privacy