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Page 1: AROUND THE WORLD WITH GOOD IDEAS - FTI · 2016. 1. 8. · The FTI Group reenters the cruise business with the FTI BERLIN. 5345 ... launch partner for intro - ductions of new products

AROUND THE WORLD WITH GOOD IDEAS

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WE WANT THE BEST!FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, OUR PARTNERS, AND OUREMPLOYEES. BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT GOOD RESULTS CAN BE ACHIEVED WHEN EVERYONE WANTS TO REACHAN OBJECTIVEWITH PLEASURE, ENTHUSIASM AND COMMITMENT.

We are a reliable partner for our guests, as well as for those who work with and for us. In this role, we mainly focus on one thing: creating long-lasting quality.

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30Dietmar GunzChairman of the Board of Directors, FTI GROUP

OUR SUCCESS STORY

THE DESIRE TO TRAVEL AND DISCOVER FOREIGNCOUNTRIES, PEOPLE, AND CUSTOMS IS PROBA-BLY AS OLD AS MANKIND ITSELF.

We do our best to fulfill our customers´ wishes. For more than 30 years, we have strived to ensure that your precious vacation time becomes a special and unforgettable experience.We work hard to accomplish this – with great success.

In this brochure, we would like to introduce ourselves and provide current informationabout our group of companies.

We cordially welcome you to the vacation world of the FTI GROUP.

30 years of experience

– worldwide

1981LAL Sprachreisen

established.

2010FTI continues to grow and adds the luxury brand

"Gold by FTI" to its product portfolio.

2006 FTI becomes the number five

German tour operator.

2003Repurchase of FTI by former founders and

successful realignment.

2000Takeover of all company shares

by MyTravel.

1995Launch of the FTI Umbrella Brand.

1998Airtours PLC (today MyTravel)

investment in FTI.

2008 FTI celebrates its 25th anniversary and closes the fiscal year with record sales.

2011FTI integrates the BigXtra Group as a subsidiary and becomes the fourthlargest German tour operator with an annual revenue of 1.4 billion euro.

The FTI Group reenters the cruise business with the FTI BERLIN.

2012FTI acquires a majority of stake in the British Youtravel Group and takes overthe French tour operator Starter, now FTI Voyages. The company rises up to

number 6 of all tour operators in Europe with a 1.8 billion euro revenue.

2013FTI celebrates its 30th company anniversary. The rental car

partner Meeting Point Rent-A-Car was founded.

2014Egyptian entrepreneur Samih Sawiris joins the FTI GROUP as a shareholder in March.

1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

2015FTI launches its own hotel brand: LABRANDA

Hotels & Resorts includes 26 hotels on the Canary Islands, in Egypt, Morocco, Greece, Malta, Italy as well as in Turkey.

1983Frosch Touristik

GmbH established.

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Meeting PointInternational Meeting Point Internationalis one of the leading desti-nation management com-panies worldwide and curr-ently active in 19 countriesin 44 locations. The FTIGROUP subsidiary is a full-service provider for tradi-tional and dynamic traveloperators.

FTI CruisesThe FTI GROUP bundlesits cruise ship businessunder FTI Cruises, whichspecializes on products inthe vintage boutique style.The flagship MS BERLIN,has formerly been knownas “Traumschiff” from aGerman TV series. SinceMay 2012 it has been cruising under the FTI flagand offers space for up to400 guests.

erf24erf24 is a fulfillmentservice provider for thecompany in Erfurt, Germany.Together with travianetin Deggendorf, Germanyand touristic24 in Berlinthe company is one of thelargest fulfillment servicecenters in Germany.

fly.de The flight booking portalhas been online since April2005. Through its easyand safe flight search andbooking, it has made aname for itself on themarket. The independentflight comparison portalpersuades with a transpa-rent price presentationand clear filter options.

TVG The TVG Touristik Vertriebs-gesellschaft mbH foundedin 1996 in Munich, consoli-dates different travel agencyfranchise models with theFlugbörse, 5vorFlug andthe sonnenklar.TV travelagency under one roof.They are represented with more than 300 franchise travel agenciesacross Germany.

driveFTI The rental car brokerdriveFTI supplies morethan 200,000 rental carsin over 60 countries andregions around the world.driveFTI belongs to thelargest rental car supplierin the German-speakingmarket.

YoutravelYoutravel is a globally ope-rating B2B online bed bank,offering online travel agen-cies and online tour opera-tors exclusive access toquality hotels and resortsaround the world. Part ofthe FTI GROUP, Youtraveltoday offers more than8,000 hotels across theglobe ranging from riads tovillas, from three star resortproperties to luxury five-starhotels covering all meal plans.Youtravel was launched in2006 and has its headquar-ters in Dubai, U.A.E.

FTI Ticketshop As second largest consoli-dator in the German-speaking market, the FTITicketshop issues over5,000 scheduled flight tickets for travel agenciesas well as FTI dynamicand package programs.

FTI Touristik FTI Touristik offers travelexperiences in over 120countries on five continents.The full content tour ope-rator distributes its exten-sive product portfolio in14,000 travel agencies. aswell as via the importantonline portals in Germany,Austria, Switzerland, Franceand parts of EasternEurope. The averageannual growth is around15 percent.

sonnenklar.TVsonnenklar.TV is the leadingtravel shopping channelon the German-speakingmarket. The channelbroadcasts 24 hours a dayvia cable and satellite andreaches up to 550,000viewers. The portfoliocontains 400,000 hoursof footage on destinationsand products around theworld. sonnenklar.TV isone of Germany’s mostfrequented travel websites.

5vorFlug 5vorFlug is one of the largestoperators of last minuteand short-term trips inthe German-speakingmarket. The focus lies ontrips departure within 42days as of booking. Theoperator offers excellenttime-to-market perfor-mance with its moderncash & carry concept.

BigXtraBigXtra is the largest spe-cialized tour operator focusedin the German speakingmarket for so-called pro-motional offers. Sales occurvia the largest German travel shopping channelsonnenklar.TV, via powerfulbrands suchas Lidl or Tchibo,as well as via travel agenciesin Germany, Austria, andSwitzerland. The tour ope-rator offers longterm off-season capacity and islaunch partner for intro-ductions of new productson the market.

Gold by FTIGold by FTI is the premiumtravel brand of the FTIGROUP. The product port-folio contains about 400exclusive hotels and resortsin the five and six star area,as well as luxury roundtrips in over 50 countriesworldwide.

FTI Voyages Forty years ago, the touroperator began its careerunder the name „Starter“in Alsace. Since 2012 FTIVoyages is a 100 percentsubsidiary of the FTI GROUPand operates a wide pro-duct portfolio in France.The our operator offerstrips to the Mediterraneanregion as well as to long-haul destinations.

travianettravianet is a specialist foraffiliate partner programsand a service center for touroperators. Together witherf24 and touristic24 inBerlin, the Deggendorfcompany is one of the largest fulfillment servicecenters in Germany.

THE FTI GROUP COMPANIES AREFLEXIBLY POSITIONED WITH THEIRDIFFERING BRAND IDENTITIES.THIS ENABLES US TO RAPIDLYRESPOND TO TRENDS AND TOSET OUR OWN TRENDS AS WELL.

FTI – A STRONG BRAND

Meeting Point Rent-A-CarThe offers of the rental carpartner of the FTI GROUPare exclusively bookablevia FTI or the rental carbroker driveFTI. Throughclose cooperation withrenowned partners, thebrand, which was foundedin 2013, offers rental carsat an outstanding cost-performance ratio.

LAL LAL is one of the leadingEuropean specialty opera-tors for language holidays.The product portfolio con-tains courses for youths andadults from longterm cour -ses up to work & travelprograms. With eight ownschools in England, USA,Malta, Egyptas well asSouth Africa, nine LALsummer schools, and over75 partner schools, theoperator offers ten langua-ges on five continents.

touristic24touristic24 GmbH waslaunched in November 2015and has its headquarters inBerlin, Germany. It is a sistercompany of erf24 GmbHand travianet GmbH. Beingservice centers for tour ope-rators, all three firms focuson customer support andoffer clients tailored servicesranging from guest consul-ting to bookings to com-plaint handling and billing.

LABRANDA Hotels & ResortsThe FTI hotel brand includes26 three to four star hotelsin popular vacation desti-nations such as the CanaryIslands, in Egypt, Morocco,Greece, Malta, Italy as wellas in Turkey. LABRANDAHotels & Resorts featuresa total inventory of around4,500 guest rooms andwelcomes approximately500,000 guests every year.

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OUR COMPETENCE IS DERIVED FROM MORETHAN 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY. OUR CUSTOMERS KNOWAND APPRECIATE THAT.As the fourth largest tour operator in the German-speaking region and number six inEurope, we have become a key player in the tourism industry. Our approximately 6,500employees are located at our company headquarters in Munich, branch offices in Austriaand Switzerland, as well as our subsidiaries around the world. They help to make thevacation dreams of our guests come true.

Responsible for the success of our company is the management team around around the Group Managing Directors Dietmar Gunz and Ralph Schiller.

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WE MAKE CONNECTIONS NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF HOLIDAY OUR CUSTOMERS DREAM OF: WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. IN MORE THAN 6,000 HOTELS,ON ROUND TRIPS, CRUISE OR CITY TOURS IN MORE THAN 120 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.

Albania, Aruba, Australia, Austria,Argentina, Azores, Bahamas, Bahrain,Balearic Islands, Belgium, Belize,Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil,Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, CanaryIslands, Cape Verde Islands, China,Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia,Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic,Denmark, Dominican Republic,Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia,Ethiopia, Finland, France, FrenchAntilles, Gambia, Germany, GreatBritain, Greece, Guatemala, Hawaii,Hong Kong, Honduras, Hungary,India, Indonesia, Iceland, Ireland,Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya,Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,Macau, Macedonia, Madeira, Malawi,Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius,Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro,Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar,Nicaragua, Namibia, The Netherlands,Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand,North Cyprus, Norway, Oman, Panama,Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal,Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia,Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia,Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea,South Sea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden,Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania,Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United ArabEmirates, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay,United States of America, Vietnam,Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe.

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NEW HORIZONS

TRAVELING IS DISCOVERING.FAR AWAY FROM HOME, OR AT YOUR DOORSTEP. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE.

The travel market is subject to continuous change. We prepare ourselves toeffectively deal with that: with a dynamic company structure and flexible sales channels, as well as with a wide range of travel tours – starting withbeach vacations on the Mediterranean Sea or discovery tours in SouthAmerica, as well as vacations in Germany.

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We proactively look for and identify the potential of our employees and give them theopportunity to develop themselves.

Internal continuing education and qualification programs, trainings and seminars, developand challenge our employees to make the most of their individual strengths. This way our employees – and with them our travel offer – become even better. Because the know-how gained flows directly into our products and services.

We invest in the future: Currently we train around 200 trainees in the fields of tourismmanagment, office managment, information technology for as well as audio-visual andprint and digital media design. Most of them continue working with us in the FTI GROUP. Many of our managers began their career as apprentices in our company.

We are a highly international team – with our employees coming from around 30 different nations.

OUR MOST VALUABLEASSET: OUR EMPLOYEESWHICH IS WHY WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY TRAINING OUR STAFF.

6,500committed

employees

worldwide

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FRIENDS CLOSE AT HANDTO ENSURE OUR GUESTS AND PARTNERS CANALWAYS FIND THE RIGHT CONTACT PERSON, WE ARE ALSO PRESENT AT EACH VACATIONLOCATION.It is of utmost importance to us that we are available for our guests at their destinations.Our on-site partners are the interface between the company headquarters in Germanyand the vacation destinations. This is true both for the comprehensive support we offerour guests, as well as for our intense contact to hoteliers and other service providers.

In 19 countries with 44 operational locations we have our own destination managementcompanies under the umbrella brand Meeting Point International. The company groupMeeting Point International offers high-quality service on site, as well as customizedservice solutions to other travel agencies.

With the „Operations 24h“ department, we are available to our guests 24 hours a day.At the headquarters in Munich, Germany, we are in constant contact with our collea-gues and, in case of emergencies, coordinate fast support. This ensures that our guestsare well taken care of around the clock.

Service

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WE ARE AHEAD OF THE GAME! ALSO WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY.WE CAN DEPEND UPON OUR CUSTOM-MADE IT SYSTEMS. THIS WAY, WE CAN WORK FOR OURCUSTOMERS AROUND THE CLOCK.In the 21st century, tourism is open 24/7, with sales taking place day and night.

Since the company’s beginnings, we have placed great importance on in-house developedtechnology and IT concepts that have been individually adapted to meet our requirements.This way, we are able to quickly implement our ideas and set our own trends in informationtechnology. The heart of the company is the central database with its associated bookingsoftware.

Each day, about 30 IT experts work on further developing and supporting the entire company IT system. They ensure that vacation dreams can be booked 365 days a year,24 hours a day.

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RIDING HIGH ON THE ONLINE WAVEOUR IT-PROFESSIONALS ENSURE THAT WE ARE PRESENT IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD.We are one of the market leaders in online sales since we recognized the importance of the Internet for the travel world at an early stage.

Extensive content management systems also play an important role in this. Data availability within seconds is another crucial factor: Whether in the price comparisonsystems of the travel agencies, or in the booking engines of the large travel portals.

Our online experts make sure that we are highly visible in the virtual world. From design and programming to online marketing and even professional search engine optimization – all of this is handled by our experts.

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Always

there for you!

VACATION AROUND-THE-CLOCK CUSTOMERS CAN BOOK IN SEVERAL WAYS. THIS ALSO BENEFITS OUR TRAVELAGENCY PARTNERS.

TVThe easy wayWe’re on the air every day with our sonnenklar.TV travel shoppingbroadcasting station. Customerscan find us on their TV screen aswell as in their travel agencyaround the corner. The logo of thelargest German travel broadcastingstation is already displayed abovethe door of many agencies all overGermany.

TelephoneConsulting ServiceFast and easyIf customers would like to takeadvantage of our telephone con-sulting services, they can reachcompetent contact persons in ourservice centers in Germany (Munich,Erfurt, Deggendorf), and inSwitzerland (Basel) – both for initialinformation and for a specific booking.

Travel AgencyMore than 10,000 travel agencies all over Germany,3,500 in France, 1,000 in Austria,and 1,000 in Switzerland offer ourtravel products. They are our most important sales channel. Underthe Flugbörse, 5vorFlug and sonnenklar.TV brands, we offer innovative franchising concepts.

InternetWell advised by professionalsOur Internet pages are availablefor our guests around-the-clock.Travel agencies also benefit fromthis. They integrate our bookingengines in their own websites orutilize our multimedia tools, suchas videos, about hotels and vacationregions.

Multichannel Customers can book a vacation with the method they prefer. Whether in a travel agency, via the Internet, our sonnenklar.TV travel shoppingbroadcasting station, or by telephone in one of our service centers.

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THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHTTHE FIGURES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.LONG TERM. THIS MAKES US PROUD.

TURNOVER OF FTI GROUP FY 2014/2015

2007/2008 2008/20092006/2007 2009/2010

2 to 2.5 %return goal

2010/2011 2011/2012 2013/2014

3.7 billion eurototal sales

2.6 billion eurothird party sales

2012/2013

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Editor:

FTI GROUP Landsberger Straße 88D - 80339 MunichPhone +49 89 2525 - 6190Fax +49 89 2525 - [email protected]

Conception and realizationCorporate Communications / Creation FTI GROUPResponsible: Angela WinterAs of December 2015