Germany
Director
Margit Schwarz
- Discover the World since 1995
- Winner of the 2001 Discover Award, Discover's most prestigious award
- Established independent operation in Austria 1997
- Travel industry since 1991
- British Airways, Marketing Executive
- Puerto Rico Tourism Company, Regional Director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Contact details
| Address: | Discover the World |
| City: | Wiesbaden |
| Postal code: | 65187 |
| Country: | Germany |
| Telephone: | +49 611 267 67 0 |
| Fax: | +49 611 267 67 60 |
| Email: discover@discover-fra.com | |
Description of Market
Travel Industry Facts & Figures
- # of IATA travel agents: 2,913 (approx)
- # of non-IATA travel agents: 6,816 (approx)
- Home-based agencies: 2007: about 10,000
Corporate Travel Agencies:
BCD
FCM
Carlson Wagonlit
FCM DER Travel Solution
HRG
Lufthansa City Center
Derpart Travel Service
Major Leisure Travel Agencies:
Leisure Travel of REWE agencies (DER,Derpart, Atlas); TUI Leisure Travel (First, Hapag Lloyd,TUI Reisecenter); Holiday Land; Karstadt Reisebuero; STA Travel; Thomas Cook
Tour Operators:
TUI Deutschland revenue 4,629 billion EURO; Thomas Cook (die AG) 2,834 billion EURO; REWE Touristik 2,664 billion EURO; Alltours 1,188 billion EURO; FTI 728 million EURO; OGER-Group 722 million; AIDA-Cruises 451 million; L'Tur 372 million; Phoenix 251 million; Schauinsland 248 million
Consolidators:
AERticket AG; TUI 4 U; FTI Ticketshop; Dertour Ticketfactory
GDS Usage:
Amadeus - 76%
Sabre and Amadeus - 15%
Sabre - 3%
Rest: Combination of GDS
Internet Usage:
67.1% of Germans use the Internet
96.1% of the age group 1-29 years use the internet regularly.
The biggest growth rates are expected in the 50+ generation of which so far 40.7% are online. In the age group 30-49 years, 84.2% use the internet.
% of population booking travel via internet: By the end of 2008, online travel bookings represented 29%of the 246 billion Europe travel industry, the world's largest regional travel market.
