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Country Manager André van der Sluis

  • Discover the World Marketing since January 2007 
  • Travel industry since 1992
  • Master’s degree in Tourism, and started his travel industry career in 1992
  • Dutch tour operator Wereld Contact Reizen
  • Quality Air Services (GSA for Qantas Airways), Sales Executive
  • Eva Airways, Sales Executive
  • Garuda Indonesia, Sales Executive
  • Worldspan, Sales Manager to corporate and leisure travel agents and e-commerce companies
Country Manager André van der Sluis

Contact Details

Address:
Postbus 236
3740 AE Baarn
The Netherlands
City: AE Baarn
Postal Code:
Country: The Netherlands
Telephone: +0031 6 2214 3737
Fax:
Email: andre_vandersluis@discovertheworld.com

Description of Market


Travel Industry Facts & Figures

# of IATA travel agencies: 505

# of Non-IATA travel agencies : 0 (source: 2007 IATA Settlement Systems BSP Profile and Performance Information)

# of home-based agencies: approx 3500 to 4000 (Non IATA)

Major Corporate Travel Agencies: 35 to 40

Major Leisure Travel Agencies and Tour operators: 137 approx

Consolidators: NA

GDS Usage: 98% of travel agents use GDS including Galileo, Amadeus, ABacus and Worldspan

Internet Usage

# of population using internet: 60%

% of population booking travel via internet: 0% to 15% with the trend growing by passage of time

Local Time: 2:13 PM

Contact Netherlands Office

Clients

  • Destination Travel International
  • Harrah's Entertainment<br> Las Vegas
  • Hyatt Hotels Corporation
  • Virgin Atlantic Airways