Facts & Figures
The Kuoni Travel group was established in 1906 and is active in all aspects of the Leisure Travel and Destination Management services fields. We rank among Europe's leading tour operators and are the largest organisation in Switzerland, our home base.
The Kuoni Travel Group employs more than 6'000 staff worldwide and generates an annual turnover of over 3.4 billion Swiss Francs. Kuoni Destination Management is a strategic business unit of the Kuoni Group and manages, with roughly 1,300 employees, over 500,000 travellers to Europe, 450,000 to North America, 38,000 to Africa and 145,000 to the Indian sub-continent every year. The bulk of Kuoni customers come from Europe, Japan and other Asian countries, as well as from North America, South America, the Middle East and India.
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| Milestones | |
|---|---|
| 1906 | Alfred Kuoni opens a Travel Bureau in Zurich |
| 1907 | First escorted group tour to Egypt |
| 1948 | Kuoni expands abroad to Italy and France |
| 1963 | Branch office is opened in Japan |
| 1978 | Kuoni expands in Asia and opens an office in Hong Kong |
| 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 |
| 2002 | Kuoni acquires Allied Tours in the USA and after the merger with T-Pro it becomes AlliedTPro |
| 2004 | Launch of on-line booking platform “KOBRA” for FIT reservations |
| 2006 | Incoming Europe, AlliedTPro, Private Safaris and SITA become Kuoni Destination Management(CEO, Rolf Schafroth) |
| 2006 | Destination Management acquires Distant Frontiers in India |
| 2006 | Destination Management acquires Asian Trails in Asia |
| 2007 | Destination Management acquires Kuoni Events UK and launches Kuoni Events US |
| 2007 | Destination Management opens new offices in Innsbruck, Lyon, Milan and Namibia |
| 2007 | Destination Management becomes operational in Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai, China |
| 2007 | Destination Management acquires Kuoni Events CH in Switzerland |
| 2007 | Destination Management acquires CONFERENCE & TOURING in Germany |
| 2008 | Destination Management opens Sales office in Jakarta |
| 2008 | Destination Management opens new office in Helsinki |
| 2008 | Destination Management acquires Desert Adventures Tourism in U.A.E. |
