The brands

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Logo MP HotelsLogo MP Hotels
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About the FTI GROUP Three Business Units under one roof

  • Tour Operating

    Tour Operating offers travel experiences in over 120 countries. These include self-drive holidays, beach holidays, individual tours, cruises, city breaks and long-haul tours, both package and modular. 

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

    • Hotels owned by FTI

      A total of more than 50 accommodations in eight countries belong to the FTI-owned hotel chain with brands such as Labranda Hotels & Resorts and the Design Plus Hotels, the Kairaba Hotels & Resorts, Lemon & Soul Hotels, Club Sei as well as the Meeting Point managed Hotels.

    • Destination Management Companies

      Meeting Point International (MPI)is one of the leading destination management companies and is represented in over 40 locations in 11 stand-alone and cluster regions with almost 2,000 employees.

    Worldwide Facts & Figures

    • 11,000employees worldwide
    • 6source markets
    • 120destinations
    • 4.1€ billion turnover
    • 15% market share of the German market
    • 50+own & managed hotels

    2022/23 business year

    Brand diversity of the FTI GROUP

    The FTI GROUP is broadly positioned with various brands and subsidiaries. It consists of FTI Touristik, the last-minute operator 5vorFlug, the car rental broker Drive FTI, the Destination Management Company Meeting Point International (operating in more than 40 locations worldwide) and BigXtra, a tour operator for promotional products. Under the umbrella of the hospitality company Meeting Point Hotels the GROUP’s hotel brands thrive: Labranda Hotels & Resorts, Design Plus Hotels, the Kairaba Hotels & Resorts, Lemon & Soul Hotels, Club Sei as well as the Meeting Point managed Hotels. Also, the FTI GROUP has consolidated its franchise systems in its subsidiary Touristik Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH (TVG) with the brands sonnenklar.TV Reisebuero, 5vorflug Reisebuero and Flugboerse.


    The tour operator manages its product portfolio in over 10,000 partner travel agencies in Germany. Other important distribution channels are the travel shopping channel sonnenklar.TV and the online B2B provider for hotel bookings, Youtravel. The consolidator FTI Ticketshop is responsible for scheduled flight ticket sales.

    In Austria FTI is represented by a subsidiary in Linz, while FTI Touristik AG is located in Basel, Switzerland. The French tour operator FTI Voyages has been part of the FTI Group since 2012. In 2016 the group has entered the Dutch market with FTI Reizen. Seven service center handle bookings from the FTI GROUP and external customers. Headquartered in Munich, the FTI GROUP employs 11,000 staff worldwide.

     

    The global reach of the FTI GROUP

    FTI’s tour operator arm offers holidays in 120+ countries. The Group’s subsidiary, Meeting Point International operates in 11 stand-alone and cluster countries. 

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    Source markets of the FTI GROUP

    • Germany

      The German market is the strongest source market for the FTI GROUP. As the only multichannel operator, the group relies on strong and well-known brands such as tour operator FTI Touristik, the last-minute provider 5vorFlug and the travel shopping channel sonnenklar.TV. For end customers, the group is present on all media outlets from TV to print, radio and advertising spaces with self-produced content. In B2B, the Group's product range is distributed through more than 10,000 travel agencies in Germany, its own online portals and all major online brokers. FTI Touristik is the third largest tour operator in Germany and Europe.

    • Austria

      With its branch office in Linz, FTI Touristik GmbH has been one of the leading tour operators in Austria since 1995. FTI Austria sells the entire FTI product range of package tours and modular holidays including the products of the rental car broker Drive FTI. The sales department is supported by 1,200 travel agencies in Austria and over 130 agencies in South Tyrol, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Furthermore, FTI is represented by the FTI Ticketshop Austria.

    • Switzerland

      The FTI GROUP is represented on the Swiss market by FTI Touristik AG, which emerged in 1997 from the well-known CA Fernreisen AG. Today, FTI offers its Swiss holidaymakers a broad portfolio through the brands FTI Touristik, the last-​minute provider 5vorFlug and the rental car broker Drive FTI. The sales network consists of over 800 agencies in Switzerland. The company has its headquarters in Dietlikon near Basel in Switzerland. Furthermore, FTI is represented by the own service center BSL24 and also the FTI Ticketshop Switzerland.

    • England

      In the UK market, the FTI GROUP operates under the Youtravel.com brand. Under the Youtravel.com brand, Meeting Point Youtravel Tourism LLC.as one of the leading online B2B suppliers, offers hotel beds worldwide for tour operators and travel agencies. In addition, the products also focus in particular on the B2B sector in Germany, Greece, Italy, Sweden, Ireland, Norway, Russia and France. Meeting Point Youtravel Tourism LLC is based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

    • France

      In France, the group operates with the tour operator FTI Voyages based in Mulhouse. FTI Voyages S.A., which emerged from the Alsatian company Starter, has more than 40 years of experience in the French market. The tour operator partly sells deals created exclusively for the local market and worldwide flights departing from all over France. The trips are sold via the approximately 3,500 travel agencies around the whole country. FTI is also represented by FTI Ticketshop France.

    • Netherlands

      The FTI GROUP has been active in the Dutch border region for 15 years and has been bookable nationwide in the Netherlands since the beginning of 2016. The tour operator offers a selection from its German portfolio as well as additional products adapted to Dutch demand. FTI is also represented in the Netherlands with the own service center AMS24.