Globus Travel Services
| Globus Travel Services SA | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1928 |
| Seat |
Collina d'Oro TI Switzerland
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| management | Paolo Mantegazza ( CEO ) Sergio Mantegazza ( Chairman of the Board ) |
| Number of employees | approx. 5,000 (2006) |
| sales | 5.8 billion CHF (2006) |
| Branch | tourism |
| Website | www.globusjourneys.com |
The Globus Travel Services SA (including Globus Cosmos Group), located in Collina d'Oro in Ticino is an international Swiss travel - and tourism group . The group of companies operates with its four brands Globus , Cosmos , Monograms and Avalon Waterways in different areas with holiday destinations in around 65 countries. While the Globus brand specializes in upscale group travel to all continents, Cosmos offers more affordable package tours . Monograms focuses on individual travel and Avalon Waterways on cruises . Globus Travel Services, managed by the third generation, achieved sales of 5.8 billion Swiss francs in 2006 with around 5,000 employees.
history
The company was founded in 1928 by Antonio Mantegazza from Ticino. At the time, he bought a rowing boat and used it to transport tourists on Lake Lugano . Other rowing boats were quickly added, and over time they were supplemented or replaced by motor boats . Mantegazza later expanded its activities to include land transport with a taxi service. The breakthrough came when Mantegazza with its Globus Viaggi obtained the rights to transport people on a popular route in Ticino. For this purpose he bought a coach , which was added by eleven more in the course of the 1930s. In doing so, he brought European tourists in particular around Switzerland.
After the end of the Second World War , Mantegazza expanded its fleet to 33 coaches by taking over two competing bus companies. During this time Mantegazza got to know his future business partner Werner Albek. Together they organized group trips to popular holiday regions in Switzerland and Italy such as St. Moritz, Milan, Venice and Rome. The circle was gradually expanded to other destinations on the French Riviera, Scandinavia, Belgium, the Netherlands and Great Britain in the 1950s. The company also offered luxury bus tours based on the Grand Tours model . These formed the basis for the entry into the US travel market in the late 1950s.
With his son Sergio Mantegazza at his side, Antonio Mantegazza supplemented the company in the 1960s with the Cosmos brand , which was aimed at a broad and cost-conscious clientele with inexpensive European trips. The success of this business concept prompted the company to expand its activities to include air travel and to offer package tours to holiday destinations in southern Europe. In 1967 the sons Sergio and Geo Mantegazza founded the airline Monarch Airlines for this purpose ; Due to financial problems, this Globus subsidiary was sold to the British investment company Greybull Capital in 2014. In the 1980s, Globus expanded its presence with locations in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. At the same time, travel offers were expanded worldwide.
In 2003 the company expanded its business activities with two other brands, Avalon Waterways and Monograms , which specialize in cruises and individual trips.