IFA (tourism company)
| IFA HOTEL & TOURISTIK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | DE0006131204 |
| founding | 1982 |
| Seat | Duisburg, Germany |
| management | Santiago de Armas Fariña, Chairman of the Board |
| Number of employees | 1,719 (2019) |
| sales | 76.6 million euros (2019) |
| Branch | Tourism |
| Website | www.ifahotels.com |
| As of December 31, 2019 | |
The IFA Hotel and Touristik AG is a tourism company , which in the management and marketing of resort hotels it operates. In its 2015 annual report, the company had a share capital of 51.48 million euros and had an annual average of around 2000 employees. The company headquarters is in Duisburg . The majority of the company's shares are owned by the Lopesán Group, based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ( Spain ).
history
IFA Hotel & Touristik was founded in 1982 as a marketer for Spanish hotels and apartment complexes. In 1984 the company entered the Austrian market with the purchase of the Alpenhotel Wildental and the leasing of a holiday hotel in Hirschegg. The years up to 1995 were characterized by increased involvement in Germany. In addition to the takeover of several hotels, the clinic activities began during this period. The company went public in July 1995 . The first shares were issued at a price of DM 30 in regulated trading on the Frankfurt am Main and Düsseldorf stock exchanges. In 1999 the Spanish Lopesán Group acquired the majority of the shares with 50.1% of the shares. The group structure and the IFA brand were retained. Before and after the IPO, IFA was briefly represented with locations in Italy , Turkey and Eastern Europe.
In 2016 IFA took over 50% of the shares in the Anfi Group , which operates the tourist resorts “Anfi del Mar” and “Anfi Tauro” on Gran Canaria in the timeshare model .
Shareholder structure
The shares of the IFA are listed on the Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Berlin , Stuttgart and Munich recorded, including the electronic trading system Quotrix . At the end of the 2015 financial year, around 86% of the subscribed capital was attributable to major shareholders who are located outside Germany.
- Lopesan Touristik SA (Spain): 51.78%
- Victor Garrido Montes de Oca (Dominican Republic): 33.8%
via Newinvest Assets (Germany / Panama ) - Treasury shares: 0.44%
- Free float: 13.98%
Status: 2015
Locations
In 2015, IFA operated 16 hotels and apartment houses with quality levels 3 to 4.5 stars through its group companies . The locations are in Spain, Germany, Austria and the Dominican Republic . The Group also maintains a sanatorium and a hospital on the Baltic Sea .
- Spain (Gran Canaria)
- IFA Beach Hotel, San Agustin
- IFA Continental Hotel, San Agustin
- IFA Dunamar Hotel, Playa del Inglés
- IFA Faro Hotel, Maspalomas
- IFA Hotel Catarina, Playa del Inglés (sold 2016)
- IFA Interclub Atlantic Hotel, San Agustin
- Germany
- IFA Fehmarn Hotel & Holiday Center, Fehmarn
- IFA Graal-Müritz Hotel Spa & Conferences, Graal-Müritz
- IFA Rügen Hotel & Holiday Park, Binz
- IFA Schöneck Hotel & Holiday Park, Schöneck / Vogtl.
- Usedom Children's Rehabilitation Center - IFA Kurheim Usedom, Loddin
- Südstrand-Klinik Fehmarn, Fehmarn
- Austria
- IFA Alpenhotel Wildental, Höfle
- IFA Alpenrose, Kleinwalsertal
- IFA Breitach, Mittelberg
- Dominican Republic
- IFA Ocean Bávaro Resort & Spa, Punta Cana
- IFA Village Bávaro Resort & Spa, Punta Cana
- IFA Villas Bávaro Resort & Spa, Punta Cana
Web links
- About Ifa Hotel & Touristik - Our story. In: lopesan.com.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b key figures. In: ariva.de. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Lopesan se hace with the 50% of the group Anfi. In: Canarias7. Informaciones Canarias, SA, September 14, 2016, accessed September 23, 2016 (Spanish).
- ↑ IFA Hotel & Touristik Aktiengesellschaft, Duisburg: Creativ Hotel Catarina, SA on Gran Canaria sold at a profit. In: dgap.de. July 13, 2016, archived from the original on September 27, 2016 ; accessed on October 26, 2019 .