Orbis SA
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| legal form | SA |
| ISIN | PLORBIS00014 |
| founding | 1920 |
| Seat | Warsaw |
| management | Laurent Picheral |
| Number of employees | 2,000 (2013) |
| Branch | Hotel and transportation |
| Website | www.orbis.pl |
Orbis SA is a Polish joint-stock company and is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
The Orbis Group includes the parent company Orbis SA, Hekon-Hotele Ekonomiczne , Orbis Transport , Orbis Kontrakty and WT Wilkasy .
history
The company was founded in Lviv in 1920 as Polskie Biuro Podróży Orbis . In 1933 the company headquarters was relocated to Warsaw after the bank PKO BP ( Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności ) had acquired the majority of the shares. In 1939 the company had 136 sales offices in Poland, 19 abroad and 4 hotels. The company had a total of 500 employees.
The Second World War interrupted the company's operations and much of its assets were lost. At the end of the war, only the offices in Brussels , New York , Tel Aviv and London existed .
As early as 1944, a state-owned company Przedsiębiorstwo Państwowe Orbis was founded by taking over the shares of the pre-war company. Some intercity bus routes were established in Poland by the end of the 1940s. Hotels were also resumed. At the end of the 1950s, Orbis managed 5,000 hotel beds, including 9 hotels for international guests. Orbis also organized trips abroad. In 1980 Orbis operated 60% of all hotel beds in Poland. Orbis operated 6 Novotel hotels in the 1970s, 4 of which are still in operation today. At the same time, the company expanded the passenger transport sector. In 1980 the company had 555 buses and 373 cars. Orbis operated 53 hotels at the end of 1990.
In 1991, Qrbis was transformed from a state-owned company into a private company that was 100% state-owned. In July 1993 two subsidiaries were spun off, Orbis Travel and Orbis Transport , in both of which Orbis SA held the majority. Orbis SA has been listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange since November 15, 1997 . In 1999 the state share sank to below 50%. In August 2000, the Accor Group became a strategic partner and took over the remaining shares from the Polish state. In 2010 the Orbis hotel group operated 61 hotels in Poland and one in Lithuania .
On September 29, 2010, PBP Orbis , the former subsidiary Orbis Travel , which was sold to the financial investor Enterprise Investors in March 2010 , filed for bankruptcy.
Corporate structure
Hekon-Hotele Ekonomiczne
The Orbis hotel group - Hekon-Hotele Ekonomiczne SA operates over 63 hotels in Poland and one hotel in Lithuania. They are operated under the Accor brands Sofitel , Novotel , Mercure , Ibis and Etap as well as under their own name Orbis . In the next few years one would like to concentrate on expanding the low-budget area.
Orbis transport
The Orbis Transport sp. z oo operates for Hertz 20 rental stations Hertz Lease and fleet management of Hertz. At Orbis Transport , the bus companies include PKS Gdańsk and PKS Tarnobrzeg based in Gdansk , the local bus routes in several cities, operate several national and international bus lines. The company also owns the parking lot operator Capital Parking Sp. Z oo
Shareholders
The shareholders in Orbis SA (as of August 2010) are:
- Accor SA - 50.1%
- BZ WKB AIB - 24.17%
- Aviva OFE - 14.92%
- Regulated Unofficial Market - 9.9%
Web links
- Company website (Polish, English)
- Orbis-Hotel website
- Orbis Transport website
Footnotes
- ↑ Orbis Spółka Akcyjna, Skrócone śródroczne sprawozdanie finansowe na dzień 31 March 2013 , p. 7 (PDF page 51; 574 kB) , PDF file
- ^ Orbis Travel złożył wniosek o ogłoszenie upadłości. ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Orbis Travel website , accessed September 29, 2010 (Polish).
- ↑ TVP.info. accessed September 29, 2010 (Polish)
- ↑ businessweek.com accessed on September 29, 2010 (English)
