Sabtours
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| Seat | catfish |
| Number of employees | 399 (as of Aug. 2013) |
| Branch | Bus company, travel agency, tour operator |
| Website | www.sabtours.at |
| SAB-TOURS travel agency and bus company company mbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1961 |
| Seat | catfish |
| management | Wolfgang Stöttinger, Hannes Schierl |
| Number of employees | 104 (as of Aug. 2013) |
| Branch | bus company |
| Website | www.sabtours.at |
sabtours is an Upper Austrian tourism company.
history
Today's company was founded in 1961 by Franz Stöttinger and Hans Schierl in equal parts in order to acquire the freed Wels line concession for the hospital - Kaiser-Josef-Platz route.
Until then, this line was operated by the Schiffelhuber company. Two used buses were also taken over by this company. The first touring coach went into operation just one year later.
In 1974 the name was changed and the legal form changed to SAB-TOURS Reisebüro und Autobusbetrieb Gesellschaft mbH. In 1975 the company headquarters was moved from Salzburger Strasse to Marcusstrasse 4. An office building, a workshop, a bus parking hall and a company filling station were built on the new site.
In the following years the company continued to grow rapidly. The development of the company can be divided into three phases:
- the development phase of bus operations from 1961 to around 1985
- the expansion of business activities to a tourism company from around 1973 to 1989
- the expansion to the leading private bus and tourism company in Upper Austria from 1997 until today
Since the generation change in management, the general economic conditions have changed significantly, especially in tourism. During this time, sabtours was able to successfully develop into the largest private tourism company in Upper Austria.
Company takeovers
- 1984 Takeover of the Wasserbauer Busreisen company in Rohrbach
- 1997 sabtours takes over 75% of the shares in the company Kneissl Touristik Studien- und Erlebnisreisen in Lambach
- 2000 Takeover of the Wickenhauser Busreisen company in Linz
- 2001 Takeover of the Raml Reisen company in Linz, a tour operator, bus and travel agency company
- 2002 Takeover of the company Hipfinger, formerly Englmaier Reisen in Bad Hall
- 2005 Takeover of the vehicle fleet and properties from bankruptcy of the Rammerstorfer company in Linz
- 2008 Takeover of the Windischbauer bus company in Kremsmünster
- 2012 Takeover of the company Sparkassen Reisebüro GmbH with 6 further travel agency branches in Upper Austria
- 2012 Takeover of Hangler Reisen GmbH including the Lohnsburg bus location with 6 modern coaches
- 2013 Takeover of 13 regional lines in the Wels area due to tenders
Business branches of the group of companies
Today the sabtours tourism group is active in the following areas:
- SAB-TOURS travel agency and bus company GmbH:
- Operator of the Wels line service
- Workshop for your own vehicle fleet
- Gas station
- Administration and management for the entire group of companies
- sabtours Touristik GmbH (the travel areas of all companies were merged into this company):
- Motor vehicle company ( sabtours acts as a subcontractor on behalf of Linz Linien or ÖBB-Postbus GmbH )
- Travel agencies and a ticket office
- Coach company
- Tour operator
- School bus company
- Kneissl Touristik GmbH:
- Travel agency
- Tour operator
Catfish lines
- 33 buses
- 6 Mercedes O 405 N2 low-floor buses
- 5 low-floor articulated buses Mercedes O 405 GN
- 11 Mercedes Citaro O 530 N3 low-floor buses
- 5 low-floor articulated Mercedes Citaro O 530 N3-G buses
- 4 Mercedes Citaro O 530 N3-L 3-axle low-floor buses
- 2 Setra intercity buses
City traffic in Wels , the second largest city in Upper Austria after Linz , is operated by SAB-TOURS on behalf of the city of Wels under the Linie Wels brand . This has been the case since 1961, ie it is not a recent privatization process; there were never any municipal transport companies in Wels. Before 1961, city transport was operated by the Schiffelhuber company.
In 2007 the Wels line became a Climate Alliance operation. The vehicle fleet is operated with biodiesel, mainly from used cooking oil.
The group of companies today
Today the sabtours tourism group employs around 400 people. The fleet consists of 106 buses at 4 locations.
Awards
- 2008 Awarded by the Ministry of the Environment as a "klima: aktiv project partner" due to the conversion of the Wels line to biodiesel made from used cooking oil - the klima: aktiv programs all have a common goal: less CO 2 emissions and increased use of renewable energy sources.
- 2010 Award of the Nestor Gold seal of approval by Federal Minister Rudolf Hundstorfer for sustainable anchoring of age-appropriate working conditions for bus drivers
- 2010 Award of the seal of approval 2010–2012 for workplace health promotion (BGF) by Federal Minister Alois Stöger
- 2013 Re-award of the BGF seal of approval 2013–2015 by Federal Minister Alois Stöger
