Twerenbold service
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1895 (AG: 1969) |
| Seat | Baden-Rütihof AG , Switzerland |
| management | Karim Twerenbold ( Chairman of the Board of Directors ) |
| Number of employees | 300 (2016) |
| sales | > CHF 150 million (2016) |
| Branch | Tourism, passenger transport, freight transport |
| Website | www.twerenbold.ch |
The Twerenbold Service AG based in Baden-Rütihof is the holding company of a Swiss group of companies , which since 1895 in tourism , passenger transport and freight transport operates. The founding family runs the company with Karim Twerenbold, Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the fourth generation. The Twerenbold Group includes the bus travel provider Twerenbold Reisen AG, the travel agency Mittelthurgau Fluss- und Kreuzfahrten AG, Imbach Reisen AG, Vögele Reisen and the shipping company Swiss Excellence River Cruise GmbH. The group employs 300 people and generated sales of over 150 million Swiss francs in 2016.
Field of activity
The group is active with various subsidiaries and brands. Twerenbold Reisen AG, as one of the largest providers in Switzerland, organizes round-trip bus tours in Europe. The Mittelthurgau Fluss- und Kreuzfahrten AG travel agency specializes in river cruises. Several river boats belong to the group. Imbach Reisen AG offers hiking tours. Vögele Reisen is focused on adventure tours around the world. As a shipping company, Swiss Excellence River Cruise GmbH operates passenger river ships.
history
In 1895, Jakob Twerenbold, a former coachman at the Grand Hotel in Baden , founded a truck stop based in Ennetbaden . In addition to spa guests at the thermal baths , he also transported wood, furniture and gravel. In 1919, an Arbenz truck with tires heralded the start of motorization. In 1925 the first Saurer was added, which could be used as a truck and car. The second generation with the brothers Hans, Josef and Walter transferred the business to the Twerenbold AG brothers in 1937. The upswing began after the war. Initially with five coaches, they headed for excursion destinations in Switzerland and later abroad. At the same time, Twerenbold built up a taxi business.
In 1969 the sole shareholder Werner Twerenbold took over the business and had Twerenbold Reisen & Transport - AG (today's Twerenbold Service AG) entered in the commercial register. In 1985, the Geissmann company in Hägglingen joined the group with their Postbuses , and later the tour operators Reisebüro Mittelthurgau, Imbach and Vögele Reisen. Werner Twerenbold increased sales within 40 years from 3 to over 120 million francs. Werner Twerenbold was honored with the “Travel Manager Personality Award” and the SVC Entrepreneur Award Northern Switzerland in 2011. In 2015 he died in an accident. He was succeeded by his son Karim Twerenbold. Karim Twerenbold has been with the company since 2011. He has been Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2016.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Twerenbold Service AG. Commercial register of the Canton of Aargau, accessed on May 18, 2017 .
- ↑ It started with a horse-drawn carriage. Aargauer Zeitung, March 20, 2017, accessed on May 18, 2017 .
- ↑ "Twerenbold Group buys Vögele Reisen" - article Fernweh . 20 minutes online. April 24, 2013.
- ↑ Aargau travel company Twerenbold is expanding its fleet . SRF online. March 19, 2013.
- ↑ Swiss Venture Club: "Twerenbold Reisen Group wins the fifth SVC Entrepreneur Award Northern Switzerland". Media release November 17, 2011.
- ↑ Werner Twerenbold dies as a result of an e-bike accident. NZZ, March 20, 2017, accessed on May 18, 2017 .