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TUI Airways has its origins in several rival airlines. Euravia (later renamed Britannia Airways in December 1964 [6]) was founded in January 1962. [7] Orion Airways, founded in 1979 by Horizon Holidays and later owned by the large brewing firm Bass Brewery and InterContinental Hotels Group, was sold and merged with Britannia Airways in 1989 but retained the Britannia name.
Norwich Airport Limited, under joint ownership of the county and city councils, developed the modern day Norwich International Airport, with the main terminal opening in 1988. In 1971, the airport began operations with charter flights, [3] with airline Air Anglia creating a base at the airfield, offering flights all over north-western Europe.
TUI AG (trading as TUI Group) is a German multinational leisure, travel and tourism company; it is the largest such company in the world. [2] [3] TUI is an acronym for Touristik Union International ("Tourism Union International"). TUI AG was known as Preussag AG until 1997 when the company changed its activities from mining to tourism.
First Choice Holidays Limited [2] (trading as First Choice) is a British online travel agency and tour operator, headquartered in Luton, England. It is a subsidiary of TUI UK, itself a subsidiary of TUI Group , and its holidays are sold solely online.
TUI Travel PLC was a British leisure travel group headquartered in Crawley, West Sussex. The company was formed on 3 September 2007 by the merger of First Choice Holidays PLC and the Tourism Division of TUI AG , which owned 56.4% of it. [ 2 ]
In 1981, Thomson Holidays were the first recorded users of Business-to-Business online shopping. [4] The business was floated on the London Stock Exchange with a valuation of £1.7 billion as Thomson Travel in May 1998. [5] [6] In 2000, Thomson Travel was acquired by Preussag AG, an industrial and transport conglomerate. [7]
TUI planned to build two 2,500-passenger, 100,000-GT cruise ships in 2011 and 2012. [5] [6] TUI cruises first ship Mein Schiff. On May 27, 2010, it was announced that another Century-class ship, Celebrity Mercury, would become the latest addition to TUI's fleet, renamed Mein Schiff 2. Due to this Mein Schiff was immediately renamed Mein Schiff 1.
In 1998, Lunn Poly were the UKs largest wholly owned retailer of air-holidays with 2.3m air inclusive holidays sold, representing 20% of the market. [ 10 ] At the turn of the millennium, Lunn Poly unveiled alternative store formats including a megastore which had five key areas - long haul, short breaks, summer sun, families and late trips ...