Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Germany
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Administrative Services
Travel Agency, Tour Operator And Other Reservation Service And Related Activities
Travel Agency, Tour Operator And Other Reservation Service And Related Activities
79 - Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities

400 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
16 June 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009

Description

On 16 June 2006, TUI, one of the leading travel agencies in the world, announced the cutting of 400 jobs in Germany because of its poor revenues from its core business tourism. The job reduction shall be completed by the end of 2009. Most jobs will be lost in the framework of the merger of the four German TUI affiliates: TUI Germany, 1-2-Fly, Airtours and TUI Leisure Travel. In the future, the management of these four German affiliates will be handled at the central department of TUI Germany leading to a redundancy of management positions within the four TUI affiliates. TUI Germany is implementing its cost reduction strategy and stated that it wants to cut expenses by 210,000,000 Euro till the end of 2008.


Sources

  • 16 June 2006: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
  • 16 June 2006: Financial Times Deutschland

Citation

Eurofound (2006), Tui, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 63679, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63679.