TUI Travel PLC
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TUI Travel PLC Company Profile

The first step on a journey is likely to begin with TUI Travel. The group is the #1 or #2 source for leisure tour and travel services in many markets, as well as Europe's largest provider of online package holidays. It also distributes accommodations through international online wholesalers and its online travel agent in the UK, and increasingly Asia and Australia. TUI Travel runs some 3,500 retail travel stores across Europe, and operates with a fleet of 145 airplanes. In all, the group does business under some 200 name brands serving millions of consumers worldwide. TUI Travel formed from the 2007 merger of TUI AG's travel business with Britain's First Choice Holidays. TUI AG controls about 55% of TUI Travel.