Travel and holiday companies Travel and holiday companies Big Apple Oriental Tours is a travel agency based in New York that is at the center of a campaign against sex tourism operators in the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "Big Apple Oriental Tours"
Carlson Wagonlit is a chain of travel agencies. The company was founded in Belgium in 1876 by Georges Nagelmackers as Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, which translates as the "Wagon-bed Company". Originally, the company deployed sleeping and dining cars in Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carlson Wagonlit"
Thomson Holidays is a UK based travel operator and part of TUI AG. The company was founded as part of the Thomson Travel Group in 1965 following the acquisiton of various package holiday companies and the airline Britannia Airways by Roy Thomson. ...more on Wikipedia about "Thomson Holidays"
TUI AG (Touristik Union International) is a German based company. Until 2001 an industrial and transportation company named Preussag AG, which in the mid-1990s it decided to reinvent itself as a tourism company. It sold off many of its manufacturing concerns and purchased several major travel firms. It is today the world's largest tourist firm with interests across Europe. It owns travel agents, hotels, airlines, cruise ships, and retail stores. Major subsidiaries include low-cost carrier Thomsonfly (formerly Britannia Airways, acquired during the takeover of Thomson Holidays. It retains some industrial concerns, mostly in the United States, and is also one of the world's largest shipping companies. ...more on Wikipedia about "TUI AG"
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