The Travel Corporation
| Services | Tour operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tollman family[1] |
Number of employees | 10,000[1] |
| Website | ttc |
The Travel Corporation is an international, privately owned hotel and travel company based in Cypress, California[1] and Bermuda.[3] Its businesses including Contiki, Uniworld and Red Carnation Hotels hosted two million travellers in 2019.[2]
History
The company traces its history to a small hotel outside Cape Town, South Africa, in the early 1900s.[4]
Operations
As of 2022[update] The Travel Corporation owns
- AAT Kings
- Aussie Adventure
- Inspiring Journeys
- Adventure World Travel
- African Travel
- Brendan Vacations
- Contiki Tours
- Down Under Tours
- Evan Evans Tours
- Grand European Travel
- HAGGiS Adventures
- Highland Explorer Tours
- Shamrocker Adventures
- Insight Vacations
- Luxury Gold
- Lion World Travel
- Siva Travel Services Greece
- Trafalgar Tours
- Costsaver
- Travel Corporation Asia
- Uniworld
- Atlas Reizen
Its Red Carnation Hotels operates in the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States, South Africa, Botswana, Guernsey and Switzerland.
Other activities include Florida's Old Town amusement park, Bouchard Finlayson Winery in South Africa[1] and a shareholding in, the also South African, Cullinan Holdings Ltd travel and tourism business.[6]
TreadRight Foundation
The Travel Corporation's
Awards
In August 2015, Red Carnation Hotels' Ashford Castle in Ireland was voted world's best hotel by Virtuoso Travel Week, and third best world hotel in July 2015 by Travel + Leisure magazine.[8][9]
References
- ^ Independent Online (South Africa). June 10, 2019. Archivedfrom the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ a b "About". The Travel Corporation. Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ "Travel Corp. Buys Australian Operator". Travel Weekly. November 18, 1997. Archived from the original on January 10, 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- ^ Gollan, Doug (October 14, 2016). "Meet The Biggest Travel Company You've Never Heard Of". Forbes. Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ "Brands". The Travel Corporation. Archived from the original on April 18, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
- ^ "About Us". Cullinan Holdings. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
- ^ "TreadRight Foundation". TreadRight Foundation. Archived from the original on April 27, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ Willits, R. Bryan (June 2016). "Ashford Castle Is Named the Best Hotel in the World". Irish America. Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ Ó Conghaile, Pól (August 13, 2015). "Ashford Castle voted world's best hotel". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
