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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$4.4B
  • Public
  • UK
Dow Jones Description

TUI Travel PLC is a FTSE 100 leisure travel company listed on the London Stock Exchange. It was formed by the merger of First Choice Holidays PLC and the Tourism Division of TUI AG. We operate in over 180 countries worldwide, serve more than 30 million customers in over 20 source markets and offer a wide range of leisure travel experiences.

Number of Employees 14,551
Contact Information

First Choice House London Road

Crawley RH10 9GX

firstchoiceholi...

(44) 1293 560 777

NAICS Code Tour Operators: 561520

News & Analysis

first choice holidays plc. - All News and Analysis

  • Solid results in store for Marks & Spencer

    - 2007-11-05

    The Week Ahead Marks and Spencer's revival under Stuart Rose has become a well documented case study of a successful turnaround. In salvaging the company, his reputation is pretty much assured, but turning things around is one thing, maintaining the momentum is another. Talk of his...

    Tags: First Choice Holidays Plc., Marks & Spencer

  • So it's autumn. But there's still time to hit the beach

    - 2007-09-30

    AUTUMN SUN Where can you grab some sunshine without going long haul? Ian McCurrach offers ideas for a warm break closer to home CYPRUS Guaranteed sunshine is only four and a half hours away. Pick up deals at upmarket hotels such as Almyra...

    Tags: First Choice Holidays Plc.

  • First Choice losses deepen ahead of merger.

    - 2007-06-14

    The loss unveiled by First Choice Holidays, currently in the process of merging with TUI Travel, certainly did not come as a surprise. Nathalie Olof-Ors The loss unveiled by First Choice Holidays, currently in the process of merging with TUI Travel, was no surprise....

    Tags: First Choice Holidays Plc.

  • TUI to buy First Choice Holidays

    - 2007-06-05

    TUI, Europe's largest tour operator by revenue, won EU approval to buy Britain's First Choice Holidays yesterday on the condition that it sells the Irish package holiday business Budget Travel to clear antitrust worries. The deal is the second major one in the industry this year, after Germany's Thomas Cook...

    Tags: First Choice Holidays Plc.

  • We were so sick in same chalet

    - 2006-10-29

    THE last couple to stay in the Corfu room where Robert and Christianne Shepherd died told last night how they feel lucky to be alive after they too fell seriously ill there. Britons Kathy and Andrew Pallant had to spend three days in a Greek clinic after...

    Tags: First Choice Holidays Plc.

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Peter J. Long CEO
Paul Bowtell Chief Financial Officer
Bart Brackx Managing Director, Western Europe
Christine Browne Managing Director, First Choice Airways
Joan Vila Managing Director, Online Destination Services
Johan Lundgren Managing Director, Northern Region
John Wimbleton Managing Director, Activity
Neil Morris Managing Director
Richard Prosser Managing Director, Specialist
Volker Bottcher Managing Director, Central Europe
Wolfgang Bremer Managing Director, Destination Management Services
Andy Jones Director, Strategy, Planning & Control
Steve Baily Director, Marketing Services
Andrew John Secretary
David Paterson Head of Strategy and Investor Relations
Susan Hooper Non-Executive Director
Richard D. Fain Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Michael Frenzel Non-Executive Chairman
Albert Schunk Board of Directors
Bill Logan Board of Directors
Christoph Mueller Board of Directors
Clare Chapman Board of Directors
Dermot Blastland Board of Directors
Erhard Schipporeit Board of Directors
Giles Thorley Board of Directors
Harold Sher Board of Directors
Jeremy Hicks Board of Directors
Rainer Feuerhake Board of Directors
Simon Pedro Barcelo Vadell Board of Directors
Terry A. Green Board of Directors
Tony Campbell Board of Directors
William R.P. Dalton Board of Directors
William Waggott Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc CEO Current
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current
International Leisure Group Executive Former

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Chief Financial Officer Current
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current
Sthree Plc Board of Directors Current
W.H. Smith PLC Treasurer & Retail Finance Director Former
First Choice Holidays Plc Director, Finance Former

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Managing Director, Western Europe Current
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current
Jet Air, Inc. Former

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Managing Director, First Choice Airways Current

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Managing Director, Online Destination Services Current
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current
Columbia Business School Senior Executive Former
IESE Business School Mba Former
University of Barcelona Degree, Economics Former
First Choice Holidays Plc Member Former

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Managing Director, Northern Region Current
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Managing Director, Activity Current
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Managing Director Current

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Managing Director, Specialist Current
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Managing Director, Central Europe Current
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Managing Director, Destination Management Services Current
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Director, Strategy, Planning & Control Current

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Director, Marketing Services Current
First Choice Holidays Plc Director, Marketing Services Former

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Secretary Current
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Head of Strategy and Investor Relations Current

Susan Hooper joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 10 March 2005. She is currently the Senior Vice President, International Managing Director, Royal Caribbean & Celebrity Cruises International. She joined Royal Caribbean from Avis Europe where she was Commercial Vice-President. Prior to this she gained extensive international experience with Saatchi & Saatchi, McKinsey and Co and PepsiCo International. Susan is currently a Director of Sunshine Cruises Limited (the joint venture between First Choice and Royal Caribbean), Transcom Worldwide SA and is a trustee of The Suzy Lamplugh Fund.

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Non-Executive Director Current
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current
McKinsey & Company, Inc. Former
PepsiCo International Former

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Non-Executive Chairman Current

Dr Albert Schunk joined the Board of TUI Travel PLC as a Non-Executive Director on 29 October 2007. Albert studied economics at university and carried out a research project for the German Government in Latin America. After joining IG-Metall, he has served on the supervisory board of Volkswagen and other German Companies since 1976. In 1994 he became a member of the EESC (European Economic and Social Council) in Brussels and has recently been advising the Riu Group in Spain.

Organization Position Status
Volkswagen Ltd Board of Directors Current
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current

Bill Logan started in industrial relations. He then developed his HR career in international roles with Seagram Inc London, New York and Hong Kong. Having attended the Strategic HR Programme at Stanford University, he joined First Choice in 1998 to support the Group's international HR development.

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current
Stanford University Former

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Workforce, Inc. Director Current
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current
University of Cambridge Board of Directors Current
Tesco Plc Hr Director Former
Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago Inc. Director Former

Dermot Blastland joined the Board on 6 September 1999. He is Managing Director ? UK & Ireland, having previously held positions as Managing Director of First Choice Holidays & Flights, Ski, Lakes & Mountains and President of Signature Vacations. Prior to joining the Company in February 1988, he was Commercial Director at Thomson and subsequently Managing Director of Portland Holidays.

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current
Travel Plc Board of Directors Current
The Lakes Managing Director Former
Flights.Com Managing Director Former
Mountains Inc Managing Director Former

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current
VARTA AG Former

Giles Thorley, 41, was appointed Chief Executive of Punch in January 2003, having joined Punch as Executive Chairman in December 2001. After qualifying as a Barrister, his early career was at Nomura International plc. He successfully led the IPO of Punch in May 2002 and has seen the business through the subsequent acquisitions including Pubmaster in 2003 and Spirit Group in 2006. Giles is also Non-executive Chairman of Tragus Limited, a Non-executive Director of Tui Travel plc and a trustee of the Rona Trust.

Organization Position Status
Tragus Ltd Non-Executive Chairman Current
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current
Rona Trust Board of Directors Current
Tui Travel Plc Board of Directors Current
Punch Taverns plc Board of Directors Current
Rona Trust Trustee Current
Punch Taverns plc Chief Executive Former
Punch Taverns plc Finance Director Former
Punch, Inc. Former

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current
Aegis Group plc Cfo Former
Aegis Group plc Board of Directors Former

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current

Richard D. Fain is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., the global cruise company operating 38 ships under the Celebrity Cruises, Royal Caribbean International, Pullmantur, Azamara Cruises and CDF Croisières de France brands. Fain joined Royal Caribbean in 1979 as an outside director on the company’s Board of Directors. He became the cruise line’s Chairman and CEO in 1988. Prior to joining Royal Caribbean, Fain spent 13 years as treasurer, chief financial officer and joint managing director of Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corp., a London-based owner and operator of cargo ships. Fain is a member of the National Conference for Community and Justice, and serves on the World Wildlife Fund’s National Council, the Florida Council of 100 and the University of Miami’s Board of Trustees. In addition, he serves on the executive committee of the United Way of Miami-Dade County. Fain is a former chair of the Miami Business Forum, the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau and of the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), an industry trade association representing nearly 17,000 affiliated travel agencies and the bulk of the world’s cruise lines. He has also served as co-chair of the United Way Campaign of Miami-Dade County and as chair of the POW WOW Host Committee in Miami. In 2004, Fain received the Ultimate CEO Award from the South Florida Business Journal and accepted the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition Organization. He was inducted into the South Florida Business Hall of Fame in October 2004. Fain was presented one of France’s most distinguished awards, the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur (French Legion of Honor), and was named Commander, First Class, of the Order of the Lion by Finland. In addition to being the recipient of the Anti-Defamation League’s 2000 Distinguished Community Service award, he was named the 1999 Statesman of the Year by the Wharton School Club of South Florida, as well as the 1998 Humanitarian of the Year by the American Red Cross of Greater Miami and the Keys. Fain holds a B.S. degree in economics from the University of California at Berkeley and a M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Fain and his wife, Colleen, have four children and reside in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Organization Position Status
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Chairman & CEO Current
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Chairman & CEO Current
Ronald King and Family Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director Current
The Pow Wow chair Current
Cruise Line International Association Chairman Current
First Choice Holidays Plc Director Current
Fwo Travel Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director Former
Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Former

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current

Tony Campbell became a Non-Executive Director of First Choice Holidays PLC in April 1997 and joined the Board of TUI Travel PLC on 28 June 2007. He was Deputy Chief Executive of Asda Stores Limited until March 2001 and is currently chairman of Hobbs Headco Limited, chairman of T M Lewin & Sons Limited, chairman of The White Company and a director of Alaska Food Diagnostics Limited.

Organization Position Status
T.M.Lewin & Sons Limited Chairman Current
White Chairman Current
Alaska Food Diagnostics Ltd Director Current
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current
Asda Deputy Chief Executive Former
Asda Stores Limited Deputy Chief Executive Former

Organization Position Status
HSBC Finance Corporation Current
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current
HSBC Bank plc CEO Former
HSBC Bank plc Chief Executive Former
Talisman Energy Inc. Board of Directors Former

Organization Position Status
First Choice Holidays Plc Board of Directors Current

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