Travix
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Travel Technology |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Netherlands |
Key people | John Mangelaars (CEO)[1] |
| Brands |
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Number of employees | 500 (January 2015)[3] |
| Parent | Trip.com Group |
| Website | www |
Travix International BV (in short, Travix) is a company that manages several travel websites operating in various countries. The company maintains headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Operations
Travix manages five websites: CheapTickets, BudgetAir, Vayama, Vliegwinkel and Flugladen. The company is affiliated with SGR, ANVR, IATA and to the Dutch Home Shopping Organization. Travix has offices in Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, India, Curaçao, United States and Singapore.
CheapTickets and Vliegwinkel operate in the Netherlands and Germany (note: the Travix sites CheapTickets.nl and CheapTickets.de are not related to CheapTickets.com, which is owned by Orbitz); Vayama does business in the US, Canada, the UK, Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore; and BudgetAir has expanded from the Netherlands into Belgium, France and the UK.[4]
History
Travix was established by a merger of CheapTickets (Beins Travel Group Ltd), Vliegwinkel, Flugladen, BudgetAir (Airtrade) and Vayama in January 2011.[5] The oldest part of the company, Vliegwinkel.nl, was created by Airtrade in Haarlem and founded by Wim Butte and Andre Hesselink. Vliegwinkel.nl was the first online travel agency (OTA) in the Netherlands.
On October 4, 2018 international travel company BCD Group announced that it would take full ownership in Travix International BV after purchasing all outstanding shares from minority shareholder ING Corporate Investments. [6]
In January 2020, the Chinese Trip.com Group acquired Travix International BV.[7]
Acquisitions
| # | Year | Company | Price | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2011 | EasyToBook | [4] |
References
- ^ "John Mangelaars Chief Executive Officer, Travix International BV".
- ^ "Travix - BCD Group".
- ^ "Travix Facts and Figures". Travix.
- ^ a b May, Kevin (August 19, 2011). "EasyToBook sold to BCD Holdings leisure mega-group Travix". Phocuswire.
- ^ "Travix - BCD Group".
- ^ "BCD Group increases investment in inline travel company Travix".
- ^ "Parent company CheapTickets and Vliegwinkel purchased by Chinese travel giant".
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