The Travel Corporation

The Travel Corporation is an international travel company based in Cypress, California^[1] and Bermuda.^[3] Its businesses including Contiki, Uniworld and Trafalgar Tours.^[2]

The Travel Corporation

Company type	Privately held company[1]
Industry	Travel and leisure
Founded	August 1920[2]
Founder	Stanley S Tollman[1]
Headquarters	London, UK , United Kingdom[1]
Number of locations	Sydney, Australia London, UK Toronto, Canada Los Angeles, USA Johannesburg, South Africa Singapore, Asia Auckland, New Zealand Geneva, Switzerland
Key people	Carl Leaver, Chairman[1] Simon Jones, Chief Executive Officer[1] Melissa Da Silva, Deputy CEO[1] Paul Bowtell, Interim CFO[1]
Services	Tour operator
Owner	Apollo Private Equity [1]
Number of employees	3,000 [1]
Website	ttc.com

History

The company was founded in Cape Town, South Africa, in the early 1900s.^[4] The Travel Corporation's not-for-profit TreadRight Foundation was established in 2008.^[5]

On 16 July 2024, The Tollman Family announced the sale of The Travel Corporation to Apollo Private Equity funds, a US-based asset management firm. The sale marked the end of the Tollman family's 104-year-long tenure of private ownership.^[6]

The Travel Corporation (TTC) operates across Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Europe, South Africa and Asia. This includes offices^[7] and on-ground teams.

Operations

As of 2022^[update] The Travel Corporation owns tour operators and travel agents including:^[8]

• 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
• Trafalgar Tours
  • Costsaver
• Travel Corporation Asia
• Uniworld