Shareholdings

Ruefa GmbH ist a wholly-owned subsidiary and encompasses the travel agency and tour operating business under the brand name of Ruefa.

The Eurotours GmbH is a wholly-owned subsidiary which is active both as a tour operator in multi-channel & direct sales distribution.

Verkehrsbüro Business Travel GmbH is a wholly-owned subsidiary with six business travel centres in Austria and responsibility for the corporate travel division .

AX Travel Management is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Verkehrsbüro Group, created in 2011 following the takeover of American Express Reisebüro GmbH. As a franchise partner of American Express, the business travel operator has access to the world-wide “American Express Global Travel Partner” Network.

Verkehrsbüro Hotellerie GmbH is a wholly-owned subsidiary and operates 22 Austria Trend Hotels (including 1 suite in Schloss Schönbrunn) in Austria, 1 Hotel under the brand BASSENA and also 4 franchise hotels with Radisson Hotel Group. The hotel in Ljubljana/Slovenia belongs to the Austria Trend Hotels International GmbH.

The hotels are run primarily under lease, although several of them are management operations. With both modes of operation, the Verkehrsbüro Hotellerie GmbH is not the owner of the relevant hotel facilities, but partners such as real estate companies.

Palais Events Veranstaltungen GmbH is a wholly-owned subsidiary that operates the historic Viennese event locations of Palais Ferstel, Palais Daun-Kinsky, Wiener Börsensäle and the Café Central.

The DDSG Blue Danube Schiffahrt GmbH is amongst the holdings in associated companies.  As the largest shipping company in Austria, the company operates boat trips with a special focus on Vienna and the picturesque stretch of the Danube Valley known as the Wachau.