The President of the Independent Travel Agencies Organization, Manuel Molina, arrived in Antalya upon the invitation of the Turkish Hotelier Federation (TÜROFED). TSS President Manuel Molina, TÜROFED President Osman Ayık, and the TÜROFED Board of Directors held a press conference to inform members of the press about the cooperation they will undertake.
Important cooperation
Osman Ayık, President of the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TÜROFED), who made statements at the meeting attended by Burhan Sili, President of the Alanya Tourist Operators Association (ALTİD), said: “We have a very important guest from Germany. We have come together to introduce Manuel Molina, who heads major travel groups in Germany, to you esteemed members of the press. Touristic Service System GmbH – TSS, which brings together 3,200 Independent Travel Agencies in Europe, including 2,214 in Germany, is actively continuing its operations. TSS, which has 3.5 million pax annually, has an annual revenue of around 4 billion Euros. As the Turkish Hotel Association (TÜROFED), we would like to share with you first and foremost that we have come together to cooperate with TSS in the upcoming process. In the future, we will carry out a cooperation in line with evaluating and developing our expectations with them.”
“We value this cooperation”
As you know, the most important feature of TSS is that it is an independent and unconnected group. Therefore, we attach great importance to the TSS group. We also attach great importance to this cooperation. We believe that our country will benefit positively from this cooperation.
Direct sales
We cannot leave everything to the internet. We will do this in person. This will also increase our sales. There are two important destinations in Germany. What we want to do is to ensure that information is delivered face-to-face.
“Our Locomotive is Germany”
The German market is a high-performance market. We experienced a loss in the Russian Federation this year. Here, Germany is our locomotive. We have taken a series of actions and activities this year. We have an important source market here. We will continue by taking all kinds of steps and activities. We want to reach the figures that Spain has achieved in Germany.”
“Our business is people”
Manuel Molina, on the other hand, stated that he was happy to be in Antalya. Molina made the following statements: “First of all, I would like to thank Osman Bey for his kind invitation. This will also form the basis of a good business beginning. Just as Osman Bey has introduced me to you, I started working with a travel agency in Germany in 1992.
Today, we have brought our company to an international dimension. Since we follow the market very closely, we will open up new experiences and sales markets. In today's communication, communication spreads very rapidly. We will aim to make decisions with our decision-making friends and disseminate them. I am also very pleased to have met Osman Bey. I have full confidence that we will engage in a good cooperation with him. We live in a world of technology, but our business is people. I am also quite happy to be here.
Long-term cooperation
"As TSS, we handle a total of 3.5 million pax per year. We send 1.2 million of this figure to Türkiye. The cooperation we will establish with TÜROFED will consist of a long-term partnership for us. We will also reap the results of this in the long term."