Travix

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Travix International BV
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Travel
Technology
Founded2011;13 years ago (2011)
HeadquartersNetherlands
Key people
Chee Teong Ooi (CEO) [1]
Brands
  • BudgetAir
  • Cheaptickets.nl
  • Flugladen
  • Vayama
  • Vliegwinkel [2]
Number of employees
400 (2023) [3]
Parent Trip.com Group
Website www.travix.com

Travix International BV is a company that manages several travel websites operating in various countries. The company maintains headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Contents

Amsterdam Headquarters Travix Amsterdam.jpeg
Amsterdam Headquarters

Operations

Travix manages five websites: CheapTickets, BudgetAir, Vayama, Vliegwinkel and Flugladen. The company is affiliated with SGR, ANVR, IATA and the Dutch Home Shopping Organization. Travix has offices in the Netherlands, Dubai, India, Singapore, the UK and the USA.

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 April 2020, the Chinese Trip.com Group acquired Travix International BV. [7]

On September 22, 2020, Vayama announced its shutdown.[ citation needed ]

In July 2024, Travix has relaunched TUI fly flight content on its platforms, including CheapTickets, Vliegwinkel, and BudgetAir. [8]

Acquisitions

#YearCompanyPriceRef(s).
12011EasyToBook [4]

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