About Kuoni Travel Group
The Kuoni Travel Group, India, is the country´s largest travel and tourism company and a 100% subsidiary of Kuoni Travel Holding.
The Company was formed in 1996 through the acquisition of SOTC, India´s foremost outbound package tour brand; with a vision to provide all travel and travel related services to travellers, from and within India.
Today, Kuoni-India is active across virtually every travel segment including Leisure Travel, Business Travel, Incoming Services, Visa Services and Travel-related Services. The Company employs over 3200 travel professionals and, its total turnover has crossed Rs 2200 crores.
Kuoni - India operates a number of highly - successful brands in India and strategic markets around the world.
These brands include SOTC World Famous Tours in the Leisure Travel segment, HRG SITA in the Business Travel segment, KUONI Destination Management in the Incoming Services segment, VFS in the Visa Services segment.
The Company is deeply committed to the Indian travel industry and, among other initiatives, operates the Kuoni Academy offering world-class education and training for young aspirants in the travel and tourism industry.
Kuoni-India was awarded the Indian Ministry of Tourism´s ‘National Tourism Award’ for the fifth year in a row, and the seventeenth year in all.
Kuoni-India has been awarded the India´s Favourite Tour Operator / Travel Agency at Condé Nast Traveller Readers´ Travel Awards 2010. Kuoni-India has also been awarded India´s most responsive Travel and Tourism company - Avaya Global Connect Customer responsiveness Award 2010.
About SOTC
Established in 1949 with just five employees at an office in Cawasji Hormusji Street, Mumbai, it has grown to become one of India's largest travel companies.
SOTC has been fulfilling the travel needs of Indians for over five decades now. It continues to seek out new and exciting destinations to offer to outbound travellers. SOTC´s outbound business operations broadly encompass Packaged Group Tours for Indians and Individual Holidays.
SOTC World Famous Tours caters to those who seek comfort in group travel. It is widely acknowledged to be the most successful package tour brand in India.
Recognizing the importance of languagemarkets, SOTC also pioneered tours conducted in Marathi and Gujarati under the SOTC brand extensions : SOTC BhramanMandal SOTC GurjarVishwadarshan. SOTC Do-It-Yourself Holidays caters to seasoned individual travellers who want to see the world at their own pace. And for domestic vacationers we have Holidays of India.
SOTC has been the pioneer in the development of organized leisure travel in India. With a wide distribution network of 130 sales outlets and 3500 travel agents across India, it is more than double the size of the next biggest competitor.