The Travel Corporation sometimes known as TravCorp, is a leading Travel and Leisure Group operating over 60 countries with 35 offices around the world. As a Group it comprises over two dozen well established and respected travel brands. These brands are all independently managed and comprise tour operations, luxury boutique hotels and luxury boutique river cruise ships. Many of these established businesses have been in operation for over 40 years.

The Group has operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Canada, China, Singapore, Guernsey, Indonesia, Switzerland, Greece, France, Italy, Ireland, Japan, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand. The Group’s brands include Trafalgar Tours

Trafalgar Tours

Trafalgar is a travel company that provides guided holidays to worldwide destinations. Trafalgar is owned by The Travel Corporation which has been in business since 1947 including Insight Vacations and Contiki Tours...

, Insight Vacations, Contiki Tours

Contiki Tours

Contiki Tours is a Travel Corporation-operated coach tour company operating in Europe, Russia, Egypt, Australia, New Zealand, North America, and Asia...

, Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection

Uniworld

Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection corporate office is located in Los Angeles, California and the company operates a fleet of 21 river cruising cruise ships along the rivers of Europe, Russia, Egypt, and China. Uniworld has operational offices located in Holland, Switzerland, France, and China...

, Red Carnations Hotels, AAT Kings, Creative Holidays, Brendan Vacations, New Horizons, Grand European Tours, Milestones, African Travel, Lion World, Busabout, Aussie Adventures, Haggis and Shamrocker Adventures and Evan Evans Tours.

The company also established some years ago a non-profit affiliate, The Conservation Foundation, to oversee various projects initiated around the world to support sustainable tourism

Sustainable tourism

Sustainable tourism is tourism attempting to make a low impact on the environment and local culture, while helping to generate future employment for local people. The aim of sustainable tourism is to ensure that development brings a positive experience for local people, tourism companies and the...

, help foster the preservation of popular tourist sites and areas to assist in ensuring they are around for people to enjoy for generations to come.

Touring - Escorted Touring

The Travel Corporation's motor-coach escorted touring divisions include AAT Kings, Brendan Worldwide Vacations, Busabout, Contiki Holidays, Eastern Trekker, Evan Evans Tours, Grand European Tours, Haggis Adventures, Insight Vacations, Milestones, Shamrocker Adventures, Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection

Uniworld

Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection corporate office is located in Los Angeles, California and the company operates a fleet of 21 river cruising cruise ships along the rivers of Europe, Russia, Egypt, and China. Uniworld has operational offices located in Holland, Switzerland, France, and China...

 and Trafalgar Tours

Trafalgar Tours

Trafalgar is a travel company that provides guided holidays to worldwide destinations. Trafalgar is owned by The Travel Corporation which has been in business since 1947 including Insight Vacations and Contiki Tours...

.

Touring - Independent Touring

Unlike escorted touring, independent touring is characterized by a more independent travel experience. The tourist is provided travel information and touring packages, however independent tours allow tourists to plan their own itinerary and tour a destination independent of a group or tour escort. Independent touring packages offered by The Travel Corporation include Brendan Vacations (based in the US); New Horizons (based in Western Australia); Creative Holidays (based in Australia); Africa Travel and Lion World Tours (based in Africa). Creative Holidays is Australia’s largest independent travel company.

Touring - Youth Travel

The Travel Corporation builds tourism packages for different demographics; one such group is the 18-35 age-bracket. Travel Corporation tour packages offered to this age group are characterized by fast-paced travel, budgeted tours and what is known as ‘hop-on/hop-off’ bus tours. Youth Travel brands owned and managed by The Travel Corporation include: Contiki Holidays , Haggis Adventures , Shamrocker Adventures and Busabout.

Hotels

Red Carnation Hotels is an award-winning group of luxury boutique hotels located in the United Kingdom, the United States, South Africa, Guernsey and Switzerland. Recent awards include: Best Employer, Hotelier of the Year, Number 1 Hotel in the World for Service, Hotel of the Year and Best Hotel in Africa. In recent years they have been favoured by Condé Nast

Condé Nast Publications

Condé Nast, a division of Advance Publications, is a magazine publisher. In the U.S., it produces 18 consumer magazines, including Architectural Digest, Bon Appétit, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Vogue, as well as four business-to-business publications, 27 websites, and more than 50 apps...

 in their annual awards ceremonies, with the Egerton House Hotel

Egerton House Hotel

Egerton House Hotel is an AA five star double-townhouse hotel located at 17-19 Egerton Terrace off Brompton Road in the Knightsbridge area of London. It is part of the Red Carnation Hotels group. The hotel consists of two adjoining Victorian townhouses constructed from red-brick, which were...

 receiving the title of London's Most Excellent Hotel in 2009, and the 41 Hotel

41 Hotel

41 Hotel or No. 41: A Red Carnation Hotel is a luxury 5-star hotel in London, England. It is located just south of Buckingham Palace along 41 Buckingham Palace Road.-Interior:...

 receiving the same award in the 2011 edition of the awards.

In January 2011, five Red Carnation hotels (The Milestone, Egerton House Hotel, Hotel 41, Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve, Twelve Apostles Hotel) featured in Condé Nast Traveller

Condé Nast Traveller

Condé Nast Traveller is published by Condé Nast Publications Ltd, from Vogue House in Hanover Square, Mayfair, London. It is a luxury travel magazine aimed at the upmarket, independent traveller....

's Gold List of 'best places in the world to stay.'

Transportation

In addition to tour packages, The Travel Corporation owns and operates transportation services which operate locally as well as internationally. The transportation brands include: AAT Kings and Atlas Reizen (based in The Netherlands). AAT Kings has received numerous awards from the Australian Travel Industry for Best [Domestic] Tour Operator; it was the first national touring company to include cultural interaction with local Aboriginal tribes. Both companies operate 155 vehicles in total.

Cruising

The Travel Corporation also offers river cruising packages through Uniworld

Uniworld

Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection corporate office is located in Los Angeles, California and the company operates a fleet of 21 river cruising cruise ships along the rivers of Europe, Russia, Egypt, and China. Uniworld has operational offices located in Holland, Switzerland, France, and China...

, a US-based boutique river tour company. Similar to ocean liner cruises, river cruises offer food and accommodations on large riverboats that visit tourist destinations. Uniworld operates river cruises across Europe, Asia and the Middle East on a number of rivers including the Rhine, Main, Danube, and the Seine River. Uniworld has received accolades from Condé Nast Traveler and Travel+Leisure publications for its high-quality services.

Investments

In South Africa, the Group is the largest shareholder of Cullinan Holdings Ltd, one of South Africa's oldest public companies, and which owns household travel brands such as Thompsons Africa, Thompsons Holidays, Thompsons Touring & Safari, Hylton Ross Tours, Planet Africa, Gateway Tours, Pentravel as well as Marine businesses Manex and Central Boating. The Travel Corporation is also a significant shareholder in Wilderness Safaris, a publicly listed Group on the Botswana exchange and which is Africa’s leading Safari and Conservation Group.

Social responsibility

The not-for-profit conservation arm called The Conservation Foundation which supports programmes aimed at furthering social responsibility, environmental protection, conservation and sustainability. The organization focuses its attention on preserving culturally and ecologically sensitive areas and promoting conscientious travel standards.

Tollman family

The Travel Corporation, which has been trading for over fifty years, was founded by the current Chairman, Stanley Tollman. The company is wholly owned by members of the Tollman family, three generations of which are actively involved with the business.