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Also in the early 70s, Globus launched its North American company – Group Voyagers, Inc. – overseeing U.S. operations and the American market for the Globus and Cosmos brands. [5] In 2004, Globus launched a cruise company, Avalon Waterways. [6] In the same year it launched Monograms, which provided consumers independent travel packages.
The tour operator is connected to the international Globus Travel Group, founded in 1928, which remains family owned with headquarters in Lugano, Switzerland. Under parent company Cosmos Tours Ltd, the tour operator offers holidays through two brands: Cosmos and Avalon Waterways. Cosmos Holidays was founded in 1961 as Cosmos Tours.
The U.S. Travel Service was created by the United States Secretary of Commerce on July 1, 1961, pursuant to the International Travel Act of 1961 (75 Stat. 129; 22 U.S.C. 2121 note) [2] after President John F. Kennedy signed Senate Bill 610 on June 29, 1961. [3] It was created to address a deficit in tourism in the United States. [1]
The Travel Corporation's not-for-profit TreadRight Foundation was established in 2008. [ 5 ] On 16 July 2024, The Tollman Family announced the sale of The Travel Corporation to Apollo Private Equity funds, a US-based asset management firm.
Avalon Waterways started operations in 2004 with just one initial ship, called Avalon Artistry.The following year, the company added the Avalon Poetry to its fleet. [3]As of 2019, the company operates ships on the Danube, Rhine, Moselle, Rhone, Seine and Saone in Europe; [3] The Mekong River in Southeast Asia, [4] [5] as well as on the Yangtze (in China), the Ganges (in India) and the Amazon ...
Globus started operations shortly thereafter with a Tupolev Tu-154M, which was previously in use at the parent company. Another Tupolev Tu-154M and the first Boeing 737-400 were transferred from S7 Airlines to Globus later in the first year of operation, followed by second-hand Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
The Globus Group, led by Globus Holding (Globus Holding GmbH & Co. KG), branded as Globus, is a German retail company based in Sankt Wendel, Saarland (Germany). The Globus Holding includes the Globus hypermarkets in Germany (known as Globus Markthallen), Russia and the Czech Republic (known as Globus Hypermarkets), as well as the Globus DIY stores (known as Globus Baumarkt).
ToursByLocals office headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ToursByLocals is a Canadian-based, international private tour provider. Headquartered in Vancouver, with offices in Buenos Aires, Kuala Lumpur and Glasgow, the company serves upwards of 400,000 clients a year, connecting them with over 5000 private tour guides in 170 countries and 2000 locations.