KUONI SOTC
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| Industry | Travel, Tourism |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1949 as Sindh Oriental Tourist Company |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
Key people | Rajeev Wagle Managing Director |
| Products | Holiday Packages, Flights, Hotels |
| Services | Travel agencies |
| Website |
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SOTC is Kuoni India’s main outbound travel brand. SOTC is a tour operator based in India. It was acquired by Switzerland-based Kuoni Travel in 1996. SOTC is known for different kinds of travel segments including, Individual Travel, Escorted Tours, and Domestic Holidays,[1] and as of 2014, had 80 franchisees across India.[2]
History
SOTC is Kuoni India’s main outbound travel brand. SOTC is a tour operator based in India. In 1996, Kuoni acquired SOTC, and eventually renamed it as Kuoni India. Being a 100% subsidiary of Kuoni Travel Holding, one of the largest travel companies in the world, SOTC provides its customers with value-for-money packages and budget tours.[3] In 2013, at the Travel Awards 2013, it won the 'Best Outbound Tour Operator' and 'Best Domestic Tour Operator' awards, given by the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI).[4]
Offerings
Kuoni SOTC offers customized holidays around the world. It has completely utilized the prevailing market’s potential and has created different avenues through innovative tour packages namely ‘Bhraman Mandal’ committed to the Marathi speaking population and ‘Gurjar Vishwadarshan’ for the Gujarati speaking population.[5]
SOTC Corporate Tours is amongst the leading providers of Incentive, Trade Fair tours, and Sports. SOTC is an expert in MICE Tours and provides tailor-made packages for several MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events) related travel needs. SOTC Trade Fair Tours exclusively accommodate to the needs of businessmen visiting or presenting in International trade fairs. The upsurge in the number of Indians visiting and participating in several International exhibitions ratify a huge potential for Group Outbound Travel. It pioneered the concept of designing and promoting escorted tours to international travelers in India.[6]
Management
Rajeev Wagle is the present Managing Director of Kuoni – SOTC. He was recently presented with the Most Influential Persons Award in the category of Tour Operator & Business Travel presented by Outbound Travel Mart (OTM)[7]
Leadership
- Rolf Schafroth - Executive Vice President, CEO Global Travel Services Division
- Stefan Leser - Executive Vice President, CEO Outbound & Specialists Division
Executive Board
- Vishal Suri - CEO of Tour Operating, Kuoni India
- Alpana Banerjee - Chief Human Resources Officer, Kuoni India
- Manoj Chacko - Chief Executive Officer, Kuoni Business Travel, Kuoni India
- Brijesh Modi - Head- Finance & Commercial, Kuoni India [8][9]
References
- ↑ "SOTC sees growth from trade fair tours — Ties up with German cruise cos". The Hindu Business. March 9, 1996. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ↑ "Kuoni–SOTC organise Annual Franchisee Partner Meet". Financial Express Travel World. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
- ↑ "Tourism Australia's website voted world's best at World Travel Awards 2012". Voyagers World. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ↑ Saswati Mukherjee (Dec 18, 2013). "Kuoni- SOTC wins travel award". The Times of India. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
- ↑ "SOTC's Trade Fair Tours scores big at Drupa '04". The Economic Times. June 11, 2004. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ↑ "Kuoni- SOTC wins travel award". The Times of India. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ↑ "SOTC Profile". ibef.org. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ↑ "KUONI SOTC Profile". Businessweek. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ↑ "Travel Safe". Ascent. Retrieved 7 November 2014.