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Govolo is a tour operator specializing in the sale of tourist services at the best prices. These include flight tickets, holidays and “dynamic packages” (flight + hotel) and a whole range of other products like hotels, package deals.
GOVOLO is a trademark of GO VOYAGES Corporation, N° 1 in the sale of online airline tickets in France.
A staff of over 320 currently work at GO to provide their customers with the best possible service.
In 2008, more than 1 710 225 passengers chose GO VOYAGES.
Very simply, Govolo offers the most competitive tariffs over 1,000 destinations worldwide, meaning that we can boast:
- 1 million fares negotiated with more than 500 airlines!
- The most competitive tariffs in over 40,000 hotels (consult our prices and availability in real time)
- An unprecedented search engine “the Dynamic Package”, a concept we were the first ones to create which permits web surfers to combine and adjust several travel services to their budget and time constraints, at guaranteed prices and in real time.
- Flight+Hotel/Accommodation: In real time, the search engine collects information from a wide selection of database:
- Exclusive allotments negotiated by GO Voyages with airlines. Thanks to our multi GDS access (Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre, Worldspan), we post the best offers on the market.
- More than 40,000 hotels (privately-owned ones, chains, central purchasing agencies and GO’s exclusivities)
| Date of creation: |
November 1997 |
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| Activity: |
. Main market: Tour Operators (brokers)
. Sale to travel agents (B to B)
. Sale to the general public (B to C)
. Supplier of technology (search engine in white label)
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Capital :
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| 2000 |
ACCOR |
38,5% |
| 2002 |
ACCOR |
60% |
| 2003 |
ACCOR |
70% |
| 2004 |
ACCOR |
100% |
| 2007 |
Agache Investissement financial holding |
61,8% |
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Directors of GO Voyages |
28,6% |
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Other shareholders |
9,6% |
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Management:
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Carlos Da Silva, Chief Executive Office |
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Nicolas Brumelot, Managing Director |
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Turnover:
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| 98/99 |
54,6 Million EUR |
(165.000 Passengers) |
| 99/00 |
80,4 Million EUR |
(240.000 Passengers) |
| 00/01 |
126 Million EUR |
(375.000 Passengers) |
| 01/02 |
157 Million EUR |
(400.000 Passengers) |
| 02/03 |
185 Million EUR |
(450.000 Passengers) |
| 03/04 |
229 Million EUR |
(668.000 Passengers) |
| 04/05 |
313 Million EUR |
(756.000 Passengers) |
| 05/06 |
402 Million EUR |
(978.000 Passengers) |
| 07/08 |
542 Million EUR |
(1.350.000 Passengers) |
Go Voyages is France’s n°1 in the sale of online tourist products
Its motto “Choice/Fair pricing/Simplicity “and cutting-edge technology account for its ever-expanding popularity and its 1 710 225 customers in 2008.
As regards GO’s international development, its success in France has prompted the company to export its activity to other countries, starting with Spain in the spring of 2008.
Opening of the site govolo.it : July 2008
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Opening of the site govolo.pt : August 2008
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Opening of the site govolo.nl : October 2008
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Opening of the site govoyages.be : November 2008
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Opening of the site govolo.de : December 2008
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Opening of the site govolo.at : February 2009
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Opening of the site govoyages.ch : March 2009
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Partners:
Govolo stands out as the French leading provider of technological tools that permit the sale of online tourist products at the best prices on the market.
We are always pleased to integrate our online search engines onto partners’ websites, in order to enrich their contents and generate more sales. |
