Exo Travel

Exo Travel, formerly known as Exotissimo, is a destination-management and inbound tourism company serving travelers and travel intermediaries in Asia. The business originated in Ho Chi Minh City in 1993, when Eric Merlin, Denis Colonna, and Olivier Colomes established a company focused on operating tours in Vietnam. Its early development was significant in the Vietnamese tourism sector because Exotissimo became the first foreign company to receive a tourism operating license in Vietnam. The company expanded beyond its original Vietnamese base during the 1990s. In 1995, it partnered with Myanmar entrepreneur Su Su Tin, leading to the creation of Exo Travel Myanmar. This expansion formed part of a broader regional model in which the company developed local operating capabilities and arranged travel experiences for international visitors across Asian destinations. Exo Travel's activities are centered on inbound tourism rather than a consumer marketplace or a conventional airline, hotel, or packaged-goods brand. Its services include operating tours and coordinating destination experiences for visitors, with local offices and teams supporting travel arrangements in the markets where it operates. The available reference material identifies a head office in Bangkok and sales offices in France, Germany, Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom and Ireland, and Latin America. These locations indicate a structure combining destination operations in Asia with overseas sales and trade-facing distribution. By 2015, the company reportedly had 20 offices and approximately 700 full-time employees. The scale reflected its position as a regional tourism operator with a substantial local presence rather than a small specialist agency. Its historical footprint included Vietnam and Myanmar and extended across South Asian destinations, while its international sales network connected the business with customers and travel partners in several major source markets. The brand was formerly presented as Exotissimo and is now identified as Exo Travel. The supplied reference material does not establish a current owner, parent company, public listing, financial performance, website, or named current executives. Accordingly, those fields are left unspecified. Exo Travel is best classified as a corporate tourism-services brand and destination-management operator, not as a pure online travel agency despite the supplied industry label.

Exo Travel was founded in 1993 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, by Eric Merlin, Denis Colonna, and Olivier Colomes. It began by operating tours in Vietnam, at a time when the country's international tourism infrastructure and private travel sector were developing. The company's establishment gave it an early position in Vietnam's emerging inbound-tourism market. A notable institutional milestone followed when Exotissimo became the first foreign company to receive a tourism operating license in Vietnam. This authorization distinguished the company from ordinary travel sellers because it enabled foreign-led tourism operations within the country. The license also supported the development of a model based on local destination operations and international customer access. In 1995, Exotissimo entered Myanmar through a partnership with local entrepreneur Su Su Tin. The partnership resulted in the creation of Exo Travel Myanmar and marked the company's first documented expansion beyond its original Vietnamese base. It established a pattern of regional growth through local operating partnerships and destination-specific teams. Over time, the company developed a wider South Asian presence and an international sales network. Its head office was established in Bangkok, Thailand, while sales offices were reported in France, Germany, Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom and Ireland, and Latin America. The combination of Asian operating offices and overseas sales locations allowed the business to serve international travelers through a network connected to destination teams. In 2015, Exotissimo was reported to have 20 offices and approximately 700 full-time employees. This figure indicates considerable expansion from the single-country tour operator founded in Ho Chi Minh City in 1993. The business had by then become a multi-office tourism company with operations and sales capabilities spanning several countries and customer-origin markets. The company later adopted the Exo Travel name, under which it is identified in the reference article. The available material does not provide a detailed account of the rebranding process, subsequent ownership, later acquisitions, financial results, current executive leadership, or present-day office count. Those matters therefore remain undocumented in this dossier. The documented history supports describing Exo Travel as an Asian destination-management and inbound-tourism company whose development progressed from Vietnam-focused tour operations to a broader regional and internationally marketed travel-services network.

• 2015

  Reported regional scale

  [1]Exo Travelen.wikipedia.org

  Exotissimo was reported to have 20 offices and approximately 700 full-time employees.

• 1995

  Expansion into Myanmar

  [1]Exo Travelen.wikipedia.org

  A partnership with Myanmar entrepreneur Su Su Tin led to the creation of Exo Travel Myanmar.

• 1993

  Company founded in Vietnam

  [1]Exo Travelen.wikipedia.org

  Eric Merlin, Denis Colonna, and Olivier Colomes founded Exotissimo in Ho Chi Minh City and began operating tours in Vietnam.

• First foreign tourism operator licensed in Vietnam

  [1]Exo Travelen.wikipedia.org

  Exotissimo became the first foreign company to receive a tourism operating license in Vietnam, according to the reference article.

• Adoption of the Exo Travel name

  [1]Exo Travelen.wikipedia.org

  The company formerly known as Exotissimo is identified as Exo Travel in the reference article.

A locally operated, internationally connected destination-management company providing inbound travel services and tours in Asian markets.

• Tour operations · 1993

  Inbound tours

  Exo Travel's original business was the operation of tours for visitors to Vietnam. Its inbound-tourism role involves organizing destination travel for international customers and coordinating experiences through local operating teams.

• Travel services

  Destination-management services

  The company provides destination-management support in Asian markets. This positioning covers local travel coordination and the delivery of tourism services through destination offices, rather than functioning solely as an online booking marketplace.

• Destination travel · 1993

  Vietnam travel programs

  Vietnam was the company's founding market and remains the clearest documented foundation of its offering. Exo Travel developed its business around operating tours and serving international visitors in the country.

• Destination travel · 1995

  Myanmar travel operations

  Exo Travel Myanmar was established in 1995 through a partnership with Su Su Tin. It represents the company's documented extension into a second Asian destination and its use of local partnerships to build regional operations.

1. 1Exo Travelen.wikipedia.org