GTI Travel

GTI Travel GmbH, short for German Travel International, was a German tour operator headquartered in Düsseldorf. Together with its sister brand Buchmal Reisen, it ranked among the ten largest tour operators in Germany. The company was a subsidiary of the Turkish Kayi Group, a family holding based in Antalya, and was founded in 1994. The Kayi Group, which employed roughly 4,000 people, also owned the tour operators DTI in the Netherlands and GTI in Poland, its own incoming agency Kayitur in Antalya, and the airline Sky Airlines. In its later years, GTI Travel focused increasingly on the Russian travel market. Within Turkey, the Kayi Group operated its own and leased hotels under the Riva name, mainly in the upper quality segment of the local category, before those properties were divested in 2008 and 2009. At the end of 2012, the luxury design hotel Adam & Eve in Belek was also sold. In early June 2013, it was reported that the Kayi Group had filed for insolvency. On 2 June 2013, GTI and Buchmal Reisen also filed for insolvency and ceased operations with immediate effect. The sister company Sky Airlines, which operated numerous flights for GTI, likewise stopped its operations. The domain gtitravel.de is now offered for sale by its owner, confirming that the travel business is no longer active.

GTI Travel GmbH, short for German Travel International, was founded in 1994 as a German tour operator headquartered in Düsseldorf. It was a subsidiary of the Turkish family holding Kayi Group, based in Antalya. Together with its sister brand Buchmal Reisen, GTI Travel ranked among the ten largest tour operators in Germany. The Kayi Group, which employed approximately 4,000 people, also owned the tour operators DTI in the Netherlands and GTI in Poland, its own incoming agency Kayitur in Antalya, and the airline Sky Airlines. In its later years, GTI Travel increasingly focused on the Russian travel market. Within Turkey, the Kayi Group operated its own and leased hotels under the Riva name, primarily in the upper quality segment of the local category, before those properties were divested in 2008 and 2009. At the end of 2012, the luxury design hotel Adam & Eve in Belek was also sold. In early June 2013, it was reported that the Kayi Group had filed for insolvency. On 2 June 2013, GTI and Buchmal Reisen also filed for insolvency and ceased operations with immediate effect. The sister company Sky Airlines, which operated numerous flights for GTI, likewise stopped its operations. The domain gtitravel.de is now offered for sale by its owner, confirming that the travel business is no longer active.

• 2013

  Kayi Group filed for insolvency; on 2 June 2013 GTI and Buchmal Reisen filed for insolvency and ceased operations; Sky Airlines also stopped operations.

• 2012

  Luxury design hotel Adam & Eve in Belek sold at the end of the year.

• 2009

  Further Riva hotels divested.

• 2008

  Kayi Group divested its Riva hotels in Turkey.

• 1994

  GTI Travel GmbH founded as a German tour operator headquartered in Düsseldorf.

One of Germany's ten largest tour operators, focusing on Turkey and later the Russian market.

• Package holidays

  Tour operator services, with a focus on Turkey and later the Russian market.

1. 1GTI Travel – Wikipediade.wikipedia.org
2. 2gtitravel.de steht zum Verkaufgtitravel.de
3. 3GTI Travel – Wikidatawikidata.org