Adriatic tour operator sets up shop in London
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Adriatic tour specialist Happy Tours has opened its first office in UK in the London borough of Greenwich, becoming the only Slovenian destination specialist with a base in the country.
Happy Tours is a Slovenian B2B company founded in October 2000. Initially a family business with strong ties to the tourism industry, it gradually evolved into the second largest tour operator in the Balkans.
Today the company employs 40 skilled staff in the Slovenian headquarters alone, with further multinational operational offices spread from Dubrovnik, Pula and Athens, to numerous sales offices in Asia (Bangkok, Kota Kinabalu and Shanghai).
The company’s main products range from summer packages (from the Slovenian Alps to the Croatian seaside), city breaks (including Ljubljana, Lake Bled, Zagreb and Belgrade), special interest products, incentives, winter and ski packages, spa products, as well as sport preparations, music and choir arrangements.
Happy Tours is a full member of ETOA and UK Inbound, and is a regular partner of Slovenian Tourist Board, as well as other regional tourist boards. Each year, the company manage around one thousand tours for some 30,000 guests. While its main markets are predominantly from Asia and North America, they are now looking to create a stronger foothold within the growing UK market.
The founder of Happy Tours and CEO of Happy Tours UK Ltd, Saso Krumpak said:
“The decision to open an office here in London has been based on the fact that UK, as the fifth biggest outbound market, has great potential and the solid growth in recent years is a clear indication of that.
As the only real destination specialist from Slovenia or Croatia to have a permanent office in UK, we believe we can partner with the outbound industry to serve the right packages and itineraries. We would also like to welcome the opportunity to share and design future partnerships within our field of business, which already welcomes a growing number of British and North American tourists every year.”
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