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Travel & tourism

Travel and tourism has come a long way. And so has Roland Berger's expertise in this area. From our company's very beginnings, we have been involved in shaping and advancing the tourism industry. With the company's first major project concluding in the merger of Touropa, Scharnow, Hummel and Dr. Tigges into giant tour operator TUI, and many other projects that have been carried ever since, Roland Berger has an impressive track record of almost 40 years in the tourism industry.

In brief

International crisis and radical changes in competition and customer demands have caused an upheaval in the tourism industry. Although Europe still represents the largest tourism market, only moderate growth is expected for traditional tour operators in the short run. To achieve further growth, business models have to be rethought and realigned.

The steady increase of competition through low cost carriers and direct online offers is disputing tour operators' traditional client segments in the packaging market. And product differentiation within the industry is becoming increasingly difficult. Consequently tour operators have to boost up in flexibility and realign products, brand and distribution channels with the new market constraints and customer demands.

Alternative distribution channels, dynamic packaging and the appropriate level of integration are only a few of the topics tour operators have to consider for the future success of their company. Roland Berger is at the forefront of these ground-breaking changes, offering a broad range of management consulting issues including new growth strategies and portfolio realignment.

We have the required knowledge and experience in the travel and tourism market. This has enabled us to achieve outstanding success for our clients worldwide.

Sample projects

During a multitude of projects we have been working on leading-edge issues for clients in all relevant stages of the value chain:

  • Integrated tourism group strategies
  • Flight strategy & airline optimization
  • Innovative pricing systems
  • Capacity management
  • Multi-channel sales strategies
  • Organizational restructuring & optimization
  • Comprehensive cost management
  • Destination development

Roland Berger's experience in the tourism industry, combined with functional and issue-driven experience makes us the intelligent choice to work with you to achieve successful change.

Our experts

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Sebastien Amichi

Principal

Paris office, France
Phone: +33 1 70394-282
e-mail

 
Roland Falb

Managing Partner

Vienna office, Austria
Phone: +43 1 53602-201
e-mail

 
Matthias Hanke
Matthias Hanke

Partner

Zurich office, Switzerland
Phone: +41 44 38481-37
e-mail

 
Masugi Kaminaga

Partner

Tokyo office, Japan
Phone: +81 3 35876-660
e-mail

 
Björn Maul
Björn Maul

Partner

Zurich office, Switzerland
Phone: +41 44 38481-68
e-mail

 
Vladimir Preveden

Partner

Zagreb office, Croatia
Phone: +385 1 4804-840
e-mail

 
David Stern

Partner

London office, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 20 7290-4865
e-mail

 
Martin Streichfuss
Martin Streichfuss

Partner

Duesseldorf office, Germany
Phone: +49 211 4389-2193
e-mail

 
Qi Wu
Qi Wu

Partner

Beijing office, China
Phone: +86 10 84400088-608
e-mail

 

Further reading

Tourism: catering to Eastern Europe

Study in cooperation with the ÖHV, 2008

While overnight stays from the Austrian tourism industry's traditional markets are growing below average, the importance of Central and Eastern European countries is rising dramatically. Guests from CEE are an especially attractive target group, since they are less sensitive to price and when on vacation, they tend to spend more than tourists from Western Europe …  >>

 

Brochure (in German), 2007

Sales volume in the German tourist industry has been increasing since 2003. Online portals play an important role. In this study, our experts explain, why tourist agencies and online portals cannot live without each other. …  (PDF, 948 KB)

 

Study, 2007

Together with students from EFZG, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants derive a "barometer" for the Croatian tourism industry. This study contains key development guidelines for the further development of Croatian tourism, out of the view of the players within the Croatian tourism value chain. …  (PDF, 505 KB)

 
Tourismus neu denken

Speech (in German), 2007

On the occasion of the Tourist Day Rheinland-Pfalz in April 2007, our partner, Prof. Bloching, gave a speech about the necessity of re-thinking tourism in Germany. …  (PDF, 1754 KB)

 

Speech (in German), 2006

On the occasion of the German Tourist Agency Conference, Roland Berger talked about the growing tourist market and the future trends in its sales channels. …  (PDF, 799 KB)

 

Executive summary, 2005

Our experts analyzed the initial situation of the Croatian tourism industry, identified major international trends and clearly showed the implications for a Croatian master plan. …  (PDF, 396 KB)

 

Study (in German), 2005

In close cooperation with the Austrian Hoteliers Association, we conducted a study on "destination management" and found answers to the following question: What impact do investments in tourism have on the success of a destination? …  (PDF, 4254 KB)

 

Study (in German), 2004

Austria must react to international trends with an integrated tourism concept. Major implications are described in our study. …  (PDF, 128 KB)

 
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