Forty-two travel agencies out of the 65 directly owned by Tui France will be taken over and negotiations are still underway regarding employees, CEO Hans van de Velde told AFP on Tuesday.
Severely hit by the pandemic, like its German parent company and the tourism sector as a whole, Tui France presented in June a reorganization project which also provides for the elimination of 317 jobs out of 904 employees within their two sites located in Levallois. , near Paris, and in Lyon.
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We had received expressions of interest for the entire network, but in the end we only had firm offers for 42 agencies and we will accept one for each of them
", detailed the CEO of the branch. French company of the German global giant after the presentation of the takeover project to the Social and Economic Committee (CSE).
Small agencies located in the provinces have found more takers.
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In intramural Paris, where rents are very expensive, only one in seven agencies is the subject of an offer,
" he added.
Negotiations underway to maintain jobs
Negotiations are still underway for the employees of these agencies, "
because we have to find a point of balance between the employees who want to stay and those who want to take advantage of it to leave
", by including in the process the people of the 23 agencies not. takeovers and make any transfers.
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All the buyers have shown their willingness to take over between one and three employees, but not necessarily all
", in the current very complicated context, explained the boss of Tui France.
The 65 branches have a total of 266 employees, with an average of four people per structure.
At the end of the operation, for which Crédit Agricole was mandated, “
all the agencies taken over will be taken over on the agent model, which is a form of franchise, with the wording Tui, which is already the case for 160 agencies.
", according to him.
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Two entrepreneurs with whom we are already working in this form have made offers," he continued, "the Sinclair group for 16 agencies and the Palomino company for 14
".
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Seven branches will also be taken over by Tui employees and the last five by entrepreneurs who already have one or two branches,
" said the manager.