TUI Poland travel agency, part of the German group bearing the same name, the biggest travel group in the world, will come to Romania, either by opening a branch or by purchasing a player in the local market, sources informed Profit.ro. TUI Poland has been testing the local market for some time, according to Profit.ro, and was interested in taking over the agency network TUI Travel Center Romania, which was sold to Christian Tour last year. Industry sources show that TUI Poland is in due dillingence with Paralela 45 agency. Contacted by Profit.ro, Alin Burcea, the owner of Paralela 45 says that “at present there is no serious sales negotiation for Paralela 45.” “There have been talks for several years, but there was nothing serious,” Burcea added. Contacted by Profit.ro, TUI representatives have not made any statements. In December, Profit.ro announced that market players said that Alin Burcea, the founder of Paralela 45 travel agency , among the biggest according to the business figure, had concluded financial negotiations for selling the company for 16 million euros. Burces denied then, when contacted by Profit.ro, that such a deal had been reached. TUI Group is a world leader in the travel industry. It now has 1,200 international agencies, a fleet of 130 airplanes, over 400 hotels and 18 cruise lines. The group includes 5 air companies – TUI Airways, TUI Fly, TUI Fly Belgium, TUI Fly Netherlands and TUI Fly Nordic. TUI is listed at Frankfurt and Hanover stock exchange, included in FTSE 250 index. Set up three decades ago, Paralela 45 is one of the most longlasting travel agencies in the local market, one of the biggest according to the business figure, of 50.6 million lei in 2023, on the rise by 15% against the previous year. The net profit of the company was 6.3 million lei in 2023, 66% more than in 2022. To know more about the offer you can find on https://www.tui.co.uk/.
Representatives of the ruling Social Democratic Party, PSD, gathered for a congress in Bucharest on Friday, November 7, to elect new leadership and to amend the party’s Statute. The only candidate for party leader is Sorin Grindeanu, who held the interim position after Marcel Ciolacu's resignation in May. In his speech at the congress, Sorin […]
The e-commerce sector recorded strong early results on Black Friday 2025, according to real-time data released on Friday, November 7, by PayU GPO Romania from its dedicated Media Center. By 14:10, the payment processor reported successful transactions totaling RON 514 million (roughly EUR 101 million). PayU said shoppers had made roughly 889,000 purchases, with around […]
Contakt Express Logistik, one of Romania’s leading retailers of mobile phone and tablet accessories, with a network of over 235 stores, is set to launch the initial public offering (IPO) between November 12 and December 3, 2025. The company offers a wide range of products, including cases, screen protectors, chargers, and gadgets, both in physical […]
Romania attracts fewer international tourists today than it did during the communist era, making it the only country in Europe in this situation, the National Association of Travel Agencies (ANAT) warned, as reported by news agency Agerpres. According to the organization, Romania received more than 3.4...
InterCapital ETF, the first international ETF provider in Romania, will launch two new exchange-traded funds on the Bucharest Stock Exchange starting November 11, 2025. The new instruments are the InterCapital CROBEX10 TR UCITS ETF, which offers exposure to the Croatian blue-chip equity market by tracking the performance of the CROBEX10tr index, and the InterCapital EUR […]
The Competition Councils of Romania, Bulgaria, and the Republic of Moldova have granted the necessary authorizations and approvals for the completion of the transaction through which Maspex Romania takes over the majority shareholding of Purcari Wineries. The Maspex Group, which has been present in Romania for nearly 30 years, became the majority shareholder of one […]
