TUI seeks franchisees in Ahmedabad, Chennai and Hyderabad

TUI Travel India has commenced its retail expansion plan in Mumbai, with its first retail store in Bandra. The Mumbai store is TUI India’s sixth retail store in the country, with five stores present in Delhi/NCR region. TUI India plans to expand through retail and franchisee presence across key cities of India.

With this launch TUI India is now looking to accelerate its B2C presence in the country and looking to expand further through retail and franchisee presence across key cities of India in the coming years. Targeted cities will be Ahmedabad, Chennai and Hyderabad.

Visha Sinha, COO, TUI India said, “This one-of-a-kind store captures our commitment to serve our customers in Mumbai who we see as an evolved market by being a one-stop holiday shop.”

Jeannette Linfoot, Director- Tour operations, new markets at TUI Travel PLC added, “India is a very exciting market for us and we see tremendous potential in terms of growth here. Our focus will remain on exclusive and differentiated products or experiences and our intention is to create a diverse product portfolio by bringing some unique and specialist brands from TUI’s global portfolio.”