The future of the tourism service centre erf24 touristic services GmbH (erf24), previously part of the FTI GROUP, has been secured: The provisional insolvency administrator of LMM Last Mile Media GmbH & Co. KG (a subsidiary of the also insolvent FTI Touristik GmbH), Axel Bierbach, has succeeded in finding a suitable buyer in close co-operation with the FTI managing directors Karl Markgraf and Lars Creutzmann, who offers the successfully positioned company good prospects for the future.
RT/Raiffeisen Touristik Group GmbH (RTG) is taking over erf24 via its subsidiary EUVIA TRAVEL GmbH. EUVIA TRAVEL also owns the well-known travel channel sonnenklar.TV.
With the takeover of erf24 by RTG, the jobs of around 200 employees at the Erfurt site will be retained. As one of the largest tourism service centres in Germany, erf24 specialises primarily in the telephone marketing of holidays. Founded in 2004 under the name Ostteam GmbH, the Erfurt-based company focussed on website development for the online sale of tourism products. This developed into the Service Centre, which gradually took over the handling of the trips. For some years now, the company has been concentrating on its core business of tourism services, offering customised services – from advice and bookings to complaints management and invoicing. In addition to customers of the FTI GROUP, erf24 also looks after customers of the travel channel sonnenklar.TV, among others.
“The sale of erf24 touristic services GmbH is another important step in our intensive efforts to find a good solution for valuable parts of the FTI GROUP. I am very pleased that the takeover of erf24 by RTG means that the jobs at the Erfurt site and the existing, valuable expertise will be retained,” said the provisional insolvency administrator of LMM Last Mile Media GmbH & Co. KG, Axel Bierbach from the law firm Müller-Heydenreich Bierbach & Kollegen, said on Tuesday in Munich.
