To help the hard-pressed Swiss hotel industry and, at the same time, to allow the average person to have a holiday: This was the idea of Migros’ founder, Gottlieb Duttweiler, when he launched Hotelplan on 29th April 1935. “What we need to do is to try and appeal to new clients who are not in the habit of travelling”, muses Gottlieb Duttweiler. In June, the first special Hotelplan train runs to Lugano. One all-inclusive week costs 65 francs. In the first year alone, a total of 52,648 week long trips are sold.
In 2015 Hotelplan is going to celebrate its 80th birthday.
Hotelplan, the parent company of specialist tour operators Inghams and Inntravel, has expanded its operations in Britain 2010 by acquiring the Enigma Travel Group, a company specializing in skiing holidays, which comprises the Esprit Holidays and Ski Total brands. As a result of the 100% acquisition, Hotelplan has become one of the best diversified skiing and walking holidays specialist in Britain.
Who are we?
Hotelplan is a large European travel group with headquarters in Switzerland, owned by Migros, the leading Swiss co-operative retailer.
Our award winning UK family of brands includes Inghams, Ski Total, Esprit, Santa’s Lapland – all based in Godalming.
Why work with us?
We are a well-established and profitable family of specialist tour operators, with a strong tradition of excellence & high standards of quality and service. Each of our companies is incredibly passionate about our Guests and the holidays we offer. Our teams are based in the UK and overseas – empowered to ensure that we meet, indeed exceed the expectations of our discerning and loyal customers, many of whom travel with us time and again.
We are proud of the talented teams working across our different brands and welcome new experiences and ideas into the business. Our teams have a diverse range of experience, often bringing their passion for our brands from our resorts in France, Austria and Italy to name a few, into our HQ in Godalming in Surrey and vice versa.
Our office is opposite the train station, with accessible train routes in and out of London and the South East Coast. We are also 20 mins from the M25 by car!! We offer a fun but hard working environment, where our values (Passionate, United, Innovative, Trusted and Distinctive) are central to how we work, develop our business and engage with our Guests. We also offer great benefits such as FREE HOLIDAYS…………………..
Location
Mountain House
Station Road
Godalming
Surrey GU7 1EX
Remote working
£25,000 to £30,000 per annum DOE plus benefits
Our client is a large pan-European travel group headquartered in Switzerland but operating in Hampshire in the UK. This is a well-established and profitable specialist tour operator with a strong tradition of excellence & high standards of quality and service. Each of the holiday companies is incredibly passionate about its holidays and our staff ensure that we meet, indeed exceed the expectations of our customers.
Our vision is “Creating amazing holiday experiences to be proud of”.
In the UK their brands include Inghams, Esprit, Santa’s Lapland and Flexiski, Explore Worldwide and Inn Travel.
We currently have an opportunity for a JIRA Projects Executive– this role will be primarily home working but may also require trips to our Head Office in Farnborough, Hampshire.
The position is a 9 month contract with the possibility to move to permanent.
As the JIRA Projects Executive you will work across one or more of our brands to help deliver projects for our public facing websites and internal developments. You will be working as part of a multi-discipline, skilled digital team, and should have experience of running web development projects. The ability to plan at both a higher level and getting into the detail is essential and you should also be adept at understanding your team's problems and helping to resolve day to day issues.
