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Unister.de is a German e-Business Group founded in 2002, specializing in online portals and market research. It operates well-known internet portals in various industries, including travel and tourism. Some of its popular portals include Ab-in-den-urlaub.de, Travel24.com, Fluege.de, Reisen.de, and Urlaubtours.de. With its broad range of services, Unister.de offers users the ability to book flights, hotels, holiday packages, and more. However, there have been controversies related to the transparency of flight prices on Fluege.de.
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About Unister • Founded in: 2002 • CEO: Thomas Wagner • Headquarter: Leipzig, Germany • Offices in Berlin, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Dresden, Jena and Chemnitz. • Number of employees: 1670, with more than 450 in IT • Domain: e-Business • Website: www.unister.de
Unister Group • UnisterMedia GmbH – founded in February 2008, specializes in the marketing of online portals. • Unister Market Research & Analysis – a market research company UMA.
Internet portals • Operates and markets well-known Internet portals with a predominantly German-speaking
Unister - eTourism • In the Tourism domain Unister operates the following portal: • Ab-in-den-urlaub.de • Travel24.com • Fluege.de • Reisen.de • Urlaubtours.de
Ab-in-den-urlaub.de • One of the market leaders among German online travel agencies. • Over two million visitors each month • Over 100 million current offers of 75 tour operators • Users can assemble their trips themselves. • Flights, hotels, holiday homes, apartments, rental cars available individually or as a combined package • Official hotel information, hotel reviews and tips
Travel24.com • Cooperation with travel24.com AG • Focus on holiday deals • One can book holidays packages but also individual flights and hotels
Fluege.de • Booking platform for flights and charters • Compares more than 750 airlines offering flights • Additionally the user can also book hotel rooms and rent cars together with the flight.
Hotelreservierung.de • Specializes in the provision of hotel rooms and residences. • More than 220,000 hotels • Big hotel chains: Ibis, HolidayInn, Mercure, Radisson, Ramada
Reisen.de • Travel portal offering a range of holiday packages and last-minute trips, cruises, flights, car hire. • Community members can write travel stories and reviews, upload travel pictures and create photo albums, etc.
Urlaubtours.de • German tour operator • Offers organized package tours, last minute travel, special holiday or flights and car hire • Portfolio currently includes more than 100 destinations around the world
Controversial business model • Controversy related to the fluege.de portal According to: • Vorsicht bei der Online-Buchung: Verbraucherzentrale warnt vor Reiseportal fluege.de.Artikelbeifocus.de, abgerufen am 9. Juni 2012. • Verbraucherschützer warnen vor Abzocke - Versteckte Gebühren beim Reiseportal „fluege.de“.Artikelbeibild.de, abgerufen am 12. Juni 2012. there is • Not a transparent way of showing flight prices on fluege.de • Additional services are included in the selected package See more at: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unister