The Swiss subsidiary of the German group, which had taken over the activities of Kuoni, is severely affected by the pandemic. It will cut nearly 140 jobs out of some 810 full-time positions.
DER Touristik Switzerland operates the Kuoni brand, after taking over the tour operator activity in Switzerland from the Kuoni group in 2015 (archives).
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Heavily affected by the effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic, DER Touristik Switzerland is restructuring.
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In its press release published Tuesday, the group specifies that DER Touristik will be resized “by renouncing to fill certain positions and thanks to regular and early retirement, reductions in occupancy rates and redundancies”.
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Plan social
DER Touristik will also reflect on its network of Kuoni agencies in order to overcome the current crisis: groupings of agencies, the opening of other “shop in shop” subsidiaries as well as the abandonment of certain sites are planned.
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The Managing Director of DER Touristik Switzerland, Dieter Zümpel, explains: “… We are aware that these redundancies will be painful for the employees concerned. We are going to establish a social plan and a range of professional reorientation services to mitigate the consequences of these decisions ”.
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(ATS / NXP)
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