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Maria-Theresien-Strasse 55-57
6010 Innsbruck
Austria

Fon: +43 512 5351
Fax: +43 512 5351 600

Firmenbuchnummer: 197029z
Firmenbuchgericht: LG Innsbruck
Managing Director (Vorstand): Konrad Plankensteiner
Headquarter: Innsbruck
Domains: www.tiscover.com

In Mar 2008 HRS took over a majority holding in Tiscover.
• 98,5% HRS – HOTEL RESERVATION SERVICE Robert Ragge GmbH
• 1,5% Small shareholder
Before the ownership structure of Tiscover AG was as follow:
• 89% Tirol Werbung GmbH
• 6% Swarovski
• 3% Bank Austria Creditanstalt
• 2% Kleinaktionäre

Revenue: EUR 6.8m (2001); EUR 7.4m (2003); EUR 10.0m (2005)
Profit/Loss: EUR -390k (2003); EUR +100k (2005)
Number of employees: 70 (2003); 80 (2007)

The company was founded as TIS GmbH (Tirol Informations System, later: Travel Information Systems) in 1991 and became a publicly listed company (Tiscover AG) in 2000.

Tiscover calls itself as "one of the most popular and most visited portals for leisure and travel" and "the leading provider of marketing and technology solutions for the tourism industry and a portal for travel information and bookings".

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In 2007, Tiscover recorded 410 million page views, 22 million users and more than a million queries and reservations.

Tiscover focuses on three main areas:
• Tourism portals for Internet users
• Back office solutions for tourism organisations
• Web design and services for tourism businesses
Source: www.tiscover.com

Interesting press releases (Englisch and deutsch):
Mar 2008: HRS executes majority takeover of Tiscover AG / Press Release
Jan 2008: Record number of bookings and requests at www.tiscover.com / Press Release
Jun 2006: Tiscover feiert sein Jubiläum mit einem Rekordergebnis by Christof Baumgartner, computerwelt.at
May 2006: Tiscover mit großen Expansionsplänen in Europa / Börsengang ab 2007 denkbar
Mar 2006: Tiscover AG baut an www.italy.it / Tirol Werbung plant Rückzug aus Tiscover AG
Jun 2004: Tiscover steigt bei Nethotels ein by Christof Baumgartner, computerwelt.at
Jun 2004: Tiscover und Nethotels werden Partner / Tiscover erwirbt 26% von NetHotels
Jan 2004: Rekordmarke bei Tiscover / Am 12. Jänner 2004 gab es die meisten Zugriffe
Jan 2003: Tiscover: Neue Köpfe, neue Pläne by Erwin Siorpaes, fm-online

Tiscover has build a direct connection to eBay which was launched at ITB 2007. They expect to sell inventory of more than 1'000 hoteliers until end of 2008. See the following press releases (deutsch):
Sep 2007: Tiscover und eBay versteigern Österreich-Urlaube
Sep 2007: Tiscover und Ebay: Erste Erfolgsbilanz der Urlaubsauktionen
Mar 2007: Tiscover Betten über eBay blitzschnell verkaufen
pdf Tiscover_eBay_Brochure 1.0 Mb (deutsch)

Currently Tiscover offers
• 15 eBay items and has got 49 eBay feed-backs stated on 10 Nov 2007
• 23 eBay items and has got 281 eBay feed-backs stated on 05 Mar 2008 (ITB 2008)
If you want to update these figures, use the following link:
http://search.ebay.de/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ50QQsassZtiscoverQ5fag