trz.a trz.b industry tour operator founded montreal quebec 1987 headquarters montreal quebec canada key people jean marc eustache president and chief executive officer products outgoing tour operating incoming tour operating and destination services retail distribution air transportation and hotels revenue 3.5 billion cad for fiscal 2009 number of employees 5 000 2011 1 website www.transat.com the headquarters of transat a.t. inc. transat a.t. inc. is an international vertically integrated tour operator with nearly 20 business units in 8 countries . the company is headquartered in montreal canada . 3 contents 1 history 2 operating divisions 3 references 4 external links history edit transat was founded in the early 1980s by jean marc eustache lina de cesare and philippe sureau as trafic voyages . the company was a wholesaler specializing in travel from quebec to france . 4 in 1987 the company which had been renamed transat was listed on the stock exchange through an initial public offering that generated 8.25 million . the company used the proceeds to establish its own airline air transat and to embark into a series of acquisitions in order to solidify its position as an outgoing tour operator in canada and france as well as to develop new destination markets . 4 in 1988 transat expanded its presence in retail distribution considerably with the acquisition of an interest in the franchisor consultour . the company had broken into the french market very early on with vacances transat france the largest tour operator offering travel to canada and soon expanded within france the united kingdom and the rest of europe . it acquired french tour operator look voyages in 1996 greek incoming tour operator tourgreece in 2001 british tour operator canadian affair in 2006 and french tour operator amplitude internationale today amplitravel which specializes in travel to tunisia in 2007 . at its destinations the company opened offices in mexico the dominican republic and florida in order to be able to provide its customers with complementary services . in 2007 transat created a five hotel a 1 600 room joint venture with the major spanish chain h10 hotels in mexico and the dominican republic . in 2010 transat became an outgoing tour operator in mexico when it founded eleva travel . 4 in canada transat has nearly 600 travel agencies when and is the largest travel agency network since the acquisition of the thomas cook agencies in 2006 . brands include club voyages voyages en libert marlin travel travelplus and tripcentral.ca . with thousands of tourism service providers in some 60 countries including about 50 airlines and 1 500 hotels and more than 5 000 employees catering to the approximately 3 million people who travel every year transat is one of the leaders in the international tourism industry . when 4 in 2012 transat a.t. sold its handlex business unit which provides airport ground handling services at montreal toronto and vancouver international airports . handlex was acquired by servisair holding canada inc which is now fully integrated to swissport . 5 operating divisions edit transat a.t. through its business units is active in five business segments 6 air transportation 7 air transat outgoing tour operators 8 transat holidays canada serviceair canada handlex now part of swissport canada transat d couvertes 9 canada canadian affair europe ace air consultants europe europe vacances transat france europe look voyages europe amplitravel europe bennett voyages europe brokair europe eleva travel mexico retail distribution 10 club voyages canada & europe exitnow.ca canada look voyages europe marlin travel canada travel plus canada voyages en libert canada tripcentral canada incoming tour operators and destination services 11 transat holidays usa usa jonview canada canada tourgreece europe trafic tours mexico turissimo dominican republic hotels 12 ocean hotels and resorts dominican republic references edit company profile for transat a.t. inc ca ; trz.b . retrieved 2012 06 27 . company profile for transat a.t. inc ca ; trz.b . retrieved 2008 10 09 . contact us . transat a.t. inc. retrieved on may 20 2009 . a b c d history of transat a.t. inc . retrieved 2012 06 27 . transat a.t. inc. concludes the sale of its handlex business unit transat a.t. segments business units and products transat a.t. air transportation transat a.t. outgoing tour operators transat a.t. transat launches new product line in ontario transat a.t. retail distribution transat a.t. incoming tour operators and destination services transat a.t. hotels external links edit montreal portal companies portal air transat transat financial communications retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title transat a.t. & oldid 734521539 categories companies listed on the toronto stock exchangeair transatcompanies based in montrealairline holding companies of canadahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersvague or ambiguous time from august 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 august 2016 at 22 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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