STA Travel

The world's leading travel company for students and young adults

Against the background of a global credit crunch and fears of a swine flu pandemic, in 2009 STA Travel made substantial progress on the way back to sustainable profitability. While overall sales and passenger volumes declined, a comination of very strong cost control and success at selling global supplier products produced an improved margin.

STA Travel: Key figures

(Financial figures in CHF million) 
  2009 2008
Transaction value 946 1,224
Revenues 146 166
Employees 1,663 1,870
Headquarters Zurich and London

International

presence

219 retail travel stores in 12 countries, as well as franchising and licensing partners in another 48 countries