AVIAREPS and Rail Europe to Sign Representation Agreement for Scandinavia

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AVIAREPS and Rail Europe to sign representation agreement for Scandinavia

Global aviation and tourism management company expands its activities in train business with leading authority for European rail

15 June, 2011

As the worldwide specialist for aviation and tourism management, AVIAREPS has built up a comprehensive business network around the globe. Over the past two years, the renowned company has successfully established the representation of railway companies as a new business segment. AVIAREPS has now added a new appointment to its client portfolio and signed a contract for the Scandinavian market with Rail Europe, the world’s largest distributor of French and European rail travel, for Scandinavia and Finland.

Based in Stockholm, AVIAREPS Scandinavia will establish contacts with local travel agents in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland to promote Rail Europe’s attractive service offer and coordinate all upcoming sales, marketing and ticketing activities. For the first time, Rail Europe will be represented through a separate office in the Nordic countries, gaining easy access to its new target market. With AVIAREPS as its solid partner, the railway company benefits from more than 15 years of international experience and credibility in the aviation and tourism industry and thereby from the synergetic effects between these business fields.

Rail Europe, the leading authority of European rail, represents more than 35 European railroads and enables visitors worldwide to discover Europe by train. The privately-held company with French National Railroads (SNFC) and Swiss Federal Railroads (SBB) as its major shareholders is in charge of the international marketing and distribution of SNCF’s domestic and international rail products as well as the European high speed network, for individuals and groups, in Continental Europe.

Furthermore, Rail Europe is associated with Railteam, an alliance of seven leading European rail carriers, including the Eurostar train linking Paris, Brussels and London, the record-breaking TGV, and the state-of-the-art ICE trains. The Railteam members’ 6,000 km high-speed rail network is the most extensive in the world, and forms a cluster of international train stations operating as hubs through which over 25 million people travelled in 2010.

Photo: Eurostar is a European train being represented by the leading authority for European trains, Rail Europe.

For more information about Rail Europe, contact:

AVIAREPS Scandinavia AVIAREPS Airline Management Riddargatan 17 SE - 114 57, Stockholm – SWEDEN Phone: +46 8 555 691 53 E-mail: [email protected]

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