FTI GROUP
Simone Gras has a diverse work experience in various roles and companies. Starting with ARTCONCEPT - WERBEAGENTUR in 2001 as a Kontakterin, they worked there until 2006. Simone then joined IMM Münz-Institut as a Marketingassistent for a few months before moving to BigXtra Touristik GmbH as a Direktmarketingmanager. In 2007, they joined FTI Touristik GmbH where they held multiple roles, including Print & Mediamanagement, Team Manager Print & Mediamanagement, Head of Print & Mediamanagement, Head of Consumer Marketing, and Senior Projektmanager. In 2020, they became the Head of Recruiting Talent & Culture at FTI GROUP.
Simone Gras completed their education at the IHK Akademie München from 2008 to 2009, where they obtained a degree as a Geprüfte Fachfrau für Marketing / Bachelor Professional CCI of Marketing. Prior to that, they attended IHK München from 2002 to 2004, where they achieved a degree as a Werbekauffrau (IHK). In 2010, they were awarded the Meisterpreis der bay Staatsregierung by the IHK für München und Oberbayern.
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FTI GROUP
With its brands, the FTI GROUP is the fourth largest travel operator in Europe. FTI Touristik, as well as the last minute operator 5vorFlug, the rental car broker driveFTI, the online portal fly.de, the largest German language tour operator LAL Sprachreisen, the Destination Management Company Meeting Point International, which is active in over 40 destinations worldwide, and the operator for promotional products BigXtra, belong to the FTI GROUP. Under the umbrella of the hospitality company Meeting Point Hotels the hotel brands LABRANDA Hotels & Resorts, Design Plus Hotels, Kairaba Hotels & Resorts, Club Sei and Lemon & Soul are bundled. The consolidator FTI Ticketshop is responsible for scheduled flight ticket sales while FTI Cruises bundles the cruise business. Around 10,000 travel agencies sell FTI products throughout Germany. The FTI GROUP has consolidated its franchise systems in its subsidiary Touristik Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH (TVG). Under the TVG the Group brings together its franchise systems with the brands sonnenklar.TV Reisebüro, 5vorFlug and Flugbörse. Other important distribution channels are the travel shopping channel sonnenklar.TV and the British online B2B provider for hotel bookings, Youtravel. In Austria FTI is represented by a subsidiary in Linz, while FTI Touristik AG is located in Basel, Switzerland. The French tour operator FTI Voyages has been part of the FTI Group since 2012. With FTI Reizen the Group is also active in the Netherlands since 2016. The service center erf24 and travianet and touristic24handle bookings from the FTI GROUP and external customers. Headquartered in Munich, the FTI GROUP employs 10,000 staff worldwide and achieved sales volumes of 3,6 billion euros in the fiscal year 2017/18