Industry giant TUI announces contract with immediate effect Unister
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Because the prosecutor's investigation into the Unister TUI Germany has terminated the agency contract immediately with the Leipzig online travel agents. "This means that from now on no more than TUI products Unister portals ab-in-the-Urlaub.de there and buy fluege.de" TUI spokesman Mario Koepers said Tuesday in Hanover. "We are quality and market leader. A collaboration with a broker, who is suspected of massive tax evasion and breach of privacy is, for us the question. "
Unister was known by very aggressive TV and online advertising, which works with more or less prominent personalities for fluege.de holds about former soccer manager Reiner Calmund his face in the camera, for travel24.com TV presenter Sonya Kraus and for ab-in-den-urlaub.de the former captain of the German national football team, Michael Ballack.
For the termination of TUI Unister should be a bombshell. TUI spokesman twill made but no information how many trips through the portals of the Leipzig were sold, but said: "Unister is a big player in the online market. We definitely need to do without a lot of revenue to not get in rates into the swamp. "
Unister spokesman Konstantin KOROSIDES said, however, the TUI share on sales of travel Leipzig lies "in single figures". "Unister works with over 100 tour operators and service providers. That is why we are here appropriate alternative offers the end user can easily provide. "We regret the step of TUI. He adds, however, not surprising, "as the industry has long been speculated that the TUI strategic reasons would stop cooperating with foreign online portals. In other European countries, we see this development. "
The Saxon General office is investigating Unister on suspicion of illegal racketeering and tax fraud. On their travel portals to the Leipzig have sold insurance products without permission. Three leading Unister manager had been arrested in the past week after a raid.
According twill TUI had past trouble with Unister because the online agent of the Terms and Conditions (GTC) of TUI has failed. Unister have of the customer when booking collects 100 percent of the price, and not intended as 25 percent of TUI. But both were initially only 25 percent have been passed on to TUI. "Since it is very likely that worked with the customer money," said twill.
On Tuesday, all three Unister managers sat still in custody. The District Court of Dresden, however, had, on Monday the arrest of one of the men from custody, if a deposit is paid. So far, the money was deposited, however, has not said Wolfgang Klein, spokesman for the Attorney General's Office. The investigating agency has also filed an appeal against the decision of the district court. She continues to see any danger and wants to ensure that all Unister leaders remain in custody. Must decide on the appeal, the district court in Dresden. Thus could be expected in the coming days.
In the summer of severe criticism of Unister became loud. The Consumer Saxony publicly warned before the portal fluege.de where would any hidden fees when booking opened. Unister Chief Wagner rejected the accusations. Computer image in turn had made serious allegations against the portals, because it abkassiere with fictitious price reductions, whipped secret service funds, click traps in holiday bookings and other shenanigans. Unister struggled with a punitive injunction or undertaking to report - in response to the editorial staff had stressed to hold on to the allegations.
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