CWT Kaleva Travel is the largest
travel management company
A travel management company (TMC) is a travel agency which manages organizations' corporate or business travel programs. Such companies will often provide an end-user online booking tool, mobile application, program management, and consulting te ...
in
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
. It is a division of
CWT, owned by
Carlson, which acquired the company in February 2011.
The company also operates in
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
,
Latvia
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,
Lithuania
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, and
Romania
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. Client companies were offered the possibility of self-booking, and the first product was Amadeus Finland Oyn Aergo, with which the travel booker or passenger could book flight tickets himself. Travel service points or satellite office that were on the premises of customer companies began to be transferred to service centers that were quickly becoming common. The innovation of the leisure travel agency service was personal, home-visiting.
The origins of the company date to 1935.
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Travel agencies
Travel and holiday companies of Finland