H&H TUR Touristik GmbH

H&H Touristik GmbH was a tour operator based in Karlsruhe that organized group, wellness and sports trips. In 2016, the company celebrated its 30th anniversary. Managing Director Hakan Enüstün reported that H&H had initially offered bus tours to Turkey, followed later by flights to Greece and Egypt. According to him, by 2017 the company’s program included more than 20 countries; new destinations included South Africa, Israel and the Maldives.

In 2016, golf travel was given its own organizational structure: H&H consolidated the golf division’s activities and programs in its subsidiary HHB Touristik GmbH, based in Bobingen. H&H Golf operated there as a brand. Its offerings included golf destinations in Europe and around the world, including Mallorca, Dubai, Turkey, Mauritius and South Africa. According to the announcement at the time, HHB Touristik worked as an official travel partner of the German Golf Association, the German Golf League, the PGA of Germany and the Austrian Golf Association.

Group and cruise travel

In 2017, Managing Director Enüstün described group travel as the company’s main focus; around 90 percent of its trips were group tours. One example was a Dubai–Abu Dhabi tour with three nights in Dubai and two in Abu Dhabi, without a beach stay. Some guests traveled there independently and were brought together into a group locally for shared excursions. At the time, Enüstün cited around 20,000 guests a year for Dubai. H&H also offered cruise holidays, including island-hopping trips with the Greek cruise line Celestyal Cruises. For the 2017/18 winter season, the managing director also reported four fully chartered ships for Nile cruises.

End of travel operations

Following the insolvency filing in early 2019, some trips initially continued to operate with the support of travel insurance. On May 14, 2019, the insolvency administrator provided an update on the winding-up process. By then, 5,000 booked trips involving around 10,000 travelers within the corporate group had gone ahead as planned. Trips departing on or after June 1, 2019, were canceled; customer service was to assist travelers already on trips until they returned. As no buyer could be found for the corporate group, the plan was to cease business operations in the summer of 2019.