Exo Travel
{{Short description|Thai travel and holiday company}}
{{Notability|1=Companies|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Exo Travel
| logo =
| type = Private
| foundation = 1993
| founders = Eric Merlin
Denis Colonna
Olivier Colomes
| location =
| locations = 9
| key_people =
| area_served = South Asia
| industry = Tourism
| products =
| revenue =
| predecessor = Exotissimo
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| num_employees = 700
| parent = Apple Tree Group
| subsid =
| homepage = [http://www.exotravel.com exotravel.com]
| footnotes =
}}
Exo Travel, formerly Exotissimo, is a company which provides services to tourists in South Asia.{{cite book|author1=Kimberly Vierra|author2=Brian Vierra|title=Vietnam Business Guide: Getting Started in Tomorrow's Market Today|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=haoBxm4UzAYC&pg=PA74|date=15 December 2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-17881-2|pages=74–}}{{cite book|title=Fodor's Vietnam: The Guide for All Budgets, Where to Stay, Eat, and Explore on and Off the Beaten Path|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TepUyvBZf_MC&pg=PA81|year=2003|publisher=Fodor's Travel Publications|isbn=978-1-4000-1101-8|pages=81–}} It was the first foreign company to be granted a tourism operating license in Vietnam.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} In 2015, Exotissimo has 20 offices and about 700 full-time staff. Its head office is in Bangkok, Thailand, and it has sales offices in France, Germany, Australia, USA, the UK and Ireland and Latin America.
History
Exotissimo was founded in 1993 in Ho Chi Minh City by Eric Merlin,{{cite book|author=Pam Scott|title=Life in Hanoi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SI84Kdda1z4C&pg=PT131|date=1 April 2013|publisher=Pan Macmillan Australia|isbn=978-1-74334-225-1|pages=131–}} Denis Colonna and Olivier Colomes. The company started by operating tours in Vietnam.[http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1483753/final-frontier "The final frontier: Ha Giang, Vietnam"]. South China Post,[http://www.ttgasia.com/article.php?article_id=23127 "Myanmar: Investors beware"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006041200/http://www.ttgasia.com/article.php?article_id=23127 |date=2016-10-06 }}. TTG Asia, Greg Lowe
In 1995 Exotissimo partnered with local entrepreneur Su Su Tin and Exo Travel Myanmar,{{cite web |title=Monument opens new chapter |author=Stuart Deed |date=March 14, 2011 |url=http://mmtimes.com/2011/news/566/news55609.html |access-date=May 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126222033/http://www.mmtimes.com/2011/news/566/news55609.html |archive-date=November 26, 2012 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.lefigaro.fr/conjoncture/2016/01/04/20002-20160104ARTFIG00035-le-made-in-france-seduit-la-birmanie.php "Le «made in France» séduit la Birmanie"]/ Le Figaro, Emilie Lopes, 04/01/201 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110323094425/http://mmtimes.com/2011/news/566/news55609.html archived at the Wayback Machine] was born.