- Business
- Voyageurs du Monde SA operates as a leading French travel agency specializing in customized and adventure trips, headquartered in Paris and founded in 1979. The company organizes personalized individual trips under brands including Voyageurs du Monde, Comptoir des Voyages, Bynativ, and Original Travel; adventure travel encompassing treks, hikes, and bike tours through brands such as Terres d'Aventure, Allibert Trekking, Nomade Aventure, KE Adventure Travel, EuroFun Touristik, Loire Valley Travel, Radweg Reisen, SE Tours, and Ruckenwind Reisen; and other services like group trips and standard guided tours. It serves clients seeking honeymoons, family holidays, romantic weekends, summer vacations, cruises, world tours, diving expeditions, and destinations across Japan, Italy, Egypt, Australia, South Africa, Indonesia, the United States, Brazil, Greece, Africa, South America, Asia, and Europe, with operations marketed through 18 branches in France, Switzerland, Canada, and Belgium, plus online channels; Voyageurs du Monde SA functions as a subsidiary of Avantage SA, employing around 1,884 people. In recent developments, the company reported full-year 2024 earnings with net profit attributable to the group at EUR 47.5 million, up 7.6% from 2023, alongside FY24 EBITDA of EUR 68.3 million; it continues to consolidate prior strategic acquisitions such as a 65% controlling stake in Extraordinary Journeys in the US market alongside Original Travel in 2022 and a 60% stake in Original Travel, with ongoing reviews of further opportunities in core markets; additionally, in May 2025, it announced the conversion of convertible bonds issued earlier.