Coral Travel Group (OTI Holding) since its establishment

1992

The first subsidiary of Coral Travel Group (OTI Holding) – ODEON Tours was established. The company has demonstrated its difference in the sector in a short time by breaking many grounds in the field of quality.


1994

Coral Travel brand started tour operator activities in Russia.


1999

Holiday Services online sales portal was acquired and started its operations. HMS Tatil offers its users hotel booking services, car rental, flight tickets and cultural tours within Türkiye.


2000

Tour operator Coral Travel, which is among the leaders of the Polish market today, started its operations in Warsaw. Coral Travel sells holiday packages to 15 countries with flight opportunities from 13 Polish cities.


2001

ISO 9001 Quality Management System started to be implemented at ODEON Tours. Thus, for the first time in Türkiye, ODEON Tours received the quality certificate that covers all travel agency services.


2002

Coral Travel sales agency chain was established.


2004

ODEON Tours Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh offices were opened, thus launching destination services in Egypt.


2005

Otium Hotels International started to operate with its two hotels.


OGD Security and Consultancy was established. The company started its activities to serve more tourism businesses.


2006

Coral Travel started its tour operator activities in the domestic market of Türkiye.


2008

The Coral Travel brand started its tour operator activities in the Ukrainian market. Today, the company is among the market leaders.


Coral Travel Group (OTI Holding) acquired a hotel in Side, Antalya. The hotel was improved with the construction and started its operations under the name Otium Eco Club Side.


2010

Coral Travel started its tour operator activities in Belarus.


ODEON Tours DMC started its operations in Thailand.


2011

Ireland-based airline leasing company Blue Connect was founded in Dublin.


2012

ODEON Tours DMC started its operations in Spain.


2013

ODEON Tours DMC started its operations in the UAE.


ODEON Tours DMC Türkiye received the EFQM Competency in Excellence 5 star certificate.


Seven Seas and Kemer Life hotels were acquired by Coral Travel Group (OTI Holding). Today, the hotels operate under the names Seven Seas Blue Side and Seven Seas Life Kemer within the Group’s Seven Seas hotel chain.


Coral Travel started its tour operator activities in Georgia.


2014

Xanadu Resort Belek hotel was acquired and joined the Coral Travel Group (OTI Holding).


ODEON Tours DMC started its operations in Greece.


2017

With 1,196,616 guests brought to Türkiye in 2017, Odeon Tours became the tourism company that brought the highest number of tourists from all markets.


Germany-based FERIEN Touristik GmbH was acquired by Coral Travel Group (OTI Holding). Today, the company serves over 500 thousand guests a year under the Coral Travel brand.


2018

Odeon Tours has become the tourism group that brings the highest number of tourists from all over the world to Türkiye, by bringing a total of 1,524,704 tourists; 1,377,345 of which – to Antalya.


Odeon Tourism ranked first in the "Travel Agency Services" category in the "Türkiye's Top 500 Service Exporters" survey conducted with the contributions of the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) and the Ministry of Trade.


ODEON Tours Destination Services started operating in Vietnam.


2019

ODEON Software and Technology started its activities.


2021

Coral Travel started its tour operator activities in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.


2022

The name of OTI Holding was changed to Coral Travel Group.


Coral Travel Group celebrated its 30th anniversary.


2023

Coral Travel started its tour operator activities in the Czech Republic, Romania and Switzerland.


The name of Otium Hotels was changed to Marvida Hotels.