TTS Group

TTS Group, whose full name is Tunisian Travel Service, is a Tunisian private conglomerate founded in 1968 by Aziz Miled. It began as a travel agency and grew into one of the country's leading economic groups, ranked among the ten largest economic groups in Tunisia according to its own corporate profile. The group is headquartered in Tunis and operates primarily in Tunisia, with a portfolio spanning tourism, aviation, hospitality, finance, real estate, industry, information technology, media, automotive, health and leisure. Tourism remains the historic core of the business. TTS is described as the country's most important tourism operator, with an inbound receptive agency that handles more than one million tourists per year using a land fleet of around 150 vehicles. Its hotel arm, TTS Hotels, operates six hotels with more than 6,000 beds, and the group also holds interests in tourism leisure assets such as golf courses in Hammamet and Tabarka. In aviation, TTS Group is the majority shareholder of Nouvelair, described as Tunisia's first private airline, founded in 1989; the group presents itself as the most important private player in Tunisian aeronautics. Beyond tourism, TTS Group has taken significant stakes in the financial, real estate and industrial sectors. Its industrial interests include packaging through CIPAP, while in agriculture it manages dairy and crop operations through companies such as STPA and SDA. Across its activities the group reports around 20 companies and more than 2,500 employees, giving it a diversified footprint across key sectors of the Tunisian economy. The group also emphasizes social engagement, stating that it has chaired the charitable association ALKARAMA for more than 30 years, with a mission to assist people in precarious situations. TTS Group presents itself as committed to Tunisia's economic development since 1968 and as a long-standing private-sector actor in the country.

TTS Group, or Tunisian Travel Service, was founded in 1968 by Aziz Miled, starting from a travel agency. Over the following decades it expanded from its travel roots into a diversified Tunisian conglomerate. The group's own corporate profile states that it has been engaged in Tunisia's economic development since 1968 and that it is ranked among the ten largest economic groups in the country. Tourism formed the base of the group's growth. TTS became the country's most important tourism operator, with a receptive agency handling more than one million tourists per year and a land fleet of around 150 vehicles. Its hotel business, TTS Hotels, grew to six hotels with more than 6,000 beds. The group also built a presence in tourism leisure, including golf courses in Hammamet and Tabarka, and in travel distribution through tour-operating activities. In aviation, TTS Group became the majority shareholder of Nouvelair, described as Tunisia's first private airline, founded in 1989. Through this stake the group presents itself as the most important private actor in Tunisian aeronautics. The group also diversified into finance, real estate and industry through significant equity participations. Its industrial holdings include the packaging company CIPAP, while in agriculture it manages dairy operations through STPA and crop cultivation through SDA. Across its history the group has grown into a portfolio of around 20 companies employing more than 2,500 people, active in key sectors of the Tunisian economy. It has also maintained a long-standing social commitment, stating that it has chaired the charitable association ALKARAMA for more than 30 years to assist people in precarious situations.

• 1989

  Nouvelair, Tunisia's first private airline, founded; TTS Group later becomes its majority shareholder.

• 1968

  TTS Group (Tunisian Travel Service) founded by Aziz Miled as a travel agency.

• TTS Hotels grows to six hotels with more than 6,000 beds.

• Group reports around 20 companies and more than 2,500 employees across key sectors.

• TTS Group states it has chaired the charitable association ALKARAMA for more than 30 years.

One of Tunisia's ten largest economic groups and its most important tourism operator, diversified across tourism, aviation, finance, real estate and industry.

• TTS receptive travel agency

  Inbound tourism operator handling more than one million tourists per year with a land fleet of around 150 vehicles.

• TTS Hotels

  Hotel arm operating six hotels with more than 6,000 beds.

• Nouvelair

  Tunisia's first private airline, founded in 1989; TTS Group is the majority shareholder.

• CIPAP

  Packaging company within the group's industrial holdings.

• STPA

  Agricultural company managing dairy operations.

• SDA

  Agricultural company managing crop cultivation.

1. 1TTS Group official websitetts.com.tn
2. 2TTS Group on Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Groupe TTS on French Wikipediafr.wikipedia.org