Employees Facts and figures

Change in headcount and personnel structure

At the balance sheet date, the TUI Group’s worldwide headcount totalled 53,930 employees, down 14.3% year-on-year. The structure of the Group’s personnel changed due to the divestments made. The tourism division continued to employ the largest proportion of personnel at 82.3%, up from 80.2% in 2005. The shipping division accounted for 15.9% of employees, compared with 14.4% in the previous year. The proportion of employees working for central operations changed substantially due to the divestment of Wolf GmbH, dropping from 3.5% in 2005 to now only 1.8% of the overall headcount.

In the tourism division, the number of employees totalled 44,409 at the end of the financial year, down 12.1% year-on-year. The individual sectors showed varying headcount trends. The Central Europe sector recorded a 2.9% decline in employees to 9,411, in particular due to a decrease in employment in airlines. The Northern Europe sector reported a 9.5% decline to 14,711, since some of the restructuring measures initiated in 2005 only became fully effective in 2006. In the Western Europe sector, the headcount dropped by 5.8% to 6,504. This decline was mainly attributable to the divestment of the specialist tour operator and incoming businesses in the Netherlands and the closure of travel agencies in France. On the other hand, the Belgian airline increased its headcount due to capacity expansion. The destinations sector reported a 7.1% increase in headcount to 13,783.

In the shipping division, the headcount declined by 5.6% year-on-year to 8,571 due to the integration of CP Ships, which was completed in the course of 2006.

Personnel by divisions

	31 Dec 2006	31 Dec 2005	Var. %
Tourism	44,409	50,498	- 12.1
Central Europe	9,411	9,691	- 2.9
Northern Europe	14,711	16,254	- 9.5
Western Europe	6,504	6,904	- 5.8
Destinations	13,783	12,866	+ 7.1
Other tourism	–	4,783	–
Shipping	8,571	9,077	- 5.6
Central operations	950	2,183	- 56.5
Continuing operations	53,930	61,758	- 12,7
Trading	–	1,189	–
Special logistics	–	–	–
Discontinuing operations	–	1,189	–
Total	53,930	62,947	- 14.3

At 86%, Group employment continued to focus on Europe. 21% of Group employees worked in Germany, 24% in the UK, 13% in France and the Benelux countries, 14% in Spain and 3% in the Nordic countries. Group companies outside Europe accounted for 14% of the overall workforce, with most of these employees working for Hapag-Lloyd in America and Asia.

Personnel by regions

	31 Dec 2006	31 Dec 2005	Var. %
Germany	11,112	15,750	- 29.4
UK/Ireland	12,975	15,165	- 14.4
Nordic countries	1,599	1,623	- 1.5
France/Benelux countries	7,202	8,552	- 15.8
Spain	7,656	7,369	+3,9
Other Europe	5,729	4,843	+ 18,3
America	4,149	5,737	- 27.7
Rest of world	3,508	3,908	- 10,2
Total	53,930	62,947	- 14.3