Hanover, 22 October 2018

Robinson management team once again complete: Tobias Neumann takes over management role at TUI Group’s premium club provider

The management team at Robinson Club GmbH is once again complete: With immediate effect, Tobias Neumann will fill the vacancy and jointly manage TUI Group’s premium club provider with Managing Director Bernd Mäser. The 44-year-old will assume the role alongside his existing tasks as Director Distribution TUI Hotels & Resorts. 

“I am delighted that Tobias Neumann, an experienced colleague from TUI Group, is joining the management team at our premium club brand,” said Erik Friemuth, Managing Director TUI Hotels & Resorts. “With his expertise in tour operation and the interface to Distribution for TUI Group’s Hotels & Resorts segment, he will create a strong position for Robinson’s distribution entities and drive the growth roadmap further ahead. 

Within Robinson’s management, Tobias Neumann will be in charge of Marketing & Sales, Pricing & Trading, and Operations. Bernd Mäser is responsible for Finance/Legal, IT, Technology/Purchasing, Corporate Communications, HR and Project Development.

Tobias Neumann studied law at Hanover University and business administration at the Business Academy in Bad Harzburg. Since 2004, the law graduate and business economist held various roles at TUI AG and tour operator TUI Deutschland. During that period, Tobias Neumann was involved in numerous strategic projects within the Group. In 2014, he became TUI Group’s Director Board Office before moving to TUI Hotels & Resorts in March this year as Director Distribution. In that role, he is in particular responsible for international distribution activities for the three brands Robinson, TUI Blue and TUI Magic Life.

About Robinson

ROBINSON is a premium brand and leader of resort vacations, offering a unique holiday experience in 24 resorts in fourteen countries with a capacity of around 15.100 beds. By providing outstanding entertainment and competent, creative childcare as well as, a wide range of locally sourced fresh cuisine prepared by premier chefs, new trend sports and activities, ROBINSON Club is the ideal holiday choice for families, couples and single travellers.

About TUI Group

The TUI Group is one of the world's leading tourism groups and operates worldwide. The Group is headquartered in Germany. TUI shares are listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, in the regulated market of the Lower Saxony Stock Exchange in Hanover and in the FTSE 250, an index of the London Stock Exchange. TUI Group offers its 19 million customers integrated services from a single source and forms the entire tourism value chain under one roof. The Group owns over 400 hotels and resorts with premium brands such as RIU, TUI Blue and Robinson and 16 cruise ships, ranging from the MS Europa and MS Europa 2 in the luxury class and expedition ships in the HANSEATIC class to the Mein Schiff fleet of TUI Cruises and cruise ships operated by Marella Cruises in the UK. The Group also includes Europe's leading tour operator brands and online marketing platforms, for example for hotel-only or flight-only offers, five airlines with more than 130 modern medium- and long-haul aircraft and around 1,200 travel agencies. In addition to expanding its core business with hotels and cruises via successful joint ventures and activities in vacation destinations, TUI is increasingly focusing on the expansion of digital platforms. The Group is transforming itself into a global tourism platform company.

Global responsibility for sustainable economic, environmental and social action is at the heart of our corporate culture. With projects in 25 countries, the TUI Care Foundation initiated by TUI focuses on the positive effects of tourism, on education and training and on strengthening environmental and social standards. In this way, it supports the development of vacation destinations. The globally active TUI Care Foundation initiates projects that create new opportunities for the next generation.