Diethelm Travel enjoys a worldwide reputation as a first-class travel and tour company, known for its reliability and its vision and creativity in developing new travel itineraries. The company has not only pioneered many tour concepts in Thailand and neighbouring countries, but also played a significant role in developing new travel destinations throughout the Southeast Asian and Mekong regions.

As one of the best known tour companies in Thailand and the Greater Mekong Sub-region, and with a fully licensed and well-established network, Diethelm Travel was appointed by Bangkok Airways as an official agent of the unique Mekong World Heritage Tour at the beginning of 2002. For the first time ever, the five UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Sukhothai (Thailand), Luang Prabang (Laos), Hue (Vietnam), Hoi An (Vietnam) and Siem Reap (Cambodia) could be visited in one comprehensive tour.

Today, Diethelm Travel has its own licensed network of branch offices all across the Mekong countries, including Malaysia and the Philippines. Through its well-established presence in these countries, Diethelm Travel will continue to design and operate the most innovative and exciting itineraries in this part of the world.

Valuable asset
Realising that Diethelm Travel’s successful future depends on both customer satisfaction and professional staff, the company places an emphasis on providing its reliable services to customers and giving compensations, benefits and training opportunities to its staff members. Through the company’s staff-training programme, Diethelm Travel is able to design travel packages that turn each trip into a memorable experience.

Landmarks of success
• Diethem Travel’s Bangkok office opens for business. (1961)
• First charter flight to Thailand arrived from Switzerland. (1966)
• Diethelm Travel ventures into Indochina, opening its first branch office in Laos. (1991)
• Diethelm Travel Cambodia began its operations. (1992)
• Diethelm Travel set up its office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. (1994)
• Diethelm Travel established its branch in Myanmar. (1995)
• Diethelm Travel Yunnan opened in Kunming, the first foreign inbound joint-venture business in China. (1997)
• Diethelm Events, a fully integrated and highly creative MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions) department was established. (1999)
• Diethelm Travel joined its business with Blue Horizons, Philippines, and Singai Travel, East Malaysia. (2000)
• Diethelm Travel implemented Canary, the new reservation
system. (2002)