What Solferias does

Solférias is a privately held Portuguese online travel agency and tour operator headquartered in Lisbon, selling packaged holidays, hotel reservations, and theme park tickets to Portuguese consumers and through a national network of reselling travel agencies. The company operates three web properties: the main solferias.pt platform covering destinations across the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and island regions; the VNMT (Viagens na Minha Terra) subdomain focused on domestic Portuguese tourism; and the Disney Solférias subdomain dedicated to Disneyland Paris packages. Core products are pre-bundled vacation packages combining flights and accommodation (priced roughly €220-€2,300), hotel-only reservations, and theme park tickets (from €39), with a B2B portal providing travel agents real-time inventory and exclusive booking access. The business model is unit-pricing, pay-as-you-go package sales distributed via direct online channels and a B2B reseller network.

Solférias has built airline partnerships with TAP and SATA to secure guaranteed seat allocations on key routes, particularly high-demand Azores and year-end programs, which differentiates the offering from pure online resellers. The company serves two primary customer segments: Portuguese individual leisure travelers (honeymooners, families, group travelers, theme park visitors) and Portuguese travel agencies that resell packages through the B2B portal. Operations are supported by 51-100 employees with no disclosed revenue, no institutional funding, and no M&A activity on record. Technology stack appears to be a standard OTA CMS with no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, APIs, or proprietary technology assets; the source IDs underpin the product and segment data. The company was founded circa 2016 based on website copyright and has remained independently operated with a single named founder (Nuno Mateus) and no disclosed institutional ownership or leadership changes.

Name

Solferias

Legal name

Solférias

Website

https://solferias.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Solférias is a Lisbon-based Portuguese online travel agency and tour operator selling packaged holidays, hotels, and theme park tickets to Portuguese consumers and reselling travel agencies via a dedicated B2B portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Travel Agency Services

NAICS

Tour Operators (561520), Travel Agencies (561510)

akta.pro primary industry

Package Tour Wholesalers (Pre-Packaged FIT/Group Programs) (THAKAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Domestic/In-Country Multi-Day Tour Operators (THAKADAL), Private/Customized Multi-Day Tour Operators (THAKADAC), Honeymoon & Romance Travel Agencies (THAKAFAC), Island, Beach & Resort Travel Agencies (THAKAFAL)

Keywords

• Package holidays
• Travel packages
• Flight booking
• Hotel reservations
• Tour operator

Headquarters

HQ city

Lisbon

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Solférias is a Portuguese online travel agency and tour operator that sells pre-packaged vacation bundles combining flights and accommodation, plus standalone hotel reservations and theme park tickets, to destinations across the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Portuguese-speaking countries. It also runs a B2B portal for partner travel agencies and sub-brands for domestic Portuguese tourism (VNMT) and Disneyland Paris packages.

Product overview

Solférias is a Portuguese online travel agency operating as a unified platform with three distinct web properties: the main solferias.pt website offering comprehensive travel packages and services to global destinations; the Viagens na Minha Terra (VNMT) subdomain specializing in domestic Portuguese tourism; and the Disney Solférias subdomain dedicated to Disneyland Paris bookings. The company also maintains a B2B portal for travel agents. All properties offer vacation packages combining flights and accommodation, hotel-only bookings, and theme park tickets through various distribution channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• VNMT - Viagens na Minha Terra: Domestic travel brand specializing in Portuguese destinations and experiences within Portugal.
• Disney Solférias

Products and services

• Vacation Packages (Pacotes de Viagem)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Lastminute.com: European OTA with a Portuguese-language site selling packages, flights, and hotels to Portuguese consumers. Comparable as a competing digital OTA targeting the same outbound-leisure customer with similar product categories.
• eDreams ODIGEO: One of Europe's largest online travel agencies, operating localized sites including a Portuguese portal. Comparable as a major OTA competitor for the same Portuguese customer base, though with a far broader product portfolio including flights-only and hotels-only.

Direct peers

• Travelplan: Iberian tour operator with a strong Portuguese presence, selling package holidays through direct and B2B agent channels. Directly comparable in product (charter flights + hotel packages) and channel mix.
• Sonhando: Portuguese online travel agency specializing in long-haul package holidays to the Caribbean, Brazil, and other destinations. Comparable to Solférias in customer base (Portuguese leisure travelers) and packaged-flight-hotel model.
• Logitravel: Iberian online travel agency (part of Logitravel Group) selling package holidays to Portuguese and Spanish consumers. Comparable as a digital-first OTA in the same geography with similar product focus on long-haul packages.
• Abreu: One of the oldest Portuguese travel agencies, operating a multi-channel retail and corporate travel business. Comparable to Solférias in serving Portuguese outbound leisure and corporate customers, with overlapping B2B agent network.
• Lusanova: Portuguese tour operator and travel agency offering package holidays, long-haul destinations, and a B2B agent network. Closely comparable to Solférias in target market (Portugal outbound), product type (charter flights + hotel packages), and reliance on TAP/SATA inventory.
• Top Atlântico (Pestana Travel): Portuguese travel agency within the Pestana Group, offering package holidays, cruises, and corporate travel. Directly comparable as a Portugal-based packaged-holiday competitor with similar destination breadth.

Regional players

• TAP Air Portugal Holidays: Airline-affiliated holiday packages sold directly by TAP. Comparable to Solférias' TAP-dependent packages and a key competitive threat as the airline increasingly sells direct, bypassing intermediaries.
• SATA Air Açores Holidays: Holiday packages built around SATA's Azores inter-island and mainland flights. Comparable to Solférias' Azores product line and a potential channel partner or competitor depending on commercial relationship.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/solferias
• Facebookfacebook.com/solferias.operadorturistico

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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