Tjäreborg
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1966
- HeadquartersHelsinki, Finland
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2C
- OfferingServices
Tjäreborg firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Tjäreborg
- Legal name
- Oy Tjäreborg Ab
- Website
- https://tjareborg.fi
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1966
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Tjäreborg industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Tour Operator
- NAICS
- Tour Operators (561520), Tour Operators (56152), Travel Agencies (56151)
- SIC
- Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Island, Beach & Resort Travel Agencies (THAKAFAL)
Keywords
Where Tjäreborg is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Helsinki
- HQ country
- Finland
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Tjäreborg business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2C
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D
Revenue model
- Package Holidays (Charter & Route): Core revenue stream from selling packaged holidays combining charter flights, route-based flights, and hotel accommodations to Finnish consumers. Holidays span beach destinations, city breaks, cruises, and sports-themed trips.
- Hotels and Accommodation: Revenue from hotel bookings, including proprietary concept hotels (Sunprime, Sunwing, Ocean Beach Club) and third-party hotel partnerships, offered as standalone accommodation or part of packages.
- Flights (Charter & Route): Sale of charter and route-based flight tickets, both as standalone products and as components of package holidays. Charter flights operated in partnership with Sunclass Airlines and other carriers.
- Cruises: Sale of cruise packages through various shipping companies, distributed as part of the holiday offering.
- Travel Insurance & Add-on Services: Revenue from travel insurance products (Gouda), airport transfers, excursion bookings, travel gift cards, and other add-on services.
- Tjäreborg Friends Loyalty Program: Free membership club generating repeat bookings and customer loyalty through early access to deals, newsletters, and prize draws for travel gift cards.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | Package holidays from 285 EUR per person per week |
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | Hotel-only bookings across ~60 destinations |
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | Charter and route flights |
| Other | Pay-as-you-go | Travel insurance products through Gouda |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels5 records
Marketing channels7 records
Tjäreborg product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Tjäreborg is a Finnish tour operator that sells package holidays combining charter flights operated by partner carrier Sunclass Airlines with hotel accommodations, alongside standalone hotels, city breaks, cruises, and football tours to approximately 60 countries. The company also operates its own Nordic hotel concepts (Sunprime Hotels for adults, Sunwing Family Resorts, Ocean Beach Club) and ancillary offerings such as travel gift cards, excursions, and car rental, sold to Finnish consumers through its tjareborg.fi website, mobile apps, and physical retail stores.
Product overview
Tjäreborg is a Finnish travel agency (Oy Tjäreborg Ab) operating since 1966, part of Nordic Leisure Travel Group. The company offers a comprehensive travel platform providing package holidays with charter flights and hotels, standalone hotel bookings, route flights, and various add-on services. The core products include package holidays (matkapaketit), hotels, All Inclusive holidays, city breaks, and excursions. Tjäreborg operates branded hotel concepts including Sunprime Hotels (adults-only), Ocean Beach Club (family-friendly design hotels), and Sunwing Family Resorts, alongside partner hotels. The portfolio extends to travel insurance (via Gouda), airport services (parking, hotels), and a loyalty program called Tjäreborg Friends. The company organizes travel to nearly 60 countries including Greece (Rhodes, Crete, Kos, Corfu, Santorini), Maldives, Cape Verde, and other destinations.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Sunprime Hotels: Adults-only hotel concept featuring modern design, gym facilities, and SATS ELIXIA classes. Designed for adults seeking a sophisticated travel experience.
- Ocean Beach Club
- Sunwing Family Resorts
Products and services
- Package Holidays (Matkapaketit) Bundled holiday packages combining charter flights (operated by partner Sunclass Airlines) and hotel accommodations for Finnish travelers to approximately 60 destinations; protected under Tour Operator Package Travel Law.
- Hotels (Hotellit) Standalone hotel bookings at destinations worldwide, including Tjäreborg's own Nordic concepts and partner hotels, offered to Finnish leisure travelers.
- Sunprime Hotels Proprietary adults-only hotel concept from the Nordic-conceived Sunprime brand, offered to Finnish travelers seeking quiet, adult-only holiday stays.
- Sunwing Family Resorts Proprietary family-resort hotel concept from the Sunwing brand, marketed to Finnish families traveling with children for all-inclusive family holidays.
- Ocean Beach Club Proprietary lifestyle-oriented hotel concept offered to Finnish travelers looking for a beach-club-style holiday experience.
- All Inclusive Holidays Package holidays priced on an all-inclusive basis covering flight, hotel accommodation, meals and beverages, aimed at Finnish consumers seeking predictable holiday costs.
- Charter Flights Charter flight services to holiday destinations operated by partner carrier Sunclass Airlines, sold as part of Tjäreborg's package holidays or standalone through the website.
- City Breaks (Kaupunkilomat) Short-break packages to European cities, combining flights and city-center hotel stays for Finnish city-break travelers.
- Football Tours (Jalkapallomatkat) Themed package holidays combining match tickets and travel for Finnish football supporters attending fixtures abroad.
- Cruise Holidays (Risteilyt) Cruise holidays offered through Tjäreborg's website, packaged with relevant flights and transfers for Finnish leisure travelers.
- Tjäreborg Solo Dedicated offering of solo-traveler holidays arranged by Tjäreborg for individual Finnish travelers.
- Travel Gift Cards (Matkalahjakortti) Travel-branded gift cards redeemable for holidays and travel purchases through Tjäreborg's booking channels.
- Tjäreborg Friends Tjäreborg's customer loyalty/newsletter community offering early access to offers and travel inspiration to enrolled Finnish consumers.
Quantifiable outcome
- 96% of customers would recommend Tjäreborg as a tour operator to friends
- +2 more outcomes
Companies that use Tjäreborg
Customer profileNamed customers4 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles1 record
Tjäreborg technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration10 records
AI capability3 records
Feature4 records
Tjäreborg partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Nordic Leisure Travel Group (NLTG)coreNLTG is the parent company of Tjäreborg (Finland), Ving (Sweden and Norway), Spies (Denmark), Globetrotter (Sweden), and Sunclass Airlines. Tjäreborg operates as a subsidiary within the NLTG group, sharing IT infrastructure, customer service (OneView), and distribution systems across the Nordic region.
- Sunclass AirlinescoreSunclass Airlines is the charter airline of Nordic Leisure Travel Group, operating flights for Tjäreborg, Ving, and Spies. Tjäreborg organizes charter flights with Sunclass Airlines and other carriers. Sunclass Airlines has access to the OneView customer service/reclamation system.
- Atlantica Hotels and ResortsminorAtlantica Hotels and Resorts is a hotel partner featured on Tjäreborg's website, offering hotels in Cyprus and Greece. The partnership provides Tjäreborg customers with a selection of quality hotels near beaches with premium service.
- Gouda Vakuutukset (Gjensidige Group)minorGouda, part of the Norwegian Gjensidige Group, provides travel insurance products (standard, change/cancellation, and cancellation insurance for route flights) sold through Tjäreborg's platform. Gouda insures over 2 million travelers per year across the Nordic region.
- Clarion Hotel Helsinki Airport & Comfort HotelminorTjäreborg partners with Clarion and Comfort hotels at Helsinki Airport for customers with early morning departures, offering discounted rates for Tjäreborg customers to stay overnight before flights.
- LentoparkkiminorAirport parking service partner offering discounted parking rates at Helsinki Airport for Tjäreborg customers traveling abroad.
- NextoryminorDigital audiobook and e-book platform partner offering Tjäreborg customers a free 60-day trial of Nextory's collection of hundreds of thousands of audiobooks and e-books for travel entertainment.
Scale indicators6 records
Recent moves5 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Tjäreborg competitors and assessment
Company assessmentEmerging players
- On the Beach: Online-first beach holiday retailer offering dynamically packaged flight-plus-hotel deals, competing on the digital package-holiday segment Tjäreborg serves online.
- loveholidays: Digital travel platform selling dynamically packaged beach and city holidays, overlapping Tjäreborg's direct-to-consumer online package model.
- easyJet holidays: Airline-owned package holiday arm bundling flights and hotels, comparable to Tjäreborg's post-acquisition airline-integrated positioning.
Direct peers
- Aurinkomatkat (TUI Finland): Leading Finnish package tour operator selling charter beach holidays, hotels, and flights to Finnish consumers — the most direct domestic competitor to Tjäreborg.
- Apollomatkat (DER Touristik Suomi): Finnish charter and package holiday operator offering beach and city-break packages to the same Finnish leisure travelers Tjäreborg targets.
- Detur Finland: Package tour operator focused on sun-and-beach charter holidays for Finnish travelers, competing directly in Tjäreborg's core niche.
- Ving: Sister brand within Nordic Leisure Travel Group operating the same package-holiday model in Sweden and Norway, structurally identical to Tjäreborg in a neighboring market.
Regional players
- Spies: NLTG's Danish package-holiday brand using the same concept hotels and Sunclass Airlines capacity, serving Denmark rather than Finland.
Broad incumbents
- TUI Group: Europe's largest integrated tourism group offering package holidays, hotels, airlines, and cruises; a vastly larger incumbent whose portfolio overlaps Tjäreborg's package model.
- Jet2holidays: UK ATOL-protected package holiday operator combining owned airline flights with hotels — a scaled analogue of the airline-plus-package model Tjäreborg pursues under Norwegian.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Tjäreborg social profiles
Digital presenceTjäreborg compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance1 record
Tjäreborg financial estimates
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Tjäreborg leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Tjäreborg funding detail
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Funding rounds
Investors
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Tjäreborg M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about Tjäreborg
What does Tjäreborg do?
Tjäreborg is a Finnish tour operator that sells package holidays combining charter flights operated by partner carrier Sunclass Airlines with hotel accommodations, alongside standalone hotels, city breaks, cruises, and football tours to approximately 60 countries. The company also operates its own Nordic hotel concepts (Sunprime Hotels for adults, Sunwing Family Resorts, Ocean Beach Club) and ancillary offerings such as travel gift cards, excursions, and car rental, sold to Finnish consumers through its tjareborg.fi website, mobile apps, and physical retail stores.
Is Tjäreborg a public or private company?
Tjäreborg is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was Tjäreborg founded?
Tjäreborg was founded in 1966. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Tjäreborg based?
Tjäreborg is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, in the Europe region.
How does Tjäreborg make money?
Six revenue lines are on record. Package Holidays (Charter & Route) is the primary driver. The others are hotels and Accommodation, flights (Charter & Route), cruises, travel Insurance & Add-on Services and tjäreborg Friends Loyalty Program.
Who are Tjäreborg's main competitors?
Emerging players on record are On the Beach, loveholidays and easyJet holidays. Direct peers are Aurinkomatkat (TUI Finland), Apollomatkat (DER Touristik Suomi), Detur Finland and Ving. Spies is listed as a regional player. Broad incumbents are TUI Group and Jet2holidays.
Does Tjäreborg have an API?
No public API is recorded for Tjäreborg.
What industry is Tjäreborg in?
Tjäreborg's product category is Tour Operator. Its primary akta.pro industry code is THAKAFAL, Island, Beach & Resort Travel Agencies. Its NAICS code is 561520 and its SIC code is 7000.