Vorstand
CurrentThe association Verband Internet Reisevertrieb e.V. (VIR) represents the core themes security on the internet, trust, transparency, and quality standards. It is a speaker for the internet tourist business and a point of contact for consumers, the media and the industry itself.Among its members are seven of the leading online travel portals in Germany (ebookers.de, expedia.de, holidaycheck.de, jt-touristik.de, lastminute.de, opodo.de and weg.de), which jointly generate a turnover of about one billion euros and employ more than 500 people. The travel portals were visited online by an average of 3 million people per month during the first half of 2009.www.v-i-r.de