Swiss Halley began as a small company with a couple of enthousistic peple convinced that they can create a great online travel organization
IT’S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY TO GET HERE, where we are now
IT’S BEEN A BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY
IT’S BEEN A JOURNEY WE ALL SHOULD BE PROUD OF it
LET’S LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES AND TALK A BIT ABOUT THE PROGRESS WE MADE
DURING THE COURSE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHs WE ARE WITNESSING A DyNAMIC GROWTH IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE
WE REALIZEd 3 TIMES MORE TRAVELS THAN HALF A YEAR AGO
MORE THAN 3000 USERS LOGged IN EACH DAY TO MANAGE THEIR TRAVELS AND TO MANAGE THEIR BUSINESS
THERE ARE 5 TIMES MORE BOOKINGS PAID BY CREDIT CARD THAN A YEAR AGO
This growth proves the quality of our travel and business model
SINCE SEPTEMBER 2012, MORE THAN 750.000 HOTEL SEARCHes WERE INITIATED ON OUR WEBSITE
DO YOU KNOW WHERE FRANEKER IS? PERSONALLY I DON’T HAVE A CLUE
WHERE IS SOLA? WHERE IS KASHGAR?
OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE EVEN LOOKED FOR THESE REMOTE DESTINATIONS!
DO YOU KNOW WHERE KISUJSZALLAS IS? IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WITH NO TOURIST ATTRACTIONS WHAT SO EVER!
ONE VOUCHER WAS BURNT BY A MEMBER, EVEN THERE – FASCINATING, ISN’T IT?
The next amazing fact: WE SEE AN EXPONENTIAL GROWTH IN TERMS OF BOOKINGS
IN THE LAST QUARTER WE’VE HAD 3000 BOOKINGs! CURRENNTLY THERE ARE MORE THAN 13.050 BOOKINGS IN THE SYSTEM. THESE ARE RESERVATIONS FOR THE FUTURE, BY AT LEAST 32.000 PASSENGERS
32.000 PASSENGERS – THAT IS THE POPULATION OF SAN MARINO – IT IS JUST LIKE ALL SAN MARINO CITIZENS HAD THEIR TRAVEL ALREADY BOOKED WITH US FOR THIS SUMMER!
Of course we are proud about these numbers and all of you, my friends can be proud together with us.
WE ALSO SEE AN EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OF TRAVEL TURNOVER.
IN JUNE 2014 230.000 USD TURNOVER HAS BEEN GENERATED VIA THE PAY PER CREDIT CARD OFFERS
AND ANOTHER 1 MILLION USD TRAFFIC VIA VOUCHERS
Let us LOOK AT THE MAIN TRAFFIC FLOWS
775 CITIES OF 85 COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN REACHED BY USE OF OUR VOUCHERS
THE MAIN TRAFFIC FLOWS ARE
FROM RUSSIA TO BULGARIA, TURKEY AND THAILAND
FROM UKRAINE TO FRANCE AND BULGARIA
FROM HUNGARY TO SPAIN, BULGRIA, ITALY AND CROATIA
FROM SLOVAKIA TO CROATIA AND BULGARIA
WE ALSO WITNESS A BOOMING NETWORK
BY NOW, WE HAVE MEMBERS FROM MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES.
IF I PICK A LETTER, LET’S SAY LETTER G – WE HAVE MEMBERS FROM ALL COUNTRIES STARTING WITH THE LETTER G:
GERMANY, GEORGIA, GREECE, GUINEA-BISSAU, GUYANA, GHANA
WE HAVE 530 NEW MEMBERS EVERY WEEK
CERTAINLY, THERE IS A TREMENDOUS EFFORT BEHIND THESE NUMBERS
WE organized 1500 OPEN SEMINARS
and 9 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
AS A RESULT, WE HAVE HAD 561 RECOGNITIONS ON STAGE
TALKING ABOUT RECOGNITIONS – 568 iPads HAVE BEEN AWARDED
STOCKING THOSE iPads ON TOP OF EACH OTHER WE WOLD GET A PILE HIGHER THAN THE TOWER OF THE BIG BEN
(Wrong calculation: env. 2 cm x 568 = env. 11 m)
IN TOTAL MORE THAN 2500 HORSEPOWER HAS BEEN SHARED IN FORM OF CAR AWARDS
FROM THE SMALLEST AUDI ONE TO THE BIGGEST MERCEDES GL
ALL KIND OF BEAUTIFUL DREAM CARS HAVE BEEN AWARDED ON STAGE
LETS now TALK A BIT ABOUT THE EFFORTS OF THE HEADQUARTER
UP TILL NOW, 2381 UNIQUE, THEMATIC NEWSLETTERS HAVE BEEN COMPOSED AND DELIVERED TO 15.000 EMAIL ADDRESSES IN AVERAGE
This RESULTS IN A TOTAL OF 35,7 MILLION EMAILS…
THE 933 THOUSAND USERS HAVE GENERATED A WEB TRAFFIC OF 34 MILLION PAGEVIEWS
IN AVERAGE ONE USER SPENDS 11 AND A HALF MINUTE ON OUR WEBSITE, SO THAT THE 3.6 MILLION USER SESSIONS IN TOTAL
WOULD RESULT IN ONE INFINITE USER SESSION OF THE LENGTH OF 745 YEARS IF IT HAD BEEN ORIGINATED BY ONE USER
WE ALSO SEE AN EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OF THE COMMISSION EARNED BY OUR MEMBERS.
IN TOTAL 17.8 MILLION USD COMMISSION HAVE BEEN SHARED AMONGST YOU
INCLUDING THE CURRENT TRANSFER
Today, at this wonderful SEMINAR A NEW story, a new ERA IS TO BEGIN
WE ARRIVED TO AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE ON OUR BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY
WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE ALL THESE ACHiEVEMENTS AND THE RESULTS OF THE PAST
AND TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS which will LEAD TO EVEN MORE SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE
SINCE FEBRUARY 2014
MORE THAN 8500 HOURS WERE SPENT ON DEVELOPING THIS BEAUTIFUL FIREFLIES WEBSITE THAT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED TO YOU
ANOTHER 6800 HOURS WERE SPENT ON MANAGING THE PROJECT OF THE TRANSITION
THESE NUMBERS REPRESENT THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN OUTSOURCED TO OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERS. WEB ARCHITECTS AND CODERS, PROJECT MANAGERS AND ADVISORS.
YOU CAN MULTIPLY IT BY AT LEAST 10 TO GET AN IMPRESSION ABOUT THE TOTAL EFFORTS THE TEAM IN THE FIREFLIES HEADQUARTER
had invested in these DEVELOPMENTS
ALL THIS PROGRESS COULD NOT BE MADE AND MAINTAINED WITHOUT THE EXTENSIVE PARTNERSHIP OF THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES:
And the biggest achievement: we have helped your travel dreams to come true.
3 years ago we have had only one traveller József Bartuska who booked a hotel in dowtown BudaPest just to check how our service would work.
By now, we have thousands of travellers each day. Thousands are sharing with us their nice memories on FaceBook and other social networks. It is great to see the many smiling faces, the happy families coming even more close to each other as a result of the beautiful jurneys travelled with us.
During the summer, families go on beach holidays, while at spring and in the autumn they go on citíbreaks to immerse in different cultures.
As from now on, even their flights can be booked with us.
We are always talking about the sunny side of life. Always. Isn’t it easy to alk about it? It is so good to share these experiences with others, and that makes our business wonderful to work for.
With these developments we have started a new era,
Which is a significant step in the evolution of our business, we repositioned the brand,
We’d like you to keep up with us on our journey building a prosperous future together.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT OF THE SUCCESS IS: YOU
REMEMBER BACK THE KEY MESSAGE OF THE PRESENTATION OF MARK DAVIS FROM YESTERDAY:
YOU ARE FIREFLIES,
WE ARE FIREFLIES!
WE MAKE FIREFLIES TO BECOME SUCCESSFULL
(and here comes the repetition of the key messages from yesterday…..)