Our parents taught us well

Brett & Vicki Tollman reflect on TTC's first century and where it all began with their grandfather, Solomon Tollman, in a sleepy fishing village on the coast of South Africa.

Ellen Bettridge, Uniworld’s President & CEO, shares the top 10 trips she plans to take with TTC in 2020.

TTC's Chairman, Stanley Tollman, tells the story of how he fell in love with his wife, Bea, and together they built The Travel Corporation into the global, award-winning family of brands it is today.

Vicki Tollman shares the love story of her parents, Bea and Stanley Tollman.

Celebrating the many TTC employees who have found their life partners while working in our family of brands and the countless travelers who have found love while on holiday with us.

We are proud that over 56% of the TTC team is female and over 50% of leadership roles are held by women. This month, Bea & Vicki Tollman reflect upon the secret ingredient that women bring to all that TTC does. It is, in a word, passion.

A major driving force for Uniworld is our determination to keep pushing boundaries, raising expectations and transforming an industry as we go. Read on to learn about the women of Uniworld and TTC who have inspired this mindset

TTC founded TreadRight over a decade ago to turn a passion for sustainability into a focused effort to Make Travel Matter. Today, TreadRight supports over 60 projects around the globe, using travel to give back to the people, planet and wildlife of the destinations we visit.

Shannon Guihan, Chief TreadRight and Sustainability Officer for TTC, reflects on Earth Month and shares how partnerships around our planet make travel matter.

Join the thousands of team members at Uniworld and TTC brands around the world in pledging to make travel matter for people, the environment and wildlife!

As we celebrated International Day of Families this month, we recognized the importance of our entire extended travel family in providing support, strength and comfort, especially during this uncertain time. This May is certainly different from ones we've known in the past, but one thing that remains the same is the importance of family. At TTC, family is what matters most—TTC has been 100% family-owned by the Tollmans for 100 years and through four generations.

Vicki Tollman celebrates the many layers of family that run through TTC.

Follow along as Ellen, Uniworld's President & CEO, makes dinner for her family with signature Bea Tollman recipes.

It's been said that while appreciation happens in the moment, gratitude comes only over time. These days, those of us at TTC—like travelers all around the world—are spending our time very differently than we had expected right now. It's easy to succumb to feeling down, however, if we accentuate the positives, there is much to be grateful for.

This month we bring a message of gratitude through the reflections and thoughts of our Chairman, Stanley Tollman.

TTC team members around the world share what they're grateful for from their own travel experiences.

On International Friendship Day, we reflected on one of the most powerful forms of connection that travel nurtures—friendship. For those of us at TTC, looking back over our first century, friendship has shaped so much of who we are and what we do, in the connections to our guests, our partners, and to each other.

For now, while circumstances may prevent us from being physically together, we can still celebrate by appreciating the friends we have in our lives and looking forward to new adventures when we can travel again.

TTC team members and guests share photographs, stories and sayings to remind us of friends we have made along the road—and inspire us for the new friends we will be making when our travels resume.

August marks the official 100th year since the first Tollman hotel was founded in August 1920, and we're focusing on what this year-long celebration is really all about: commemorating the achievements of the past, appreciating the progress of the present and looking forward to all the future has in store.

Meet Ella Tollman, 20-year-old college student and avid photographer. Get to know her and her refreshing outlook in this insightful blog post!

As we continue celebrating TTC's first 100 years, we're turning to our guests to help us reflect on our greatest trips together. From stories of traveling dozens of times across our different travel brands to the lifelong friends made along the way, these tales warm our hearts and make us even more excited for the future when we can travel together again!

Read more tales from our wonderful guests who have joined us on multiple journeys across all of TTC's family of brands.

No business makes it through a century without constant innovation, and that is especially true in the world of travel. This month we're sharing our story of how we are innovating in key areas across TTC.

Read all about the Tollman family philosophy of innovation in this month's blog post!

When we travel again, we'll get back to taking our wonderful guests on memorable voyages along the rivers of the world, giving back to the communities we visit and elevating luxury travel at every opportunity.

Read what each of TreadRight's ambassadors have to say about what the pandemic has meant for them and what we need to do in the future to help our planet, people and wildlife recover.

While 2020 may not have been the year we expected, it is certainly one we will always remember—not only for the history that's unfolding around us, but also for the strength and resiliency we've seen around the world. In the midst of everything, we count our blessings and are ready to join our guests back out in the world again in 2021.

Reflecting upon not only a momentous past year, but an entire century, the Tollman family looks upon the coming days with great optimism in this latest blog post.