Webtourist ®: About us

Webtourist ® is a swiss travel related service provider providing the following services.

Hotel reservation services in affiliation with Priceline Partner Network, Booking.Com and others
Car rental services in affiliation with Priceline Partner Network and others
Destination and tourist information in affiliation with worldwide partners
Sights and tours in affiliation with Viator.Inc
Hotel Management System for easy updates and inclussion of accommodations within our network

Webtourist operates and manages a set of leading Internet Travel Sites to offer customers with the capability to initiate secure hotel reservations.

History of Webtourist

1996: Roger Balmer launches RBIS (Roger Balmer Internet Services) City Guides on the Web as one of the first Websites providing worldwide destination Information.
1998: As of a branding purpose, Roger Balmer renames RBIS City Guides into Webtourist and launches Webtourist.ch and Webtourist.Net. In the same year for a first time visitors are capable to book hotels through our website.
1999: Webtourist starts a Affiliation with TravelNow and concentrates on selling hotel-rooms, car-rentals and airline-tickets on the web.
2001: Based on the big success of Webtourist, Roger Balmer and business partners found a swiss registered incorporation named Webtourist, based in Zug, Switzerland. Founder Roger Balmer stays in the company and becomes President of the board. Co-Founders Jürg Grau (Vice-President) and Miroslav Bauer complete the board. Michael Sterchi becomes Secretary of the board
2003: Webtourist switches Affiliaton from TravelNow to World Choice Travel to offer a wider range and better hotel room availability to its cutsomers
2004: Jürg Grau leaves the board of directors at Webtourist Network AG. Miroslav Bauer becomes the new Vice-President.
2005: Michael Sterchi and Miroslav Bauer leave Webtourist Network AG's Operations. Webtourist starts new co-operations that become operative in 2006. Roger Balmer announces Josef Balmer as new member of the Board and Andrea Balmer as secretary of the board for 2006.
2009: Webtourist is no longer a Incorporation. The website is maintained by Roger Balmer privately again.
2011: Webtourist becomes part of RogerBalmer.Com Internet Units

During the past 15 years, Webtourist served Millions of travelers needs and benefited for a longtime of the professional technological server housing and internet hosting experience of its first day partner Init Seven AG.