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Rolf G. Kirst has been involved in the franchise scene in Germany for more than 25 years. After eight years in the hotel management business, he started his own company in 1978 in the travel industry with a travel agency and as tour operator. After a short time he found a way to accumulate several tour operators together into a cooperative, and this initiated his first involvement in the franchise area. After 10 years, his tour operator group comprised 70 partners. In 1990 he started with a franchise group of travel agencies in Eastern Germany. Within 3 years the group grew to 150 partners. - See more at: http://www.startupoverseas.co.uk/germany/experts/rolf-gerhard-kirst-germany-franchise-expert.html#sthash.5te5qQnF.dpuf