Simon Spies

Simon Spies

Simon Ove Christian Oglivie Spies (September 1, 1921 – April 16, 1984) was a famous Danish tycoon, best known for starting the charter airline Spies Rejser, which is owned by MyTravel today.

Spies Rejser was opened in 1956 and would soon become a huge success along with the competitor Tjæreborg. In the beginning they arranged cheap bus/boattrips to Majorca, but later (in the early 1960s) Spies bought the bankrupt Danish charter operator Flying Enterprise and formed his own airline, Conair.

Simon Spies was a provocateur and is famous for his "morgenbolledamer" (Morning bun ladies), who were officially employed to bake buns in the morning. However bun is a pun in Danish and does also mean "have intercourse" (which was what he actually did with them).

When he went to the theater he would usually buy three tickets so there was one seat for his cane and one for his dog Archibald.

See also

*Jurij Moskvitin, friend of, and author of a biography about Spies.

References

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External links/references

* [http://www.spies.dk/ The official homepage of Spies Rejser in Danish]


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