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Coutts & Co. traveller's cheque, for 2 pounds. Issued in London, 1970s. Langmead Collection. On display at the British Museum in London. Traveller's cheques were first issued on 1 January 1772 by the London Credit Exchange Company for use in 90 European cities, [1] and in 1874, Thomas Cook was issuing "circular notes" that operated in the manner of traveller's cheques.
Thomas Cook was a main sponsor of Manchester City and Peterborough United football clubs. On 22 May 2009, Manchester City announced that its six-year partnership with Thomas Cook would conclude at the end of the 2008–09 Premier League season. [122] Thomas Cook was a sponsor of the London 2012 Summer Olympics. As one of the UK's biggest and ...
Thomas Cook's lending banks and bondholders were to stump up a further 450 million pounds and convert their existing debt to equity, giving them in total about 75% of the airline and up to 25% of ...
Thomas Cook (22 November 1808 – 18 July 1892) was an English businessman. He was best known for founding the travel agency Thomas Cook & Son . He was also one of the initial developers of the " package tour " including travel and accommodations.
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Cook's Tourists' Handbooks were a series of travel guide books for tourists published in the 19th-20th centuries by Thomas Cook & Son of London. The firm's founder, Thomas Cook , produced his first handbook to England in the 1840s, later expanding to Europe, Near East, North Africa, and beyond.
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In 2016, Thomas Cook completed a buy-out of The Co-operative Group and Central England Co-operative's 33.5% shareholding. The TCCT website closed in 2017, and all existing bookings were transferred to Thomas Cook. During 2017–18, Thomas Cook rebranded its The Co-operative Travel branches to the Thomas Cook name.