Thomas Cook started organising leisure trips in 1841

Mr Cook arranged a succession of trips, to the midland towns of Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and Birmingham

Four years later, he organised his first trip abroad from Leicester to Calais

Today Thomas Cook is the second largest European travel group

Thomas Cook was nationalised shortly after World War Two And was privatised in the 1970’s

Midland Bank became its sole owner in 1977.

It was then sold by Midland in 1992 to a

German bank and charter airline.

In June 2007, Thomas Cook acquired fellow MyTravel Group for around $5.5 billion

Today the company is 50:50 owned by German retail group KarstadtQuelle and the Lufthansa airline.

In 1808 -Thomas Cook was born in Melbourne, Derbyshire

At seventeen Thomas joined the local Temperance Society

1841 -Cook arranged an eleven-mile rail excursion from Leicester to a Temperance Society meeting in Loughborough

1846 -took 500 people from Leicester on a tour of Scotland

Greatest achievements -to arrange 165,000 people to attend the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park.

1865 -Cook moved his business to London where he arranged tours to Egypt

His son John managed the London office of the company that was now known as Thomas Cook & Son

1872 -Thomas Cook & Son was able to offer a 212 day Round the World Tour for 200 guineas.

Cook retired in 1879 leaving John and his three sons to run the company.

Thomas Cook died in 1892.

Parent company of Thomas Cook, Condor Airlines until 12 February 2007

Thomas Cook Group plc was created on 19 June 2007 by the merger of Thomas Cook AG and MyTravel Group plc

It was originally incorporated onNovember 1, 1997 as "C&N Touristic AG"

Lufthansa and Karstadt jointly owned the group

Karstadt took control of the company two days before Christmas 2006 by buying the half-share owned by Lufthansa

Thomas Cook Group operates a portfolio of market-leading travel brands in21 markets

Thomas Cook Worldwide had 5 wholly owned subsidiaries

Thomas Cook UK Thomas Cook Netherlands

Thomas Cook FranceThomas Cook Belgium

Thomas Cook Destinations

The companies in Thomas Cook AG include

Thomas Cook Holidays Division. Thomas Cook Retail Thomas Cook Airlines Thomas Cook Airlines (Belgium) Condor Airlines Thomas Cook TV

"To be the best travel company in the world to travel with, work for, and invest in.”

“To improve performance in mainstream tour operating, make significant advances in independent travel, travel-related financial services and emerging markets, and grow overall revenue and profit.”

The strategy focuses on the following key objectives:

Integrating the businesses of the Enlarged Group and delivering the planned synergies

Strengthening the packaged tour operating businesses

Growing its business in the independent travel segment  

Extending the financial services offering of the Enlarged Group through the introduction of new products and services

CEO- UK & IrelandCEO Manny Fontenla-Novoa

• Dr. Jürgen Büser, Chief Financial Officer, Thomas Cook UK Ltd

• Mr. Michael Hallisey, Executive Director - Legal, Thomas Cook UK Ltd

• Mr. Roland Zeh, Director Finance-Integration, Thomas Cook UK Ltd

Dr Karl-Gerhard Eick

David Allvey

Roger Burnell

Bo Lerenius

Hemjo Klein

Nigel Northridge

Began its Indian operations in 1881

Opened First office in Mumbai.

Expanded to the cities of Kolkata, Bangalore, Delhi and Chennai,

The current company, TCIL came into existence with effect from November 1, 1978.

TCIL made its public issue in February 1983. 

The Thomas Cook Business Park, Coningsby Rd.Peterborough PE3 8SB, United Kingdom

TCIL HQ Address:

Thomas Cook Building Dr. Dadabhai Naoroji Road Fort Mumbai

Head of Sustainability Ruth Holroyd manages a team of three-

Responsible Business Manager Nancy Brock has responsibility for our impacts on home communities

Sustainable Tourism Manager Jo Baddeley has responsibility for our resource and social impacts in destination communities

Environmental Manager Vicki Handforth has responsibility for our environmental impacts

Federation of Tour Operators (FTO)

The Travel Foundation

Enable Holidays

WRAP

Present in 55 cities across 200 locations in India Over 3,000 employees

Possesses the highest financial rating given by CRISIL – P1

Revenue over Rs. 142.1 crores

Highly profitable and consistent wealth generator. Net worth around Rs. 183,89,69,999

The Company is almost debt free, generating positive cash flows.

Holidays Travel Management Financial Services Travel Insurance Incentives & Conferences Travel Cards

Leisure Travel

2005 – 2006Golden Peacock Award for Excellence in

Corporate Governance 2006 (Finalist Certificate)By Institute of Directors for ethical business practices

2004 – 2005Best Travel Agency Award, 2005

By The Pacific Asia Travel Writers Association (PATWA)

PATA Gold Award, 2005By Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) for marketing in the category of Industry Tour Operator / Travel Agent.

Best Website AwardBy the Association of Business Communications of India (ABCI)

Best Technology Award, 2005By Galileo Express Travel & Tourism Award Excellence in Financial Reporting in Service Sector By The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

ITB Berlin Germany- March 2005Presented to Ashwini Kakkar.Managing Director, Thomas Cook (I) Ltd. as Best Travel Agency for Tourism Related Services.

13 February 2009 - Rescued turtles take to the skies with Thomas Cook Airlines

2 February 2009 - Cruise Thomas Took launches 'The cruise selector‘

26 December 2008 - Don't just book it…

18 December 2008 - Thomas Cook Airlines introduces additional aircraft at Newcastle Airport

21 November 2008 - Thomas Cook celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of the founder of modern day tourism

Thomascook.in planning to focus more on domestic tourism & B 2 B segment

Portal currently offers flights, rail, hotels, cruises & other facilities

TCIL planning to add more destinations online

Aiming to focus on B2B segment for travel agents & corporates

Planninig to sell flight tickets online

Planning to sell tour packages online