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Holliday appointed to sales role with Thomas Cook Group Airlines
Thomas Cook Group Airlines has appointed Emma Holliday as national account manager for Thomas Cook Airlines UK and Condor, in an expansion of its trade sales team. Holliday has spent 25 years in travel with roles in account management, overseas operations, and travel retail management.
Daniel Fearn, group head of operations control centre, Thomas Cook Airlines
With Thomas Cook recognised as the World’s Leading Charter Airline, Daniel Fearn, group head of operations control centre for the carrier, tells Breaking Travel News just what it is that set them apart from their competitors in global hospitality.
Thomas Cook Airlines launches direct Barbados flight from Gatwick
Thomas Cook Airlines’ inaugural flight from Gatwick Airport to Barbados has departed during a Bajan carnival event. The weekly flight from Gatwick joins three-times weekly flights to Barbados from Manchester.
Thomas Cook Airlines scoops top World Travel Awards title
Thomas Cook Airlines has been named theWorld’s Leading Charter Airline for the third year in a row at the World Travel Awards in Vietnam.
Unite secures two-year pay deal for Thomas Cook cabin crew
Unite has negotiated a two-year inflation linked pay deal for over 2,000 cabin crew at Thomas Cook Airlines. The first year of the deal will mean an annual increase of 3.2 per cent (based on the February 2017 retail price index) or around £500 a year in basic pay for a typical crew member earning £16,107, back dated to April 2017.
Thomas Cook shares slide as UK profits fall
Shares in Thomas Cook have fallen by nearly ten per cent this morning after the travel firm reported a drop in profits at its UK business. Earnings at its UK division fell by 40 per cent in the year to September 30th, standing at £52 million.
Thomas Cook to establish new Spanish airline
Thomas Cook will set up a new airline based in Palma de Majorca, Spain. The tour operator hopes the move will lower costs at a time of tough conditions in the European short-haul market
Singapore Tourism Board signs partnership with Thomas Cook Group
Singapore Tourism Board and Thomas Cook Group have signed a memorandum of understanding to cover cooperative marketing campaigns, trade engagements and public relations activities. This is the first deal between the two organisations and it will be effective from October for a period of three years until 2020.
Thomas Cook seeks to expand own-brand hotel options with LEMY deal
Thomas Cook has entered into a strategic partnership with LMEY Investments, a Swiss-based hotel property development company, to develop and grow Thomas Cook’s own-brand hotel portfolio.
Thomas Cook Sport signs travel partnership with Saracens
Thomas Cook Sport has been unveiled as preferred travel supplier for reigning European Champions & Aviva Premiership club, Saracens. Thomas Cook Sport will become the club’s team travel supplier for the senior squad as well as supporter travel, for the next three seasons.
Thomas Cook China plans ten-fold expansion in 2018
Thomas Cook China, the joint venture between Thomas Cook and Fosun, the leading Chinese investment conglomerate, plans to increase customer numbers by more than ten times over the next year.
Thomas Cook signs strategic partnership with Expedia
Thomas Cook has announced it has entered into a strategic alliance with Expedia, one of the world’s leading travel companies. Under the terms of the agreement, Expedia will become the preferred provider of hotels for Thomas Cook’s complementary city and domestic holiday business and will provide its booking platform to support all city break and hotel-only sales across Thomas Cook distribution channels in Europe.