The demise of Thomas Cook has so far resulted in 8,123 redundancies. It’s a daunting prospect but the reality is that the couple behind this family-run operation, which unlike Thomas Cook is profitable and free of debt, are nobody’s fools. “We’ll hopefully sell more holidays than Thomas Cook too because we’re neutral about who we sell,” she adds, offering the example of Jet2, a holiday company whose packages the Thomas Cook agencies refused to offer. “There were people walking in wanting to book a holiday and Thomas Cook wouldn’t do it.”John acknowledges there is some surgery to do on Thomas Cook, whose brand was so tainted by the end that he wasn’t interested in buying the name to go along with the shops. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Hays Travel have bought 555 Thomas Cook stores.

Source: The Guardian October 11, 2019 15:57 UTC