Latest in Tag: Thomas Cook Highlight
Latest in Tag: Thomas Cook

Samih Sawiris takes over Thomas Cook franchise in Germany
Sawiris owns 74.9% of the Raiffeisen Touristik Group, which generates around €3.5bn in sales per year. The group includes Otto brand Reiseland, Thomas Cook Netherlands, and 700 private travel agencies.

Thomas Cook owes €14m to Egyptian tourism sector: local agent
Blue Sky Travel Group bought two hotels in Sharm El Sheikh with investments of $50m: El-Shaer

Minimal impact from Thomas Cook on Orascom Development’s Group operations
Noteworthy, the agreement with Thomas Cook constitutes only 244 rooms out of Orascom Development’s portfolio of 7,082 rooms, so the short-term impact is expected to be minimal, the statement declared.

UK coordinates with Egyptian government Thomas Cook’s travellers’ issue: embassy
British CAA initially returns 150,000 travellers from 50 different destinations, says embassy’s spokesperson

Thomas Cook collapses, bookings cancelled until April for only 25,000 tourists in Egypt
Firm’s collapse to shake Egyptian market until another company absorbs number of Thomas Cook’s travellers: El Damery

No evidence of carbon monoxide poisoning, food, water tested in British tourist hotel: Thomas Cook CEO
Fankhauser told Britain’s Sky News that testing of probes of food, water, will take 10 days to be complete

Thomas Cook targets attracting 500,000 tourists to Egypt this year
50% increase in number of inbound tourists through company during the first half of 2018

Thomas Cook to attract 1.5m tourists to Egypt in 2018: El-Shaer
Security stability and continued promotion campaigns bring arrivals to 1.5 million visitors

Thomas Cook to book flights to Sharm El-Sheikh in November
All programmes will be cancelled if government travel ban continues, according to Thomas Cook’s statement

Calm atmosphere in Turkish coastal resorts
Some 200,000 Germans are said to be holidaying in Turkey at the moment. The German Foreign Office warns tourists in Istanbul and Ankara to be extremely vigilant.

Thomas Cook extends flight ban to Sharm El-Sheikh until 2017
Egypt’s tourism sector has lost 62% in revenues over the past five months

Tourism ministry expects losses from Thomas Cook decision to half trips to Egypt
Decline in European tourism will exceed 80% in 2016 due to suspension of flights from Britain and Russia

Thomas Cook sells its Egyptian, Lebanese businesses
Bahraini business acquires tour operator amid staggering tourism in Egypt

Travel bans to Egypt are lifted by three European countries
Holland, Belgium and Czech Republic removed their travel alerts