LONDON (AP) — British tour company Thomas Cook collapsed early Monday after failing to secure emergency funding, leaving tens of thousands of vacationers stranded abroad. The British government said the return of the 178-year-old firm’s…
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Hundreds of thousands stranded after British travel firm…
LONDON (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers were stranded on Monday by the collapse of the world’s oldest travel firm Thomas Cook (TCG.L), sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in British history. The liquidation…
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(Reuters) - The world’s oldest travel firm Thomas Cook (TCG.L) collapsed on Monday, stranding more than half a million holidaymakers around the globe and sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in British history. Passengers line…
Thomas Cook collapses: Why and what happens now?
LONDON (Reuters) - Thomas Cook (TCG.L), the world’s oldest travel firm, collapsed on Monday, stranding hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers around the globe and sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in British history. FILE PHOTO:…
Factbox: Nightmare, nightmare – tourists stranded after Thomas…
MALLORCA, Spain (Reuters) - More than half a million holidaymakers were stranded around the globe on Monday following the collapse of Thomas Cook (TCG.L), the world’s oldest travel firm. Passengers are seen at Thomas Cook…
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