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Thomas Cook becomes the world's leading foreign exchange retailer when it acquires the retail foreign exchange operations of Deak International Inc. 1991 Thomas Cook celebrates its 150th anniversary. A 34-day round-the-world trip is arranged to commemorate this occasion, and a re-enactment of the first railway excursion from Leicester to Loughborough takes place on 5 July. holiday in wales

1992

Westdeutsche Landesbank, Germany’s third largest bank, and the LTU Group, Germany’s leading charter airline, acquire the Thomas Cook Group from Midland Bank. 1994 Thomas Cook acquires Interpayment Services Limited, the travellers cheque subsidiary of Barclays Bank plc, to become the world's largest supplier of travellers cheques outside the United States. holiday wales

Following a major review of its global activities, Thomas Cook sells its travel management business to American Express. 1995 Westdeutsche Landesbank acquires LTU's 10% share of the Thomas Cook Group, making Thomas Cook a wholly-owned subsidiary of WestLB. Thomas Cook launches its own Internet site. 1996 Thomas Cook acquires Sunworld, the UK and Ireland’s fourth largest short-haul tour operator, and Time Off, the specialist European city breaks tour operator. cottage holiday in wales

Thomas Cook announces plans to form the world’s largest leisure travel alliance with the American Automobile Association (AAA), subject to US regulatory clearance. 1997 Thomas Cook On-Line is launched, making Thomas Cook the first UK retail travel agency to offer customers a way to buy holidays, foreign currency, travellers cheques and guidebooks over the Internet. Thomas Cook Direct Businesses open a new call centre in Falkirk. caravan holiday in wales

Sunworld acquires the Flying Colours Leisure Group, one of the UK’s medium-sized tour operators and leisure airlines. Thomas Cook launches its Global Traveller Services business. Preussag AG acquires a 24.9% shareholding in Thomas Cook. 1999 The European Commission approves the merger of Thomas Cook and Carlson Leisure Group’s UK travel interests. Thomas Cook’s worldwide headquarters in London moves out of Berkeley Street, where it has been since 1926, to new premises in Midford Place. camping holiday wales

JMC is formed (by combining the former operating brands Sunworld, Sunset, Flying Colours, Inspirations and Caledonian Airways) and becomes the UK’s third largest tour operator and airline business. accommodation holiday wales

Preussag AG becomes the majority shareholder in Thomas Cook Holdings Ltd when it increases its stake from 24.9% to 50.1%. (WestLB retains a 27.9% interest and Carlson Companies Inc. holds 22%.) 2000 Thomas Cook announces the sale of its Global and Financial Services division to Travelex on 8 November. C&N Touristic AG, one of Germany’s largest travel groups, signs an agreement (on 7 December) to become the sole owner of Thomas Cook Holdings, subject to EC approval. holiday last minute wales

Thomas Cook completes the sale of its Global and Financial Services division to Travelex on 27 March. C&N Touristic AG becomes the sole owner of Thomas Cook on 30 March. C&N Touristic AG changes its name to Thomas Cook AG and launches a new logo. Thomas Cook's 160th anniversary. 2002 Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium begins operating in March, serving holiday destinations in the Mediterranean and on the Canary Islands with a fleet of five Airbus A320 aircraft. catering holiday self wales

Thomas Cook is set to become the first fully international leisure brand. The Thomas Cook brand – hitherto used as the company's name as well as for its sales and service activities – will in future appear in all markets and on all levels of the travel-related value chain. holiday wales walking

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