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Maik:

--- Quote ---Thomas Cook collapses as last-ditch rescue talks fail

Thomas Cook has collapsed after last-minute negotiations aimed at saving the 178-year-old holiday firm failed.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said the tour operator has "ceased trading with immediate effect".

It has also triggered the biggest ever peacetime repatriation aimed at bringing more than 150,000 British holidaymakers home.

The tour operator's failure puts 22,000 jobs at risk worldwide, including 9,000 in the UK.

All customers currently abroad with Thomas Cook who are booked to return to the UK over the next two weeks will be brought home "as close as possible" to their booked return date, the Department for Transport (DfT) has said.

Customers will be brought home to the UK on special free flights or booked onto another scheduled airline at no extra cost.

Flights will start operating from Monday, with details of each flight to be posted on a dedicated website as soon as they are available. However, the website is currently showing an error message.

The DfT added that a "small number" of passengers may need to book their own flight home and reclaim the costs.

Customers have been urged not to cut short their holiday or go to the airport without checking the website for more information about their return journey.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49791249

Maik:

--- Quote ---Thomas Cook's collapse strands about 50,000 in Greece, hotels fret

About 50,000 tourists are stranded in Greece and mainly on island resorts after British travel firm Thomas Cook collapsed, the tourism minister said on Monday as extra flights were booked to ease their return home.

“We have about 50,000 people in Greece and there has been a rescue plan, a plan of repatriation currently underway,” Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis told Reuters.

“We are supporting as much as we can,” he said, adding that the Greek authorities had a contingency plan.

“Extra flights have been booked at Greek airports and already the first 15 have come to ensure those people go back smoothly to their homeland. Also, the cost of their stay for the rest of their holidays is being covered,” Theoharis said.

Thomas Cook’s financial collapse would deal a significant blow to hoteliers, since many vacation packages were not prepaid, the head of Greece’s hotel federation said.

“The situation is quite difficult. It does not affect just British tourists but other nationalities as well,” Grigoris Tassios told state TV ERT.

Many hotels were expected to make losses on payments affecting vacation packages for the last two months, meaning “many millions of euros,” he said. “Up to Oct. 15, there are high occupancies, we will suffer losses from this segment, too.”
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thomas-cook-grp-investment-greece/thomas-cooks-collapse-strands-about-50000-in-greece-hotels-fret-idUSKBN1W80H9

Maik:

--- Quote ---Thomas Cook UK Plc and associated UK entities have entered Compulsory Liquidation and are now under the control of the Official Receiver.

The UK business has ceased trading with immediate effect and all future flights and holidays are cancelled.

A dedicated support service is being provided by The Civil Aviation Authority to assist customers currently overseas and those in the UK with future bookings.
Please visit:
thomascook.caa.co.uk
for further information.
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https://scdn.thomascook.com/status.html

Maik:

--- Quote ---Cost of Thomas Cook bankruptcy for Greek tourism between 250-500 mln euros
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http://www.ekathimerini.com/244832/article/ekathimerini/news/cost-of-thomas-cook-bankruptcy-for-greek-tourism-between-250-500-mln-euros

TonyKath:

--- Quote from: Maik on Tuesday, 24 September, 2019 @ 00:46:56 ---
--- Quote ---Cost of Thomas Cook bankruptcy for Greek tourism between 250-500 mln euros
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http://www.ekathimerini.com/244832/article/ekathimerini/news/cost-of-thomas-cook-bankruptcy-for-greek-tourism-between-250-500-mln-euros

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Strewth!  :(

In the longer term presumably plenty of companies will be looking to pick up the business - hence the rise in some share prices.


Tony

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