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, and sold products such as package holidays and flights through its 3 in-house airlines. On 19 June 2007, the group merged with

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to form the

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, which was listed on the

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History

Thomas Cook, Commercial Street, Leeds (11th April 2011)

In 2001,

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was acquired by the German company C&N Touristic AG, which changed its name to Thomas Cook AG. On 21 December 2005, Thomas Cook AG sold off Thomas Cook International Markets (a venture which includes 60% of the stake in Thomas Cook India Ltd) to Dubai Financial LLC, part of the Dubai Investment Group (DIG) which manages the financial and real estate interests of

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, ruler of

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. Following this, Thomas Cook Overseas Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Thomas Cook UK) was sold off, this time again to Dubai Financial LLC. Thomas Cook Canada was sold to Transat A.T. in 2006, marking Thomas Cook's exit from the North American market in terms of its own retailer. On 12 February 2007, Thomas Cook AG announced that it had agreed terms on a merger with

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to form

Thomas Cook Group Thomas Cook Group plc was a global travel group, headquartered in the United Kingdom and listed on the London Stock Exchange from its formation on 19 June 2007 by the merger of Thomas Cook AG — successor to Thomas Cook & Son — a ...

. The merger was completed on 19 June 2007.

Operations

References

{{Authority control Transport companies established in 2001 Transport companies disestablished in 2007 Defunct companies of Germany