Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. is an Indian travel agency, headquartered in Mumbai, India, providing travel services including Foreign Exchange, International and Domestic Holidays, Visas, Passports, Travel Insurance and MICE. Founded in 1881 by Thomas Cook, the founder of the now defunct British brand Thomas Cook & Son, who established its first office in India and eventually extended to over 233 locations, in 94 cities across India, Sri Lanka and Mauritius."Thomas Cook Travel Agency Locations" Vedding Thomas Cook India is a subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Fairbridge Capital (Mauritius) Limited, and its controlled affiliates which holds 67.63% of the company.
History Thomas Cook had many ventures including the invention of the world's package tour in 1841, the first pre-paid hotel coupon in 1868, creation of the first holiday brochure in 1858, and conceptualization of the first Travellers Cheques in 1874."Thomas Cook - The Founder of Mass Tourism" Pravda Report
In 1881, Thomas Cook started its India operations in Bombay (later renamed Mumbai), and in October 1978, saw it christened Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. The company made its first public issue in February 1983, and commenced operations in Mauritius in 2000. In the same year, they acquired the Sri Lanka business from Thomas Cook Overseas Ltd, UK."Thomas Cook History" Business Standard
In 2006, Thomas Cook India Limited acquired LKP Forex Limited and Travel Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd. (TCI).
In May 2012, Fairbridge Capital (Mauritius) Limited acquired Thomas Cook India, and became a part of Fairfax Group, Canada."Thomas Cook India Grows through Acquisitions" The Hindu, 11 August 2015
In 2013, Thomas Cook India Limited acquired Quess Corp (formerly known as Ikya Group - HR, IT Services, Facilities Management, Food Services, Skill Development),"Thomas Cook India Arm Quess Corp to Acquire 49% Stake" Times of India, 1 June 2015 and Sterling Holiday Resorts."Mumbai HC Approves TCIL and Sterling Holiday Resorts Merger" Business Standard, 14 July 2015
In 2015, Thomas Cook Lanka Pvt. Ltd. (a subsidiary of Thomas Cook India Limited) acquired Luxe Asia Pvt. Ltd., Sri Lanka,"Thomas Cook India Acquires Luxe Asia" Money Control a regional Destination Management Company handling inbound tourists from globally generating markets to its destinations. In the same year, TCIL announced the acquisition of Kuoni Travel (India) Private Limited, a travel operator in India, and Kuoni Travel (China) Limited, a travel operator in Hong Kong."Thomas Cook Acquires Kuoni India" Business Standard, 8 August 2015
In September 2017, Thomas Cook acquired Tata Capital's forex and travel business. In the aftermath of the collapse of Thomas Cook in the UK, the Indian namesake was considering rebranding itself to avoid the negative perception caused by the collapse of the UK travel company. Number Year Description Ref(s)12019The collapse of Thomas Cook India's former parent Thomas Cook Group causes major confusion to Indian customers, who were assumed that Thomas Cook India had also entered liquidation proceedings (by the United Kingdom Government) 2 2019 Thomas Cook India Ltd Opens New Outlet In Punjab"Thomas Cook India Ltd Opens new outlet at Ranjit Avenue in Amritsar", "Equity Bulls" 3 2016 Thomas Cook taps into India's m-commerce growth opportunity launches India's first end-to-end Holiday-App Thomas Cook taps into India's m-commerce growth opportunity Launches India?s first end-to-end Holiday-App "End to End Holiday App", "Value Research Online" 4 2016 Thomas Cook India targets Tier III growth markets via small tech assisted outlets "Small Tech Assisted Outlets", "The Hindu Business Line" 5 2015 Thomas Cook India Acquired Sri Lanka Based Luxe Asia 6 2015 Announced Closure of Kuoni Travel India Private Limited Company "Thomas Cook India Announces Closure of Kuoni Travel India Pvt Ltd", "The Hindu Business Line" 7 2015 Acquisition of Kuoni Group's Travel Business in India Acquisition of Kuoni Group's travel business in India, Hong Kong by Thomas Cook (India) Limited "Thomas Cook Acquires Kuoni Group", "Economic Times" 8 2015 Launched Thomas Cook One Currency Card "Thomas Cook India Launches One Currency Card", "Travelbiz Monitor", 3 December 2015 9 2015 Launched Thomas Cook Forex Mobile App "Thomas Cook India Launches Forex App", "Travelbiz Monitor" 10 2013 Acquisition of Stake in Quess Corp 11 2012 Acquisition of 76.81% Stake by Fairbridge in Thomas Cook (India) Limited from Thomas Cook UK and TCIM and subsequent announcement of open offer "Acquisition of 76.8% stake by Fairbrige", "The Hindu Businessline" 12 2012 Incorporation of Thomas Cook Lanka (Private) Limited, a 100% Subsidiary of the Company 13 2012 Launch of Borderless Prepaid Multicurrency Forex Card Launch of Borderless Prepaid Multicurrency Foreign Exchange Card "Launch of Borderless Prepaid Card" 14 2011 Signed an agreement for marketing and distribution of borderless prepaid multicurrency foreign exchange card "Thomas Cook Signed an Agreement for Marketing & Distribution of Borderless Forex Card", Money Control 15 2011 Incorporation of TC Visa Services(India) Limited in Maharashtra, a wholly owned Subsidiary of Travel Corporation (India) Limited, which is a 100% Subsidiary of the Company "Thomas Cook India Collaborates with Mastercard", "India Business Brief" 16 2010 Execution of a Seven Year Arrangement with New Delhi International Airport "Thomas Cook Enters into a Deal with Delhi Airport", "Hotelier India" 17 2010 Launch of 9 Foreign Exchange and Travel Counters "Thomas Cook Enters a 7 Year Deal with Delhi International Airport" Franchise Mart 18 2009 Issue of 50,650,699 Shares through a Rights Issue by Thomas Cook (India) Limited "Thomas Cook Official Shares Report" 19 2008 Acquisition of 74.9% Stake by Thomas Cook UK and TCIM in Thomas Cook (India) Limited "Fair Bridge Capital is Promoter of Thomas Cook India", "Business Today" 20 2007 Thomas Cook India Limited & LKP Forex Merger "Thomas Cook & LKP Forex Merger" Economic Times 21 2006 100% acquisition of Travel Corporation (India) Limited by Thomas Cook (India) Limited "Thomas Cook India Company Profile", "India Infoline" 22 2005 100% Acquisition by Dubai Financial (LLC) of TCIM Thomas Cook India Reconstitutes Board 23 2000 Commencement of Operations in Sri Lanka "Commencement of Operations in Sri Lanka" 25 1983 Listing of Thomas Cook India Limited on BSE Pursuant Listing of Thomas Cook (India) Limited on BSE pursuant to an initial public offering "Thomas Cook Listed on BSE Pursuant" SEBI 26 1978 Conversion of the branch office into a private limited company "Thomas Cook History" 27 1881 Thomas Cook & Son opens its first branch office in Bombay
Rebrand 2022 At the end of 2022, Thomas Cook India rebranded the business with a new logo, replacing the 2001 – 2013 British logo.
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