Thomas Cook India

Thomascook.in
Public
Traded as

NSE: THOMASCOOK;[1] BSE: 500413

[2]
Industry Travel & Travel related services
Founded 1881 (Incorporated as a Company on 21.10.1978)
Founder Thomas Cook
Headquarters Thomas Cook (India) Limited, Thomas Cook Building, Dr D. N. Road,
Fort,
Mumbai – 400001, India
Products India Holidays, International Holidays, Foreign Exchange, Education Forex, Insurance, Visa & Passport Services, Flights, MICE, Centre of Learning (education & training)
Revenue INR 3,863 Million (2012)
Number of employees
 2944 (December 2015)
Website www.thomascook.in

Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. is an integrated travel and travel related financial services company, with headquarters in Mumbai, India. The company offers a range of travel services including Foreign Exchange, International and Domestic Holidays, Visa, Passport, Travel Insurance & MICE. In 1881, Thomas Cook established its first office in India and eventually it extended its footprint all across the country. Now the presence of TCIL extends over 233 locations (including 23 airport counters) in 94 cities across India, Sri Lanka and Mauritius.[3] The company received the award for Favourite Outbound Tour Operator at the Outlook Travellers Awards 2015.[4]

History

Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. pioneered 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.[5]

In 1881, Thomas Cook started its India operations in 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.[6]

In 2006, Thomas Cook India Limited acquired LKP Forex Limited and Travel Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd. (TCI), and in May 2012, Fairbridge Capital (Mauritius) Limited acquired India arm of Thomas Cook Group, and hence became a part of Fairfax Group, Canada.[7]

In 2013, Thomas Cook India Limited acquired Quess_Corp (formerly known as Ikya Group - HR, IT Services, Facilities Management, Food Services, Skill Development),[8] and Sterling Holiday Resorts.[9]

In 2015, Thomas Cook Lanka Pvt. Ltd. (a subsidiary of Thomas Cook India Limited) acquired Luxe Asia Pvt. Ltd., Sri Lanka,[10] 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.[11]

Milestones

Number Year Achievement Ref(s)
1 2016 Thomas Cook taps into India's m-commerce growth opportunity launches India's first end-to-end Holiday-App [12]
2 2016 Thomas Cook India targets Tier III growth markets via small tech assisted outlets [13]
3 2015 Thomas Cook India Acquired Sri Lanka Based Luxe Asia [14]
4 2015 Announced Closure of Kuoni Travel India Private Limited Company [15]
5 2015 Acquisition of Kuoni Group's Travel Business in India [16]
6 2015 Launched Thomas Cook One Currency Card [17]
7 2015 Launched Thomas Cook Forex Mobile App [18]
8 2013 Acquisition of Stake in Quess Corp [19]
9 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 [20]
10 2012 Incorporation of Thomas Cook Lanka (Private) Limited, a 100% Subsidiary of the Company [21]
11 2012 Launch of Borderless Prepaid Multicurrency Forex Card [22]
12 2011 Signed an agreement for marketing and distribution of borderless prepaid multicurrency foreign exchange card [23]
13 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 [24]
14 2010 Execution of a Seven Year Arrangement with New Delhi International Airport [25]
15 2010 Launch of 9 Foreign Exchange and Travel Counters [26]
16 2009 Issue of 50,650,699 Shares through a Rights Issue by Thomas Cook (India) Limited [27]
17 2008 Acquisition of 74.9% Stake by Thomas Cook UK and TCIM in Thomas Cook (India) Limited [28]
18 2007 Thomas Cook India Limited & LKP Forex Merger [29]
19 2006 100% acquisition of Travel Corporation (India) Limited by Thomas Cook (India) Limited [30]
20 2005 100% Acquisition by Dubai Financial (LLC) of TCIM [31]
21 2000 Commencement of Operations in Sri Lanka [32]
22 1998 Commencement of Operations in Mauritius [33]
23 1983 Listing of Thomas Cook India Limited on BSE Pursuant [34]
24 1978 Conversion of the branch office into a private limited company [35]
25 1881 Thomas Cook & Son opens its first branch office in Mumbai [35]

Products and services

Thomas Cook (India) Limited offers a range of products and services including holiday travel, foreign exchange, visa and passport services, foreign exchange, travel insurance, and travel & tourism education.

Holidays

Thomas Cook India provides a wide range of international and domestic holiday packages. The company essentially deals in Group Tours (GIT), Free Individual Tours (FIT), Land Only (excluding flights) and customized tour packages, including budget holiday and honeymoon packages, as featured on the Thomas Cook India online portal.

Forex

Thomas Cook India Limited has been offering Foreign Exchange services to Indian customers for over 100 years. The company is the largest Foreign Exchange money changer in the Indian market for more and deals in 26 major currencies from across the globe. The Borderless Prepaid Card, Thomas Cook India’s flagship travel card, is a multiple-currency card that can hold up to 8 currencies at a time; a second variant is a one-currency card and holds US dollars.

Visa

Thomas Cook India Limited offers visa application services for almost all the countries around the world and for different categories. The company’s online visa service helps with filling of application forms, collection of documents, submission of the application to the respective embassy, and couriering the stamped passport to the applicant.

Travel Insurance

Thomas Cook India also provides online travel insurance plans that offer coverage for personal accident, medical expenses and repatriation, loss/delay of checked baggage, loss of passport, and curtailment/cancellation amongst others. Special travel policies catering to specific needs are also offered to travellers.

Flights

Thomas Cook India Limited offers flight searching and ticket booking services for flights on all major domestic and international airlines. Flight data from all domestic airlines and international airlines is integrated in real-time.

Hotels

The company also offers hotel reservation services in Indian and international cities. Presently, it offers a range of more than 32,000 hotels in India and more than 1,50,000 hotels outside India to choose from.[36] To provide more accommodation options, Thomas Cook acquired the holiday lifestyle company, Sterling Holiday Resorts.[37]

Awards and recognition

Number Year Name of the Award Awarded By Ref(s)
1 2016 Search Engine Optimization DMAi Marketing Innovation Awards 2016 [38]
2 2016 Gold Award for Thomas Cook - Best Travel Website IAMAI India Digital Awards 2016 [39]
3 2015 Gold Award for Thomas Cook India's Travel Quest PATA Gold Awards 2015 [40]
4 2015 Favourite Outbound Tour Operator Outlook Traveller Awards [41]
5 2015 Best Tour Operator - Outbound CNBC AWAAZ Travel Awards [42]
6 2015 Best Company providing Foreign Exchange CNBC AWAAZ Travel Awards [43]
7 2015 Diamond Award for Exemplary Achievements in Visa Issuance French Ambassador's Travel Awards Ceremony 2015 [44]
8 2015 Favourite Tour Operator Condé Nast Traveller Readers Awards [45]
9 2014 Best Company providing Foreign Exchange CNBC AWAAZ Travel Awards [46]
10 2014 Best Tour Operator - Outbound CNBC AWAAZ Travel Awards [47]
11 2014 Favourite Tour Operator Condé Nast Traveller Readers Awards [48]
12 2014 India's Leading Tour Operator World Travel Awards [49]
13 2013 Best Tour Operator - Outbound CNBC AWAAZ Travel Awards [50]
14 2013 Favourite Specialist Tour Operator Condé Nast Traveller Readers' Travel Awards 2013 [51]
15 2013 Best Tour Operator Lonely Planet Travel Awards [52]
16 2013 Best Tour Operator - Outbound CNBC AWAAZ Travel Awards [53]
17 2013 Retailer of the Year – Leisure & Holidays ET NOW [54]
18 2013 Favourite Tour Operator Condé Nast Traveller Readers Awards [55]
19 2012 The Most Trusted Brand in travel services The Brand Trust Report™, India study 2012 [56]
20 2012 Favourite Specialist Tour Operator Condé Nast Traveller Readers' Travel Awards [57]
21 2012 Best Corporate Travel Management Company World Travel Brands [58]
22 2012 Favourite Tour Operator Condé Nast Traveller Readers Awards [59]
23 2011 – 2012 Tour Operator Promoting Niche Segments other than Adventure and MICE National Tourism Awards [60]
24 2012 “Top 10 South Asia IATA Authorized Training Centres” for Thomas Cook India’s Centre of Learning IATA [61]
25 2011 - 2012 Consumer Superbrand Superbrands[62]
26 2011 Favourite Specialist Tour Operator Condé Nast Traveller Readers' Travel Awards [57]

Board of Directors

References

  1. ↑ NSE "NSE of India - Thomas Cook India"
  2. ↑ BSE "BSE of India - Thomas Cook India"
  3. ↑ "Thomas Cook Travel Agency Locations" Vedding
  4. ↑ "Thomas Cook India Voted Favourite Outbound Tour Operator" TWF India
  5. ↑ "Thomas Cook - The Founder of Mass Tourism" Pravda Report
  6. ↑ "Thomas Cook History" Business Standard
  7. ↑ "Thomas Cook India Grows through Acquisitions" The Hindu, 11 August 2015
  8. ↑ "Thomas Cook India Arm Quess Corp to Acquire 49% Stake" Times of India, June 1, 2015
  9. ↑ "Mumbai HC Approves TCIL and Sterling Holiday Resorts Merger" Business Standard, July 14, 2015
  10. ↑ "Thomas Cook India Acquires Luxe Asia" Money Control
  11. ↑ "Thomas Cook Acquires Kuoni India" Business Standard, 8 August 2015
  12. ↑ 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"
  13. ↑ "Small Tech Assisted Outlets", "The Hindu Business Line"
  14. ↑ "Thomas Cook India Acquires Luxe Asia", "Money Control"
  15. ↑ "Thomas Cook India Announces Closure of Kuoni Travel India Pvt Ltd", "The Hindu Business Line"
  16. ↑ Acquisition of Kuoni Group's travel business in India, Hong Kong by Thomas Cook (India) Limited "Thomas Cook Acquires Kuoni Group", "Economic Times"
  17. ↑ "Thomas Cook India Launches One Currency Card", "Travelbiz Monitor", 3 December 2015
  18. ↑ "Thomas Cook India Launches Forex App", "Travelbiz Monitor"
  19. ↑ "Thomas Cook to acquire 74% stake in Ikya Human Capital Solutions for Rs 256 cr". New Delhi: The Indian Express. Press Trust of India. February 6, 2013.
  20. ↑ "Acquisition of 76.8% stake by Fairbrige", "The Hindu Businessline"
  21. ↑ "Incorporation of Thomas Cook Lanka", "Business Standard"
  22. ↑ Launch of Borderless Prepaid Multicurrency Foreign Exchange Card "Launch of Borderless Prepaid Card"
  23. ↑ "Thomas Cook Signed an Agreement for Marketing & Distribution of Borderless Forex Card", Money Control
  24. ↑ "Thomas Cook India Collaborates with Mastercard", "India Business Brief"
  25. ↑ "Thomas Cook Enters into a Deal with Delhi Airport", "Hotelier India"
  26. ↑ "Thomas Cook Enters a 7 Year Deal with Delhi International Airport" Franchise Mart
  27. ↑ "Thomas Cook Official Shares Report"
  28. ↑ "Fair Bridge Capital is Promoter of Thomas Cook India", "Business Today"
  29. ↑ "Thomas Cook & LKP Forex Merger" Economic Times
  30. ↑ "Thomas Cook India Company Profile", "India Infoline"
  31. ↑ Thomas Cook India Reconstitutes Board
  32. ↑ "Commencement of Operations in Sri Lanka"
  33. ↑ Commencement of Operations in Mauritius
  34. ↑ Listing of Thomas Cook (India) Limited on BSE pursuant to an Initial Public Offering "Thomas Cook Listed on BSE Pursuant" SEBI
  35. 1 2 "Thomas Cook History"
  36. ↑ 'Thomas Cook India offers Visa and Hotel services'
  37. ↑ "Thomas Cook India buys Sterling Holiday for Rs 870cr"
  38. ↑ " Won Search Engine Optimization Award in DMAi Marketing Innovation Awards 2016, India Infoline
  39. ↑ " Gold Award in Best Travel Website Category, Best Media Info
  40. ↑ "Thomas Cook Travel Quest Wins Pata Gold Award 2015", Business Standard
  41. ↑ "Thomas Cook Voted as the Favourite Outbound Tour Operator", The Hindu Business Line, 23 July 2015
  42. ↑ "Thomas Cook India Awarded Double Honour Second Time", City Air News, 10 June 2015
  43. ↑ "Thomas Cook India Wins CNBC Awaaz Travel Awards 2015", Finalaya
  44. ↑ "Thomas Cook India Wins Diamond Award for Achievements in Visa Issuance", Times of India
  45. ↑ "Thomas Cook India Voted the Favourite Tour Operator for the Fifth Time", The Hindu Businessline
  46. ↑ "Thomas Cook India wins CNBC Awaaz Travel Awards 2014", Travelbiz Monitor
  47. ↑ "Thomas Cook India wins Best Travel City", Kochi Sky High
  48. ↑ "Thomas Cook India wins Best Tour Operator", CN Traveller
  49. ↑ "Thomas Cook - India's Leading Tour Operator 2014", World Travel Awards
  50. ↑ "Thomas Cook India Voted the Best Tour Operator Outbound Travel Awards 2013", Money Control
  51. ↑ Favourite Specialist Tour Operator Awards 2013
  52. ↑ Best Tour Operator at the Lonely Planet Travel Awards 2013
  53. ↑ Best Tour Operator - Outbound at the CNBC AWAAZ Travel Awards 2013
  54. ↑ Retailer of the Year – Leisure & Holidays, by ET NOW in 2013 -
  55. ↑ "Thomas Cook Wins the Title of Favourite Tour Operator 2013"
  56. ↑ The Most Trusted Brand in travel services by The Brand Trust Report , India study 2012
  57. 1 2 Favourite Specialist Tour Operator at the Condé Nast Traveller Readers' Travel Awards 2011 & 2012 -
  58. ↑ Best Corporate Travel Management Company by World Travel Brands 2012
  59. ↑ "Thomas Cook Wins the Title of Favourite Tour Operator 2012"
  60. ↑ National Tourism Awards 2011-2012, TCIL was honoured with 3 prestigious awards: Special Award for endeavors in launching new tourism products and exemplary performance during the year 2011-12; Tour Operator Promoting Niche Segments other than Adventure and MICE and Award of Excellence: Best Tourism Promotion Publicity Material.
  61. ↑ Thomas Cook India’s Centre of Learning has received IATA accreditation as “Top 10 South Asia IATA Authorized Training Centres”, 2012 & 2013
  62. ↑ “Consumer Superbrand” 2011-2012 by Superbrands -

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