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Greece aims to extend Tourism season

  This week the Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said that Greece hopes to extend the Greek tourism season to December. Mr Kikilias noted that the start of 2022 had started positively, showing signs that Greek tourism was returning to good levels, with a good start to the season. Mr …

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Greece, highest selling destination for Thomas Cook!

This week Thomas Cook’s CEO, Alan French announced that Greece is not only selling well, but the sales currently make up 30% of their bookings for 2022. Speaking to the press Mr French said “Currently 30 per cent of our bookings are for Greece, while bookings for some popular Greek …

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MP, Dionysios Aktypis talks to Minister of Tourism

The MP of Zakynthos, Mr Dionysios Aktypis met with the Deputy Minister of Tourism. Yesterday in a particularly warm climate Mr Akypis and Mr Konsola talked about a number of things in regards to our Island. As Mr Aktypis stated:- “In a particularly warm climate, yesterday, Tuesday 14th January, I …

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Thomas Cook landing slots bought

It’s been announced that a number of Thomas Cooks landing slots, at five UK airports, have been bought by EasyJet and Jet2. EasyJet have bought Thomas Cooks landing slots at Bristol and Gatwick, reportedly for around £36m, in total the buyout included twelve summer take-off/landing slots, eight winter summer take-off/landing …

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Breaking: Thomas Cook Brand is bought by Fosun!

It’s been announced today that the tourism company Fosun have bought the Thomas Cook Brand name for around £11million. Fosun were originally a name involved in  potential buyout of Thomas Cook before they collapsed. Fosun is a Chinese company and it is thought that one of their plans may be …

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Hays Travel buys Thomas Cook stores

This afternoon Hays Travel, a family run UK Travel company, announced that they have bought all 555 Thomas Cook shops in the UK that closed after Thomas Cook collapsed. Hays Travel aim to re-employ old Thomas Cook staff, saving an estimated 2,500 jobs. They also hope to have the stores …

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TUI assisting Thomas Cook staff

The travel company TUI are currently running a series of roadshows aimed at helping to recruit Thomas Cook colleagues who have recently lost their jobs. Staff from TUI will be on hand to talk about current vacancies and what it’s like to work for TUI. The Zakynthos Roadshow takes place …

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Jet2 assisting Thomas Cook staff

The travel company Jet2 are currently running a series of roadshows in the UK aimed at helping Thomas Cook colleagues who have recently lost their jobs with future recruitment. As well as UK roadshows the company will also be holding them for Thomas Cook staff across Greece. Staff from Jet2.com …

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The human side of the Thomas cook collapse

Since the news of the collapse of Thomas Cook, there has been a deluge of news and information. Much of what has been reported isn’t the story of the financial side of the business or even a full breakdown of what actually went wrong. The stories we are hearing are …

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Thomas Cook Collapse

We at Zakynthos Informer are saddened by the news of the collapse of Thomas Cook. We are thinking of all the staff who are employed by them and wish them well at this tough time. Operation Matterhorn is now in operation to repatriate anyone who is already abroad and you …

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