MyTravel Group
This article contains historical information about My Travel until its merger with Thomas Cook AG - for the new company see - Thomas Cook Group
| Former type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Transport (Package Holiday Group) |
| Fate | Merger with Thomas Cook AG |
| Successor(s) | Thomas Cook Group plc |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Defunct | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Rochdale, England, UK |
| Key people | Michael Beckett (Chairman), Peter McHugh (CEO), John Allkins (Finance Director), John Bloodworth (Managing Director UK), Sam Weihagen (N Europe), Michael Friisdahl (Canada), Greg McMahon (Group Secretary), Steven Olivant (Communications), James Jennings (Strategy), Bill McQueen (HR) |
| Products | Passenger transport |
| Revenue | £2.79 billion GBP (2006) |
| Employees | 14,600 Full Time |
MyTravel Group PLC was a package holiday company based in the United Kingdom. The group included brands such as Airtours, Aspro, Cresta, Direct Holidays, Escapades, Manos and Panorama in the UK,*Sunquest Vacations and *ALBA Tours in North America, and Ving, Always, Tjæreborg, Spies, Skibby, MyTravel Tango, Bridge and Saga Solreiser in Scandinavia. The company included an in-house airline, MyTravel Airways, however, following the merger of MyTravel and Thomas Cook AG on 19 June 2007, these brands passed to the new combined Thomas Cook Group plc.
The Group was a FTSE 250 Listed Company with a retail estate of over 700 shops and a total ownership of 31 aircraft, 81 hotels and resorts, 14,600 employees and a customer base of over 5.7 million people worldwide. MyTravel Group PLC had an estimated market capitalization of over £1.43 Billion GBP.
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