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Sunday, 22 September 2019
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- Thomas Cook: planes put on standby to rescue travellers as talks go to wire‘Pressured’ talks ongoing with multiple investors as government faces possible £600m repatriation billAn emergency fleet of airlines is on standby to rescue 150,000 UK holidaymakers as talks continue between Thomas Cook and the government over a last-minute bailout.Sources described the negotiations to save the UK’s oldest travel agent as “complex” and “pressured” as attempts to find £200m in extra funds to prevent its collapse appeared increasingly fruitless. Continue reading...
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- Thomas Cook, led by Peter Fankhauser, in last-ditch meeting [Subscription]Thomas Cook bosses will hold a crunch meeting today as the fate of the worlds oldest travel company hangs in the balance.
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- Thomas Cook crisis: Fears British holidaymakers could be turfed out of their hotel bedsGates were locked and holidaymakers were told to settle up - and coaches that arrived to take the travellers to the airport were turned away at Les Orangers, Hammamet, holidaymakers have said.
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