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Thomas Cook in trouble?

  • 15-01-2014 4:46pm
    #1
    RhubarbCrumble
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,174 ✭✭✭


    Have seen stuff on facebook about Thomas Cook apparently "winding down in Ireland", but can't find any reputable sources.
    Was just debating booking holidays!
    Anybody know anything?


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  • #2
    P_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Didn't that already happen a few years ago. I remember a staff lockin protest on Grafton Street about the very same


  • #3
    RhubarbCrumble
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,174 ✭✭✭RhubarbCrumble


    P_1 wrote: »
    Didn't that already happen a few years ago. I remember a staff lockin protest on Grafton Street about the very same

    Yes, about 4 or 5 years ago I think. Just wondering if something else is going on now.


  • #4
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Oh noes. Now I'll never fulfil my dream of spending a fortnight in crappy Irish pub on a crappy Mediterranean beach in some quasi Spanish-Irish-British hellhole with lager louts, scummy mummies and Leaving Certers.

    Woe is me.:(


  • #5
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,908 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    James Nesbitt to the rescue?


  • #6
    Banjoxed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭Banjoxed


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Oh noes. Now I'll never fulfil my dream of spending a fortnight in crappy Irish pub on a crappy Mediterranean beach in some quasi Spanish-Irish-British hellhole with lager louts, scummy mummies and Leaving Certers.

    Woe is me.:(

    Well that was never their target market. If it was, they wouldn't be in trouble. Folks like me who used them in the past for a decent city break on the "Continong" now book direct with air (and rail!) companies and use TripAdvisor etc to suss out accomodation.


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  • #7
    WilyCoyote
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,059 ✭✭✭WilyCoyote


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Oh noes. Now I'll never fulfil my dream of spending a fortnight in crappy Irish pub on a crappy Mediterranean beach in some quasi Spanish-Irish-British hellhole with lager louts, scummy mummies and Leaving Certers.

    Woe is me.:(

    Staying home in Ballyslapguttery then this Summer?


  • #8
    Tiddlypeeps
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,103 ✭✭✭Tiddlypeeps


    It's sad for anyone losing jobs but it's not an announcement that surprises me. I was only recently wondering how these types of places still manage to make money. It's so easy with the internet now days to put together a holiday package yourself without having to give a sales rep any commission on top of it that I can't understand how anyone other than the most tech illiterate people would have any use for them.


  • #9
    ben.schlomo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,399 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    Tiddlypeeps wrote: »
    It's sad for anyone losing jobs but it's not an announcement that surprises me. I was only recently wondering how these types of places still manage to make money. It's so easy with the internet now days to put together a holiday package yourself without having to give a sales rep any commission on top of it that I can't understand how anyone other than the most tech illiterate people would have any use for them.

    Which announcement is that?

    Many people still prefer the old fashioned route of booking with a travel agent they've used for years, parents with young children are also a large source of their business as the criteria needed for family hols differ massively to that of say a young couple. Theres also the added security of having insurance and cover from the agent as opposed to doing it yourself, all that being said id never use a travel agent, but then im not their target market.


  • #10
    BillyMitchel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,324 ✭✭✭BillyMitchel


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Oh noes. Now I'll never fulfil my dream of spending a fortnight in crappy Irish pub on a crappy Mediterranean beach in some quasi Spanish-Irish-British hellhole with lager louts, scummy mummies and Leaving Certers.

    Woe is me.:(

    Bad day?


  • #11
    Tiddlypeeps
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,103 ✭✭✭Tiddlypeeps


    ben.schlomo wrote: »
    Which announcement is that?

    Many people still prefer the old fashioned route of booking with a travel agent they've used for years, parents with young children are also a large source of their business as the criteria needed for family hols differ massively to that of say a young couple. Theres also the added security of having insurance and cover from the agent as opposed to doing it yourself, all that being said id never use a travel agent, but then im not their target market.

    Sorry, thought they announced they are winding down. I see now that it's still just a rumour.


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  • #12
    Stavros Murphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,440 ✭✭✭Stavros Murphy


    Tiddlypeeps wrote: »
    Sorry, thought they announced they are winding down. I see now that it's still just a rumour.
    Premature annunciation - a bit of a thomas cook-up.


  • #13
    AndonHandon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭AndonHandon


    Very big budget marketing campaign just launched.


  • #14
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    "Thomas Cook is to closes its Irish office on May 1st and are winding down their summer sun charter business from Ireland. The group will continue to run an online and dynamically packaged operation from London. The Irish charter programme for 2014 has been cancelled. Direct customers who have booked a charter holiday will either be offered a suitable alternative or be reimbursed in full. The company has entered a 30 day consultation process with its employees."
    http://travelextra.wordpress.com/2014/01/15/thomas-cook-to-close-irish-operation/


  • #15
    andersat2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 342 ✭✭andersat2


    The country's second largest tour operator Thomas Cook has announced plans to end its high street presence in Ireland, and cancel its summer charter flights from Irish airports.

    The company has also entered into a 30-day consultation with colleagues in Dublin with a view to closing its business support function based in Ireland.

    The proposal potentially affects 44 employees in the business.

    In a statement Thomas Cook UK and Ireland said it plans to move exclusively online and away from charter holidays.

    The company said it will no longer be offering charter holidays from 30 April 2014.

    A small number of customers who had already booked a summer charter holiday with Thomas Cook's Irish tour operator are to be contacted and offered an alternative package holiday, or a full refund.

    Customers who opt to rebook their holiday with Thomas Cook will be offered a 10% discount.

    The company said the proposal to move exclusively online comes as a result of changing trends in the Irish leisure market with a move away from charter products towards online business.

    Thomas Cook said it would continue to offer holidays to Irish customers through its website.

    Managing Director of Thomas Cook UK & Ireland Reto Wilhelm said: "We are committed as always to exceeding customer expectations and want to respond to the changes in the Irish market and be there for our customers 24/7.”


    http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0115/498128-thomas-cook/


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