Thousands stranded after Thomas Cook collapse
The corporate collapse has the potential to spark chaotic scenes around the world, with hotels that have not been paid as far afield as Goa, Gambia and Greece
23 September 2019 - 13:22
London — The world’s oldest travel firm Thomas Cook collapsed on Monday, stranding hundreds of thousands of holiday makers around the globe and sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in British history.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to get stranded British travelers home and revealed that the government had rejected a request from Thomas Cook for a bailout of about £150m because doing so would have set up a “moral hazard”...
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