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Article: Thomas Cook Travel Inc.
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Thomas Cook Travel Inc.
American Express Company
World Financial Center
200 Vesey Street
New York, New York 10285
U.S.A.
Telephone: (212) 640-2000
Fax: (212) 619-9802
Web site:
http://www.americanexpress.com
Assets Acquired by American Express in 1994 (Brand Name Not Acquired)
Incorporated:
1965
Dissolved:
1994
Employees:
4,000 (1993)
Sales:
$1.9 billion (1993)
Prior to its acquisition by the American Express Company in 1994, Thomas Cook Travel Inc. was the third-largest travel agency in the United States. At the time of the takeover, Thomas Cook operated 500 offices across the country and sold one out of every 50 airline tickets in the United States. Staffed by more than 3,000 employees, the ...