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OTD in 2019, Thomas Cook travel agency declared insolvency.
In this piece from the archive, Alan McNee considers how the rise of Thomas Cook was perhaps the greatest force for popularising and democratising travel in the 19th century.
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We're All Going On A Summer Holiday: The Rise of Thomas Cook
After the recent dramatic collapse of the tour provider Thomas Cook, Alan McNee explores how the firm was perhaps the nineteenth century’s greatest force for popularizing and democratizing travel.
