Thomas Cook shines on opening new franchise in Maharashtra

Thomas Cook (India) Ltd, India’s leading integrated travel services company, has launched a new Gold Circle Partner franchise outlet in Kolhapur; thus, expanding its footprint in Maharashtra.  

With the easing of travel restrictions, customers from Kolhapur are displaying a strong demand for domestic travel to destinations such as Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Andaman, Goa, Uttarakhand, and Kerala, being some of the favourite destinations among them. Maldives, Dubai, Egypt, Kenya and Turkey are a few international destinations, which are also gaining popularity these days. With the addition of the franchise, Thomas Cook India’s distribution and reach in Maharashtra rises to 16 consumer access centres, out of which, six are company-owned branches while 10 are Gold Circle Partner (franchise) outlets.  

Thomas Cook’s Gold Circle Partner outlet in Kolhapur will offer consumers end-to-end travel solutions with a buffet of travel and travel-related financial services, which include domestic as well as international travels, value-added services like travel insurance, visa services, etc.   

Around 89 per cent of the respondents showed keen interest to resume travel as per Thomas Cook India’s Second Holiday Readiness Report (December 2020); thus, encouraging the company to expand more.  

The shares of the company reacted positively and closed at a price of Rs 46.50 per share, up by 1.75 per cent on Monday.