Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Oct 2017 - Sep 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Thomas Cook Group (Thomas Cook)
EU Transparency Register
75615285927-45 First registered on 27 May 2011
Goals / Remit
The Thomas Cook Group is a vertically integrated travel business, selling holidays in all the major European markets, and looking to expand globally.
Thomas Cook Group plc is one of the world’s leading leisure travel groups with sales of over £9 billion and more than 20 million customers in the year ended 30 September 2013. Thomas Cook is supported by c27,000 employees and operates from 17 countries; it is number one or two in all its core markets. Thomas Cook Group plc’s shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange (TCG).
Trust, personalisation and innovation are the values that customers come to us for. We are very proud to serve the 20 million who chose to travel with us annually and are transforming our business so that we can serve even more customers in ways that deliver better the most important weeks of their year.
Our very essence is to deliver inspiring personal journeys as the trusted pioneer in global travel. The core of our strategy is to deliver a high-tech, high-touch approach, there for our customers wherever, whenever and however they want to connect with us.Main EU files targeted
RELEX, EU 261, PTD, ETS, Flight Time Limitations, EASA; BREXIT, PNR
Address
Head Office
South Building, 3rd floor
200 Aldersgate
London EC1A 4HD
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 13 Sep 2024
Name Start date End Date Mr Stephen D'Alfonso 12 Sep 2019 09 Jun 2020 Mr Stephen D'Alfonso 05 Apr 2018 05 Apr 2019 Ms Sina RATHGEBER-ALMASI 30 Jan 2018 30 Jan 2019 Mr Stephen D'Alfonso 25 Apr 2017 05 Apr 2018 Ms Sina RATHGEBER-ALMASI 20 Dec 2016 10 Dec 2017 Ms Sina RATHGEBER-ALMASI 04 Sep 2015 02 Sep 2016 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Stephen D'Alfonso (Group Director of Public Affairs and Sustainability)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Rebecca Symondson (Group Legal Counsel)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
At a European level, Thomas Cook is a of ECTAA, the European Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators. It is also a member of national trade associations of tour operators and/or travel agents in each of the main markets in which it sells holidays. Thomas Cook operates airlines in the UK, Germany, Denmark and Belgium, and is a member of the airline trade associations in those countries.
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Oct 2017 - Sep 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Thomas Cook talks to governments, Commission officials and Members of the European Parliament on matters relating to tourism, tour operating and aviation, and other relevant issues affecting our business and our customers.
Meetings
Meetings
2 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 31 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject Aviation issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Joshua Salsby (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject European travel and tourism industry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Joshua Salsby (Cabinet member)
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