An unsolicited offer for the business that includes Nordic brands Ving, Tjareborg and Spies has come from Triton Partners.

The disastrous first-half results for the tour operator, which in the Nordics includes Ving, Globetrotter, Spies, Tjäreborg, mean it could be split up entirely.

Fritz Joussen puts additional distance between the two rival operators as they post their half-year results.

The tour operator’s hotel investment fund has increased its property portfolio by a third, with three acquisitions.

The German’s giant’s chief executive has confirmed his company’s interest in Condor – and possibly also Thomas Cook Airlines.

A one-off charter flight full of almost 200 Manchester United fans will head to the Solskjaer-led side for the season finale.

A Chinese conglomerate which already owns Club Med is among several buyers. And the tour operator could be broken up.

Airshoppen Travel Retail, part of Thomas Cook Group, has signed a three-year contract with Novair, which belongs to rival Apollo.

A combination of factors are dampening demand at the tour operator as consumers “sit on their hands”.

Wizz Air has pushed past SAS into ninth place in a new list of Europe’s top 20 airline groups, with another carrier close behind.

Thomas Cook’s new boutique beach resort brand is part of the expansion plans of its venture with the Chinese investment firm Fosun.

Thomas Cook Group Airlines adds two more carriers to a list of around 50 airline partners around the world.

As Thomas Cook (Ving, Globetrotter, Spies, Tjäreborg) confirms its losses, analysts says something must be changed in the tour operating business.

The tour operator is continuing to suffer the after-effects of this summer’s heatwave across Europe.

EU-China Tourism Year has helped to boost interest in the eastern countries of the European Union.

The magic date of March 29 next year can change everything in the competitive airline landscape in Europe.

The operator says that “many customers” were put off booking holidays this summer, deciding instead to stay at home.

E. coli or a powerful insecticide may have been to blame, but a full investigation into the deaths of a Cook agent and her husband may take months.

E-coli and staphylococcus are found at the Hurghada hotel where a couple died, but there is no definitive cause of death.

A couple died of respiratory failure, but Peter Fankhauser says there is no evidence of carbon monoxide poisoning.