HISTORY Flashcards
(21 cards)
The very first modern travel Agency appearing in?
19th Century
Modern tour operators are organizations, companies, or private entities that cater to travelers by organizing group tours and independent travel packages. They started way back in the ?
mid 19th Century
it was ___ that tour wholesaling continued to grow
1930s
The turning point for the tour operator industry to come
late 1940s - early 1950s
Cox and Kings was established in?
18th Century May 25, 1758
The oldest established travel company in the world
Cox and Kings
Was appointed the regimental agent to the Foot Guards
Richard Cox
Richard Cox’s mentor
Lord Ligonier
year when Cox and Co. was sold to Lloyd Bank and became Cox and King?
1923
Cox and Kings Agency became popular?
1970
who established The First travel agency in the world?
Thomas Cook
When did Thomas cook establish the world’s first travel agency
1845
Father of the Travel Agency Business
Thomas Cook
in what year Cook started to create package tours and offer them to the public?
1855
in what year Cook organized the first mass tour across England
1845
Cook’s travel business further progressed when Sir Joseph Paxton convinced him to organize package tours
1851
As Cook’s travel business became more and more successful, more developments in the services were being introduced to the travelers, one of which was hotel coupons,
1868
Cook introduced Circular Note
1874
is the counterpart of Today’s traveler’s cheque
Circular Note
Cook and his company succeeded in traveling across the Atlantic Ocean
1869
Round-the-World Tour
1872
