MyTravel Group

MyTravel Group
FormerlyAirtours Group plc
Company typePublic
LSEMT-S
FTSE 250 Component
IndustryHospitality, tourism
Founded1972 (1972) (as Airtours Group)
FounderDavid Crossland
Defunct19 June 2007 (19 June 2007)
FateMerged with Thomas Cook AG
SuccessorThomas Cook Group plc
HeadquartersRochdale, England
Key people
Michael Beckett (Chairman)
Peter McHugh (CEO)
ProductsCharter and scheduled passenger airlines, package holidays, cruise lines, hotels and resorts
RevenueIncrease£2,790 million (2006)
Number of employees
13,000 (2006)[1]
ParentThomas Cook Group (2007)
SubsidiariesMyTravel Tour Operations
MyTravel Airways (UK)
MyTravel Airways Scandinavia
BCT Travel Group
Direct Holidays
Tjæreborg
Spies
Ving
ALBA Tours
Sunquest Vacations

MyTravel Group plc was a British, global travel group headquartered in Rochdale, England. It was founded in 1972 as Airtours Group. The group included two in-house airlines, MyTravel Airways UK and MyTravel Airways Scandinavia, and various tour operators around the world. On 19 June 2007, the group merged with Thomas Cook AG to form the Thomas Cook Group plc.

The successor to MyTravel Group: Thomas Cook Group, entered Compulsory liquidation on 23 September 2019.

  1. ^ "Corporate Responsibility text from the 2006 Annual Report" (PDF). MyTravel Group plc (archived). 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

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