Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. says it's possible to take off on an International Holiday in 48 Hours

Thomas Cook (India) Ltd, India's largest integrated travel and travel related financial services Company, launched "48H Holidays" (48 Hour Holidays). End Quote

(1888PressRelease) September 19, 2012 - Thomas Cook (India) Ltd, India's largest integrated travel and travel related financial services Company, launched "48H Holidays" (48 Hour Holidays), an initiative by its Personalized Holidays division, with a promise of delivering an international holiday in just 48 hours!

Planning an International holiday is perceived to be a rather time-consuming process, involving laborious intricacies of documentation, visas, hotels, transfers, sight-seeing package bookings and, confirmations. While most of the travelers believe that to plan and set off on an international holiday requires at least a week to over a month, Thomas Cook (India) Ltd says it is possible to take off on an International Holiday in 48 hours!

48H Holidays, a unique concept and an empowering consumer initiative, offers a bouquet of 15 countries which are either visa on arrival destinations or involves minimal visa requirement at the entry point of the particular country. 48H Holidays allows travellers to choose from a range of 15 delightful destinations from Ireland, Turkey, Mexico, Mauritius, Maldives, Cyprus, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Macau, Jordan, Seychelles, Ecuador, Kenya, Indonesia and Hong Kong. The duration of stay and budget covers every price point making the product a truly value-for-money offering. Coupled with the experience and expertise of Thomas Cook India's Personalized Holidays Team, a dream holiday is indeed but 48 hours away.

Commenting on the launch of 48 H Holidays, Mr. Madhav Pai, Chief Operating Officer- Leisure Travel (Outbound), Thomas Cook (India) Ltd said, "At Thomas Cook India we believe in ensuring that our customers Travel Smooth! Leave all your trip planning and execution worries to us, and we'll make that exceptional holiday happen- within 48 hours. With a range of exotic destinations from Ireland, Jordan, Ecuador, Cyprus, Mexico, Seychelles, Thailand, Indonesia, Turkey, Hong Kong - Macau and more, and the pricing kept to truly affordable levels, our customers would indeed be spoilt for choice!"

About Thomas Cook (India) Limited:
Thomas Cook is the largest integrated travel and travel related financial services company in the country offering a broad spectrum of services that include Foreign Exchange, Corporate Travel, MICE, Leisure Travel, Insurance, Visa & Passport services and E-Business. The Company set up its first office in India in 1881, and has been providing world-class travel service for 131 years.

TCIL's footprint currently extends to over 250 locations (including 24 airport counters) in 98 cities across India, Mauritius & Sri Lanka and is supported by a strong partner network of 128 Gold Circle Partners and 166 Preferred Sales Agents in over 100 cities pan India.

Thomas Cook (India) Ltd has been honoured with the "Favourite Specialist Tour Operator" award at the Condé Nast Traveller Readers' Travel Awards 2011 and was also conferred with the CNBC AWAAZ - "Best company providing foreign exchange" in India for the third year in a row. In addition, Thomas Cook (India) Ltd has been awarded the 'Most Trusted Tour Operator Brand' by the Times Travel Honours 2011 and also recognized as a "Superbrand" 2011-2012 by consumers for excellence in travel services.

CRISIL has reaffirmed Thomas Cook (India) Limited with the 'CRISIL A1+ and AA- rating. The Brand Trust Report™, India study 2012, has ranked Thomas Cook (India) Ltd as The most Trusted Brand in Services. Recently, TCIL was awarded the prestigious National Tourism Award (2010-2011) for 'Outstanding Performance' as an 'Inbound Tour Operator' in Category I, third position.

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