THOMAS COOK
Thomas Cook was registered in the UK for travel and transport services since Thomas Cook arranged his first excursion train from Leicester to Loughborough in 1841, creating the modern package holiday. The brand's dramatic collapse in September 2019, stranding 150,000 British holidaymakers abroad, triggered the largest peacetime repatriation in British history. The trademark was subsequently acquired by Fosun Tourism Group.
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Trademark Classification
Nice Class 39 covers transport & storage. View all Class 39 trademarks and case studies →
Brand History & Trademark Analysis
Thomas Cook's first excursion ran on 5 July 1841, carrying 570 passengers from Leicester to Loughborough. Cook issued the world's first package tour to Paris in 1855. The company introduced the "circular note," a precursor to the traveller's cheque, in 1874. After the 2019 insolvency, Fosun Tourism Group acquired the Thomas Cook trademark and intellectual property portfolio at auction for £11 million and relaunched the brand as an online-only travel agency in 2020, an example of a historic trademark being stripped of all physical infrastructure and repurposed for the digital market.