https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/Thomas-Cook/m-p/6418426#M247627 <P><FONT size="5">Maybe the rival just bought the leases</FONT></P> Tue, 15 Oct 2019 09:09:03 GMT mustard-tree 2019-10-15T09:09:03Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/Thomas-Cook/m-p/6414290#M247482 <P><FONT color="#0000ff" face="book antiqua,palatino" size="3">In many news reports it was said the travel shops and the planes "owned" by Thomas Cook were all leased so how come it's now been announced that Hays Travel have "bought" the entire estate of 555 shops?</FONT></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><FONT color="#0000ff" face="book antiqua,palatino" size="3">Is some sort of business-speak saying they'd agreed to<SPAN> "acquire Thomas Cook's entire UK retail estate"? The BBC have announced that "Rival buys all 555 Thomas Cook stores".</SPAN></FONT></P> Wed, 09 Oct 2019 08:52:37 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/Thomas-Cook/m-p/6414290#M247482 cee-dee 2019-10-09T08:52:37Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/Thomas-Cook/m-p/6418426#M247627 <P><FONT size="5">Maybe the rival just bought the leases</FONT></P> Tue, 15 Oct 2019 09:09:03 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/Thomas-Cook/m-p/6418426#M247627 mustard-tree 2019-10-15T09:09:03Z