https://www.spreaker.com/show/tracce-di-gigangelaitSociety & CultureCopyright gigangelahttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/images.spreaker.com/cloudinary/s--03CHCe4X--/w_1000,h_800,c_fit,l_text:Lato_161_bold:tracce%20di%20gigangela/images.spreaker.com/default/show-1400x1400-20190801.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/show/tracce-di-gigangelaThu, 03 Oct 2019 13:41:27 +0000gigangelagigangelafeeds@spreaker.comyesepisodicgigangelafeeds@spreaker.comYeshttps://www.spreaker.com/user/radioenglishmarcopolo/speaking-about-thomas-cook-the-father-ofThomas Cook, (born November 22, 1808, Melbourne, Derbyshire, England—died July 18, 1892, Leicester, Leicestershire) English innovator of the conducted tour and founder of Thomas Cook and Son, a worldwide travel agency. Cook can be said to have invented modern tourism.
Cook left school at the age of 10 and worked at various jobs until 1828, when he became a Baptist missionary. In 1841 he persuaded the Midland Counties Railway Company to run a special train between Leicester and Loughborough for a temperance meeting on July 5. It was believed to have been the first publicly advertised excursion train in England. Three years later the railway agreed to make the arrangement permanent if Cook would provide passengers for the excursion trains. During the Paris Exposition of 1855, Cook conducted excursions from Leicester to Calais, France. The next year he led his first Grand Tour of Europe.
In the early 1860s he ceased to conduct personal tours and became an agent for the sale of domestic and overseas travel tickets. His firm took on military transport and postal services for England and Egypt during the 1880s. On his death the business passed to his only son, John Mason Cook (1834–99), who had been his father’s partner since 1864. The company passed to Cook’s grandsons in 1899 and remained in the family until 1928. In 1972 the company was renamed Thomas Cook, and in 2001 it was wholly owned by Thomas Cook AG, one of the largest travel groups in the world.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9819863Mon, 07 Nov 2016 19:05:54 +0000gigangelaWe can all feel grateful to Thomas Cook for introducing the world to the concept of travel agencies, and for opening up the option to travel to so many people. But modern package tours and excursions probably contain elements that would disappoint and...Thomas Cook, (born November 22, 1808, Melbourne, Derbyshire, England—died July 18, 1892, Leicester, Leicestershire) English innovator of the conducted tour and founder of Thomas Cook and Son, a worldwide travel agency. Cook can be said to have invented modern tourism.
Cook left school at the age of 10 and worked at various jobs until 1828, when he became a Baptist missionary. In 1841 he persuaded the Midland Counties Railway Company to run a special train between Leicester and Loughborough for a temperance meeting on July 5. It was believed to have been the first publicly advertised excursion train in England. Three years later the railway agreed to make the arrangement permanent if Cook would provide passengers for the excursion trains. During the Paris Exposition of 1855, Cook conducted excursions from Leicester to Calais, France. The next year he led his first Grand Tour of Europe.
In the early 1860s he ceased to conduct personal tours and became an agent for the sale of domestic and overseas travel tickets. His firm took on military transport and postal services for England and Egypt during the 1880s. On his death the business passed to his only son, John Mason Cook (1834–99), who had been his father’s partner since 1864. The company passed to Cook’s grandsons in 1899 and remained in the family until 1928. In 1972 the company was renamed Thomas Cook, and in 2001 it was wholly owned by Thomas Cook AG, one of the largest travel groups in the world.]]>652cleanfullgigangelaWe can all feel grateful to Thomas Cook for introducing the world to the concept of travel agencies, and for opening up the option to travel to so many people. But modern package tours and excursions probably contain elements that would disappoint and even outrage him Thomas Cook, (born November 22, 1808, Melbourne, Derbyshire, England—died July 18, 1892, Leicester, Leicestershire) English innovator of the conducted tour and founder of Thomas Cook and Son, a worldwide travel agency. Cook can be said to have invented modern tourism. Cook left school at the age of 10 and worked at various jobs until 1828, when he became a Baptist missionary. In 1841 he persuaded the Midland Counties Railway Company to run a special train between Leicester and Loughborough for a temperance meeting on July 5. It was believed to have been the first publicly advertised excursion train in England. Three years later the railway agreed to make the arrangement permanent if Cook would provide passengers for the excursion trains. During the Paris Exposition of 1855, Cook conducted excursions from Leicester to Calais, France. The next year he led his first Grand Tour of Europe. In the early 1860s he ceased to conduct personal tours and became an agent for the sale of domestic and overseas travel tickets. His firm took on military transport and postal services for England and Egypt during the 1880s. On his death the business passed to his only son, John Mason Cook (1834–99), who had been his father’s partner since 1864. The company passed to Cook’s grandsons in 1899 and remained in the family until 1928. In 1972 the company was renamed Thomas Cook, and in 2001 it was wholly owned by Thomas Cook AG, one of the largest travel groups in the world.Nohttps://www.spreaker.com/user/radioenglishmarcopolo/thomas-cook-anf-the-birth-of-mass-tourisThomas Cook is the world’s best-known name in travel, thanks to the inspiration and dedication of a single man. Thomas Cook began his international travel company in 1841, with a successful one-day rail excursion at a shilling a head from Leicester to Loughborough on 5 July. From these humble beginnings Thomas Cook launched a whole new kind of company – devoted to helping Britons see the world.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9819459Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:08:17 +0000gigangelaA MAN WHO KNEW A TRAVELLER NEEDS Thomas Cook is the world’s best-known name in travel, thanks to the inspiration and dedication of a single man. Thomas Cook began his international travel company in 1841, with a successful one-day rail excursion at a...Thomas Cook is the world’s best-known name in travel, thanks to the inspiration and dedication of a single man. Thomas Cook began his international travel company in 1841, with a successful one-day rail excursion at a shilling a head from Leicester to Loughborough on 5 July. From these humble beginnings Thomas Cook launched a whole new kind of company – devoted to helping Britons see the world.]]>526tourismcleanfullgigangelaA MAN WHO KNEW A TRAVELLER NEEDS Thomas Cook is the world’s best-known name in travel, thanks to the inspiration and dedication of a single man. Thomas Cook began his international travel company in 1841, with a successful one-day rail excursion at a shilling a head from Leicester to Loughborough on 5 July. From these humble beginnings Thomas Cook launched a whole new kind of company – devoted to helping Britons see the world.Nohttps://www.spreaker.com/user/radioenglishmarcopolo/the-tudor-house-mrs-a-ghttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/9673787Wed, 19 Oct 2016 16:51:54 +0000gigangela399historyyesfullgigangelaYeshttps://www.spreaker.com/user/radioenglishmarcopolo/the-tudor-dynasty_1https://api.spreaker.com/episode/9673586Wed, 19 Oct 2016 16:20:01 +0000gigangelaA brief history of the house of tudor274historyyesfullgigangelaA brief history of the house of tudorYeshttps://www.spreaker.com/user/radioenglishmarcopolo/a-glance-in-the-pasthttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/5481545Tue, 13 Jan 2015 19:26:14 +0000gigangela249cleanfullgigangelaNohttps://www.spreaker.com/user/radioenglishmarcopolo/prova-musicahttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/5162041Mon, 03 Nov 2014 12:59:23 +0000gigangela51provacleanfullgigangelaNohttps://www.spreaker.com/user/radioenglishmarcopolo/prova-web-radiohttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/5161913Mon, 03 Nov 2014 11:58:16 +0000gigangela4cleanfullgigangelaNo