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Historical Perspective of Travels & Tours

Travel and Tour Management


Cox & Kings
• Is the oldest established travel company in the world
• Started in May 25, 1758
• Richard Cox was appointed the regimental agent to
the Foot Guards by his mentor, Lord Ligonier, the
commander-in-chief of His Majesty’s Armed Forces
• Cox & Co was sold to Lloyds Bank in 1923 and
became Cox & Kings, a shipping company that
operates and organizes travel and tours for their
passenger
• In 1970, Cox & Kings Agency became popular and
contributed to the grow of the tourism industry in
India
• In 1980’s, the company developed the same travel
and tours concepts that catered Latin America,
Middle East, Africa, and far eastern Europe
1841
• Thomas Cook organized a trip by train for 570
members of his association
1845
• Thomas Cook established the first travel agency in
the world
• Cook to set up a travel business that was known as
the “World’s First Travel Agency” to organize
excursions
• Started to organize mass tour railway and steamship
excursions throughout England, Scotland, and
Europe
1851
• Cook’s travel business further progressed when Sir
Joseph Paxton, architect of the Crystal Palace,
convinced him to organize package tour
1855
• Thomas Cook started to create package tours and
offer them to public
• He conducted the world’s first international tour
from England to Paris
1868
• Cook’s introduces hotel coupons to his customers to
enjoy hassle-free check-in procedures in hotels
1869
• Cook and his company succeeded in traveling across
the Atlantic Ocean by steamship
• Conducted the 1st party trip up in Nile River with the
help of two steamers
1872
• Cook planned for a Round-the-World Tour from
Leicester
• He and his companions travel from New York to San
Francisco by rail
• They cruised Japan then to China across the inland
sea, they visited Singapore, Ceylon and India, Cairo
1874
• Cook introduced the Circular Notes
• Circular Notes are accepted in hotels, restaurants
and transport services in major cities in Europe and
USA
Mid-19th Century
• Middle-class people started to experience increased
income and consumption
• Cook took advantage of this impact to further
develop the travel industry by creating customized
packaged tour designed to suit the needs of this
market
• Middle-class customers demanded visiting
destinations in Switzerland and Italy

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