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MyTravel is to close its travel call centre in Royal Quays, North Shields, with the loss of about 100 jobs. 01-Jun-2007 Thomas Cook of Peterborough is to merge with MyTravel of Rochdale to form a combined holidays business with more than 32,000 staff, but this is expected to lead to job losses and the closure of Thomas Cook shops. 13-Feb-2007 MyTravel is said to be planning to transfer up to 160 jobs from Direct Holidays in Glasgow and a further 150 jobs from Panorama and Manos Holidays in Brighton to the Airtours office in Rochdale. 07-Aug-2006 MyTravel is to acquire Encore Cruises, the Canadian cruise holidays company, from First Choice for £1.8m. 07-Jul-2006 MyTravel is to bring forward the closure of 110 of its 624 Going Places travel agents to this month, due to the rise in internet bookings. 03-Nov-2005 MyTravel is to sell its stake in the Hotetur resort hotel group in Palma to Teinver for £19m. 24-Jun-2005 MyTravel is creating more than 100 jobs at its Holiday Line call centre operations in North Shields and Accrington, but its Manchester call centre will close. 18-Oct-2004 MyTravel is to close its travel base in Stansted with the loss of about 50 jobs, as part of a company-wide restructuring process. 26-Aug-2004 MyTravel is planning to shed up to 500 jobs at its airline operations in Manchester, Birmingham, Gatwick, Stansted and Leeds. 27-Jul-2004 MyTravel is to sell Lexington Services, the provider of hotel connectivity services, to an affiliate of VIP International Corporation for £4.6m. 18-Nov-2003 MyTravel is to sell its US-based Auto Europe holiday car rental business to Soros Private Equity for £51m. 07-Nov-2003 MyTravel is to sell World Choice Travel, the online hotel room sales company, to Travelocity of the US for £30m. 23-Oct-2003 MyTravel is to sell its US cruise operations to National Leisure Group for £66m, and its SunTrips and Vacation Express tour operating businesses to FS Tours for £10m. 21-Oct-2003 MyTravel has sold its Frosch Touristik division in Germany to RM3366 for a nominal sum, while its Ving and Itaka tour operating companies in Poland have been sold to management. 01-Oct-2003 MyTravel is to sell the Oasis Lakes holiday resort in Florida to Bluegreen Vacations of the US for £15m. 31-Jul-2003 MyTravel has sold MyTravel Financial Services, its foreign exchange wholesale business, to Travelex for £21m. 07-Apr-2003 MyTravel is to shed 2,000 jobs from its 23,000-strong global workforce following a strategic review of its travel business, including 700 job cuts in the UK. 03-Apr-2003 MyTravel is thought to be planning to close at least 180 of its 700 Going Places shops, and about 90 jobs could be lost at the Going Places head office in Rochdale. 18-Mar-2003 MyTravel has sold London Travel Service and Bridge Britain and Ireland to Cheshire-based Holidaybreak for about £2m, and is now looking to sell its Altrincham-based subsidiary Cresta Holidays. 13-Mar-2003 Leger Holidays, the Rotherham-based coach operator with 130 staff, has undergone a £22m management buy-out from MyTravel. 14-Feb-2003 MyTravel is considering plans to shed up to 700 jobs, sell some businesses and cut capacity in its charter holiday operations. 05-Feb-2003 MyTravel is looking to sell Cresta Holidays, the Cheshire-based short breaks business, for up to £40m. 14-Jan-2003 MyTravel has sold its Sunway Travel coach holidays business to a management buy-out backed by 3i for £22m. 18-Dec-2002 MyTravel has sold its Eurosites camping and mobile home business to Holidaybreak for £30m. 01-Oct-2002 MyTravel is to create 100 new sales jobs at its Airtours call centre in North Shields over the next three months. 28-Aug-2002 MyTravel has announced plans to launch a budget airline called MyTravelLite, flying from Birmingham to Belfast, Paris, Geneva, Malaga and Alicante. 08-Aug-2002 Airtours is planning to change its name to MyTravel, which will affect its 700 high-street travel shops and its airline, and has also announced the loss of 1,600 jobs. 26-Nov-2001
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