Thomas Cook Cruise Packages: What the Tour Operator’s Collapse Means for Cruise Passengers

Cruise lines today reacted to news of the collapse of U.K. tour operator Thomas Cook with statements to help passengers on future sailings booked through the company. The failure of the business, which was founded in 1841, and its airline of the same name has sent shockwaves through the travel industry and left more than 150,000 Britons stranded abroad awaiting a repatriation operation like to cost £600 million. (cruisecritic.co.uk)