Lunn Poly

Lunn Poly

Lunn Poly was the largest chain of travel agents in the United Kingdom. The company originated from two successful travel agencies which had been established in 1890s; The Polytechnic Touring Association and Sir Henry Lunn Travel. Both firms were acquired in the 1950s by the British Eagle Group, and combined into Lunn Poly during 1965. In June 1971, Sunair bought Lunn Poly from the Transport Holding Company for £175,000. The next year, the company became part of Thomson Travel Group, which increased the number of shops from less than 30 to nearly 500 by 1990. It is now owned by TUI Northern Europe, a subsidiary of the German conglomerate TUI AG.

When TUI UK rebranded Britannia Airways as Thomsonfly in November 2003, the company insisted that there were no plans to rebrand Lunn Poly. On 2 November 2004, however, the announcement was made that Lunn Poly was to be rebranded as Thomson in order to create a "powerbrand". TUI UK announced that all 780 Lunn Poly shops in the United Kingdom would be renamed to Thomson before the peak holiday booking period started on 26 December 2004.

Lunn Poly was famous for a long-running advertising campaign on television. These commercials featured people looking into what holidays the company offered. Another person would then say to them "Lunn Poly? Get away", at which point the person would disappeared into thin air and end up at a vacation spot.

External links

* [http://www.thomson.co.uk/ Thomson Holidays official website]
* [http://www.thomsonbeach.co.uk Thomson Beach Holidays official website]
* [http://www.tui-uk.com TUI UK website]


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