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Mottershead: Why Thomas Cook has cancelled its summer 2017 Sharm programme

Hotels
Jennifer Morris
21 December 2016

Managing director, Thomas Cook UK & Ireland, Chris Mottershead, explains why the operator has cancelled its entire summer 2017 Sharm el Sheikh programme.

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Over the last few months, people have regularly asked me when Thomas Cook hopes to resume trips to Sharm el Sheikh from the UK.

The decision ultimately rests with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which issues expert security advice for UK travellers.

Since October 2015 it has advised against flying to Sharm el Sheikh airport and we have had no indication that this is likely to change in the near future.

Therefore, we have sadly decided we won’t be able to offer any trips from the UK to Sharm next summer. We will continue to offer holidays to the popular and growing resort town of Hurghada on the Red Sea Riviera in Egypt.