Who were Lunn Poly

Lunn Poly - Now Thomson
Lunn Poly were one of the UK's leading travel agents, with
around 800 Holiday Shops throughout the UK and employing
around 6,000 people. But, after more than a century, High
Street travel agency Lunn Poly is losing its name. As part
of a restructuring drive their German parent company TUI,
the Lunn Poly name has gone and they are being rebranded
into TUI's Thomson unit. Lunn poly were the largest
seller for First Choice, Jetsave, Sunquest, Thomson
holidays, Unijet holidays plus many more. Lunn Poly's policy
and now Thomson's is to match its customers requirements to
the most suitable holidays from the wide range it sells. For
more information on Lunn Poly History please
click here
The move follows TUI's recent decision to ditch its
Britannia Airways brand in favour of Thomsonfly.
The origin of the Lun Poly name actually dates back to 1888,
when Poly Tours was created to offer cheap holidays abroad
for students at London's Regent Street Polytechnic. Five
years later a rival travel company was founded by Sir Henry
Lunn. The Poly and Lunn groups finally merged in 1965 before
being bought by Hannover-based TUI, one of Germany's 40
largest stock market firms.
Until December 2004 before the rebrand Lunn Poly were one of
the UK's leading travel agents, with around 800 Holiday
Shops throughout the UK and employing around 6,000 people,
these are now called thomson and the same deals that are
available instore are now found on the internet.
As part of a restructuring drive their German parent company
TUI, the Lunn Poly name has gone and they are being
rebranded into TUI's Thomson unit. For more
information on Lunn Poly History please
click here
The Poly and Lunn groups finally merged in 1965 before being
bought by Hannover-based TUI, one of Germany's 40 largest
stock market firms.
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.
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