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which compromised on quality and service. As a result, the company began to lose market share during the 1950s and 1960s, although its operating profits exceeded £1 million for the first time in 1965. The company was denationalised in 1972, when it was acquired from the
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American banks. The company had enough business critical mass to set up a computer centre near
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808:"History of Thomas Cook"
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