UThomas Cook eNyakatho Melika uye wasungula i-franchise yaseCanada ("i-Branded") kunye nenethiwekhi edibeneyo ("Lite"), isayine isivumelwano kunye ne-Advantage Travel and Cruise Centres ebonelela abo basebenzisana nabo "ngokukwazi ukufikelela kwi-brand ye-Thomas Cook, kunye naloo nto. ubuchule bayo behlabathi kunye nokomelela kwayo.” U-Les Cassettari, umongameli we-Advantage Travel, u-Doreen Lynch, u-vice-president olawulayo, kunye noJill Dickie, umlawuli wemisebenzi, baya kujoyina iqela likaThomas Cook ukulawula ezi nkqubo.
Ifumaneka "kwindawo yexabiso elinomtsalane kakhulu," iiarhente zokuhamba zaseKhanada, eziqala nge-Advantage Travel Affiliates, ngoku zinokuba yinxalenye yezinye zeempawu zohambo zakudala kunye nezaziwayo eCanada nakwihlabathi. Abaxhasi baya kuxhamla kumandla avela ekubeni neendawo ezingaphezu kwe-3,500 zikaThomas Cook kwihlabathi jikelele. Ngokutsho kwamagosa, uthungelwano lukwabonelela ngexabiso elingenakuthelekiswa nanto eliye layilwa ukunceda ukuphucula inzuzo yabathathi-nxaxheba kwaye, ngokunjalo, banike abathengi babo izibonelelo ezininzi ezingenakulinganiswa.
Inkqubo ye-Branded ibonelela ngokufikelela kwigama likaThomas Cook, amaqabane angasebenzisa ngokubambisana neempawu zabo zasekuhlaleni ezinamandla. Ezinye zezibonelelo zibandakanya:
!!! Ukufikelela kwinkqubo yobudlelwane bomboneleli owomeleleyo;
!!! Uqeqesho oluBanzi kunye nenkxaso yeQela loPhuhliso lweShishini;
!!! Ukufikelela kwinkqubo ye-Thomas Cook Cruise enamandla;
!!! Ukufikelela kwiteknoloji ekhokelayo ngexabiso elikhuphisanayo;
!!! Ukufikelela kwi-Inshurensi yokuhamba kukaThomas Cook;
!!! Ukukwazi ukubonelela abathengi ngeenkonzo zotshintshiselwano lwangaphandle lukaThomas Cook;
!!! Inketho yokusingatha i-ATM yemali ezine;
!!! Ukufikelela kubuchwephesha bewebhu be-B2C ekhokelayo;
!!! Ukufikelela kwinkqubo yokuthengisa ebanzi.
"Kwi-arhente ezibhalisela inkqubo yethu entsha ye-Branded, yeyona nto ibalaseleyo yehlabathi," utshilo uMichael Friisdahl, igosa elilawulayo, uThomas Cook North America. "Abaxhamli kuphela kumandla amakhulu ehlabathi legama likaThomas Cook, banokuqhubeka nokunyusa amandla emveliso yabo kwiimarike zasekhaya." Inkqubo ye-Lite yexabiso eliphantsi ayibandakanyi ukusetyenziswa kwegama likaThomas Cook. Nangona kunjalo ibandakanya uluhlu lwezinye izibonelelo ezibandakanya: inkqubo yobudlelwane bomthengisi owomeleleyo kunye nokufikelela kwi-Inshurensi yokuHamba kaThomas Cook kunye neenkonzo zotshintshiselwano lwangaphandle, phakathi kwabanye.
"Ukuqaliswa kwezi nkqubo kuhambelana nesivumelwano selayisensi kunye neSears Travel esiyigqibile ekupheleni kukaJanuwari," wongezelela uFrisdahl. "Ngesivumelwano kunye ne-Advantage, silindele ukuba sazise uphawu lukaThomas Cook kumakhulu eendawo zearhente zokuhamba kwilizwe liphela, sikhusele isikhundla sethu njengomnye wabathengisi abahamba phambili kwimarike yaseCanada."
