In a message dated 7/21/2003 2:29:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: << On the other hand, Thomas Cook is a long-time and venerable name in the travel industry. All I can think of with Thomas Cook is overpriced currency exchange booths, especially the one on the Champs Ellysees Better Thomas Cook than the whole set of TUI/jmc etc. names which were forgettable. Although I miss Condor as well. >> Hapag Lloyd is a pretty cool name, as is Germania, but Condor is the mose venerable name of them all.