THOMAS COOK has fulfilled a pledge to back an independent charity that aims to improve the safety of holidaymakers abroad following the deaths on Corfu of two children from carbon monoxide poisoning.
The Safer Tourism Foundation was born out of the deaths of Christi and Bobby Shepherd, who died while on holiday with Thomas Cook nine years ago.
The foundation, working with the children’s mother Sharon Wood, will start by funding the first Europe-wide research and public health awareness campaign into carbon monoxide. The foundation has initial funding of £1 million and will look to partner with academic institutions and the wider industry, including the Association of British Travel Agents.
Cook group chief executive, Peter Fankhauser, said: ‘The deaths of Christi and Bobby Shepherd represent the darkest hour in the history of Thomas Cook. We are grateful to be working with Sharon Wood to launch the Safer Tourism Foundation. By funding detailed research into carbon monoxide and campaigning for legislative change in the UK and Europe, the foundation aims to effect real change.’
Public awareness and knowledge remains low, with more than a third of people questioned in a recent survey incorrectly saying that carbon monoxide could be detected by human senses.
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The Safer Tourism Foundation was born out of the deaths of Christi and Bobby Shepherd, who died while on holiday with Thomas Cook nine years ago.
The foundation, working with the children’s mother Sharon Wood, will start by funding the first Europe-wide research and public health awareness campaign into carbon monoxide. The foundation has initial funding of £1 million and will look to partner with academic institutions and the wider industry, including the Association of British Travel Agents.
Cook group chief executive, Peter Fankhauser, said: ‘The deaths of Christi and Bobby Shepherd represent the darkest hour in the history of Thomas Cook. We are grateful to be working with Sharon Wood to launch the Safer Tourism Foundation. By funding detailed research into carbon monoxide and campaigning for legislative change in the UK and Europe, the foundation aims to effect real change.’
Public awareness and knowledge remains low, with more than a third of people questioned in a recent survey incorrectly saying that carbon monoxide could be detected by human senses.
Go Holiday news : www.govillasandcottages.co.uk
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