Foreign Exchange At Your Fingertips With New, Free Mobile App

Thomas Cook has launched its first foreign exchange mobile app for iPhone.

2010-09-17

PETERBOROUGH, ENGLAND, September 17, 2010 (Press-News.org) Thomas Cook has launched its first foreign exchange mobile app for iPhone and android phone users, as well as a new website. The app and website compare rates and help users decide when and where to buy your foreign exchange. So, in addition to providing travellers with great cheap holidays, Thomas Cook is helping them make it quicker and easier to get a good exchange rate.

The app is free to download for the first 25,000 users from the iPhone App Store or Android Market (search for "What's The Rate"). Designed to save time and hassle, the app and website make it quick and easy to compare selected exchange rates offered at other popular high street foreign exchange providers to be sure of getting the best deal.

The app and website offer the option to reserve currency, prepaid currency cards and travellers cheques at exclusive pre-order rates, guaranteed for two working days. Users can view exchange rate trends for the past 14 days to see how currencies have been performing and help them decide when it is the best time to buy. They can even set up their own personal RateWatch for their chosen currency, and receive an automatic email alert if the exchange rate hits the upper or lower limit they've pre-selected.

Melanie Whitehouse, Thomas Cook's Financial Services Director, UK & Ireland, said: "In the run up to a holiday or indeed any travel overseas, the last thing people want to worry about is making sure that they're getting a great deal on their spending money. Our new mobile app and website do all the hard work and rate research so that travellers have all the information they need at their fingertips before buying their foreign exchange."

Customers can choose to collect their foreign exchange from any of the 800 Thomas Cook or Going Places high street stores nationwide, or even from the Thomas Cook foreign exchange bureaux at Heathrow T5 or Manchester Airport. The app even has a built-in storefinder which uses the phone's GPS technology to identify the nearest stores. For more information visit www.whatstherate.co.uk.

Thomas Cook has provided foreign exchange services for more than 135 years. As well as offering more than 80 worldwide currencies, Thomas Cook also offers prepaid currency cards, travellers cheques, a credit card and an international money transfer service.

About Thomas Cook UK & Ireland:
Thomas Cook UK & Ireland is the second largest leisure travel group in the UK with around 19,000 employees. The company has a network of more than 800 high street stores, leading websites, and some of the world's favourite travel brands providing all inclusive holidays.
Thomas Cook UK & Ireland is part of Thomas Cook Group plc. For more information please visit www.thomascook.com.

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