Cook-Wagon-Lits was located in Stanley House, Stanley Avenue, Salisbury and also Lonrho House, Main Street, Bulawayo.
Thomas Cook & Son, was founded by Thomas Cook in 1841 in Britain. In 1924, the company was renamed Thomas Cook & Son Ltd., after acquiring limited liability status. A new headquarters was opened in Berkeley Street, London in 1926.
In 1928, the business was sold to the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits et des Grandes Express Européens, operator of the Orient Express.
