 By 1984, it was one of the four largest travel agency operators in the United Kingdom, and included the chains "Wakefield Fortune" and "Blue Star", as well as the shops of Hogg Robinson.In June 1993, the retail division was sold to Airtours (later MyTravel Group).Airtours merged it Pickfords Travel, acquired by Airtours from Pickfords in September 1992, to form Going Places (later Thomas Cook Group).