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Thomas Cook flying high

With around 800 stores, 19 million passengers per year and over 30 000 employees, Thomas Cook is one of the world’s leading leisure travel groups.

In 2007 the Thomas Cook Group head of Security Steve Nelson determined the business requirement for a compact digital video recording solution for each store, easy enough for a store manager to use.

Following a further review process Nelson chose the Honeywell HRDP Performance Series Digital Video Recorder, which has been used to replace the company’s existing VHS recording systems in each store.

Providing an advanced feature set and with cost-effective pricing, the Honeywell HRDP Performance Series is an ideal DVR for a wide variety of surveillance applications for small to medium-sized retail, financial, warehouse, and educational facilities. The availability of Web browser remote access in addition to remote software means that the HRDP provides new application possibilities to suit customer requirements.

Business owners or security managers can check on their businesses from virtually any location using a PC with a Web browser and Internet access. A similar feel and operation to that of the Honeywell Fusion range makes the HRDP easier for installers and customers to adopt.

The HRDP Performance Series DVR has been installed in all of the Thomas Cook stores, with a mix of 4, 8 and 16 channel DVRs, dependent on the size of the store.

“Our UK and Ireland store network employs over 5000 of our people and it is imperative to create the safest possible working environment for them. The deterrent value of CCTV remains a matter for debate, but providing the police with good quality images of criminals to aid a conviction is a key element of my crime reduction strategy and the Performance DVR is intuitive enough for a non technical person to both operate and secure evidence from, increasing the likelihood of obtaining a conviction following an incident,” commented Nelson.

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