With an empire that spans Manchester to Melbourne, Steve Byrne, Travel Counsellors’ managing director, tells Daniel Pearce why the recent private equity deal will place even more power in members’ hands
Eleven years is a long time to be managing director of a travel business. But Steve Byrne is showing no signs of stopping yet.
The 49-year-old, who joined Travel Counsellors in 2004, has overseen growth at the Bolton-based business in both members and sales in every one of those years.
Now both Travel Counsellors and Byrne have been given a new impetus, following the sale of a significant chunk of the business to private equity house Equistone last October.
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