Trade sales duo to launch luxury franchise business

Travelosophers will initially seek experienced travel professionals who have been forced to leave the industry due to the Covid pandemic.

The company’s name comes from its belief planning a trip requires a “deeper understanding” of a client’s desires and reasoning to travel and agents will have the skills and knowledge to help customers discover their “travel philosophy”.

Robins will spearhead the new business and operate in a dual role, remaining as Cyplon’s head of national sales.

She has recruited former First Class Holidays head of sales for the north, Nisha Bean, as business development manager.

Robins said Travelosophers would be “boutique in nature” when it came to its recruitment and future growth strategy, aiming for "quality rather than quantity".

“The pandemic has been an incredibly tough period for so many good travel people and agencies. I am so passionate about the trade and so when an opportunity arose to help support some talented travel professionals who have lost their jobs it was just too good to refuse,” she said.

“I’m excited that I will be able to play a small part in rebuilding this magnificent industry.”