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Travel Counsellors

‘I mentor new-to-cruise agents and this is how I coach them to success’
Sector expert John Ryrie and new-to-cruise agent Valerie Avery were matched through Travel Counsellors’ mentoring scheme
Travel Counsellors delivers record £138 million in January sales
Travel Counsellors has detailed a record-breaking January, helped by increased premium sales as well as corporate travel
Travel Counsellors, Riviera Travel, Exsus Travel: this week's travel trade people moves
Moves this week include former Seabourn president Natalya Leahy becoming chief executive at Lindblad Expeditions while Travel Counsellors has upped its support team
Joseph Whittle: 'Use the human aspect to talk about sustainability'
From marketing temp to sustainability lead, Joseph Whittle has risen through the ranks at Travel Counsellors and is on a mission to improve the future of travel
How Travel Counsellors plans to become 'a £2 billion business within seven years'
CEO Steve Byrne told the 2,000-plus audience at the annual Travel Counsellors that caring for customers and leading technology would remain key
Who should be responsible for policing professional standards in travel?
Most respondents to a recent TTG poll agreed agents new to the industry need training, but what form should it take and should someone certify it?
How agent Louis Morris made a 100km running challenge possible
As a keen sportsman himself, the Travel Counsellor found his calling, helping young fundraiser Joseph Adams plan a complex running itinerary around Europe
Travel Counsellors offers agents live hotel booking capability
Travel Counsellors has upgraded its Phenix system to allow live hotel bookings and to show real-time availability as it searches for more accommodation partners
'The travel industry should be for everyone, but not anyone'
’So long as we are open to great people and to doing things right, there is always hope and excitement,’ writes Travel Counsellors’ director of franchise sales Matt Harding for TTG
The agent with a sideline selling her teenage son's artisan pizzas
Travel Counsellor Sara Greene tells TTG about 14-year-old son Rocco’s side hustle and how the family enterprise has risen to success
Travel Counsellors smashes £1 billion sales barrier for the first time
The homeworking firm achieved £1 billion in sales during the 12 months to 23 August, the first time it has hit the milestone, with £735 million – nearly three-quarters – coming in leisure sales
One third of new Travel Counsellors 'new to the travel industry'
Homeworking firm reveals membership swell to mark World Entrepreneurs Day (21 August)
Travel Counsellors seeks experts to 'empower' new-to-cruise agents
The homeworking giant has launched its Set Sail programme and is looking to appoint cruise experts to support both seasoned cruise experts as well as new-to-cruise agents
Travel Counsellors’ annual transactional value nears £1 billion
Homeworking pioneer says 2022/23 trading momentum has continued in the first six months of its new financial year
Nearly a third of Brits changing their holiday plans due to the general election
The survey of 2,000 respondents found 16% of Brits altered plans so they could vote in person, while a further 14% changed their holidays to be in the country for the election build-up.
Ex-Classic Collection commercial chief Alex Gavalda joins Travel Counsellors
Gavalda has previously worked for Kuoni, Vivid Travel and Classic Collection Holidays during a travel career spanning more than 20 years
‘My clients trusted me to book them a mystery holiday’
When long-standing clients asked Travel Counsellor Helen Davis to book them a surprise destination, she rose to the challenge and sorted everything for them.
Travel Counsellors reports record second quarter as sales hit £270 million
Travel Counsellors has recorded its best ever second quarter, with sales reaching £270 million
'This is how you create a culture of care in the workplace'
Creating safe spaces to talk and listen might not incur any more cost than teabags and biscuits, but could mean the world to someone that needs to air an issue.
Meet TTG Top 50's unexpected new top luxury agency
What started out as a small homeworking agency is now a global titan with its eye on a multi-billion luxury opportunity
Travel Counsellors ups responsible travel focus with digital brochure launch
The homeworking firm has released a digital brochure with information about how customers can make changes to their usual holiday plans
More than 150 Travel Counsellors celebrate their best-ever sales month
Cruise bookings now represent nearly 15% of all leisure sales at Travel Counsellors
'We don't want to be superheroes: we want to be mums and have a career'
Two new Travel Counsellors share how starting a business at home has ticked all their boxes for being a “working mum”.
Travel Counsellors creates new role to build global knowledge bank
Hoemworking giant names first-ever knowledge manager