Travel Counsellors

Travel Counsellors launches £10k scholarships to tempt new-to-sector talent

Homeworking giant to take on up to 10 graduates, who will each secure a £10,000 place on the Travel Counsellors Academy scheme

Travel Counsellors recruits former Cook training lead Kristina Seed

Seed, who started her career with Co-op Travel before its merger with Thomas Cook, brings more than 25 years’ travel industry experience to the role with Travel Counsellors

Peaks so far: trade hopes for new records as UK consumers get into holiday mode

Despite the gloomy British weather, many agents and operators have recorded their best-ever January sales – and expect that trend to continue

Travel Counsellors fixes sights on recruiting 300 more homeworkers this year

Homeworking giant embarks on biggest-ever recruitment drive

Travel Counsellors, Advantage and Barrhead hail record sales

Travel Counsellors and Advantage Travel Partnership spell out record peaks sales mid-way through January

Travel Counsellors achieves two record sales days in a row as peaks bookings soar

Tuesday (9 January) and Wednesday (10 January) entered the agency’s top 10 best sales days in the company’s history.

The homeworking giant has made 14 bookings over £50,000 this month, while 26 TCs have achieved total sales of more than £100,000. One TC has made an £84,000 booking this month.

TC Heather Lee, who has 24 years’ experience, said: “I have already achieved 50% of my last January sales in the first week, with much more on my desk.

Travel Counsellors launches biggest ever peaks campaign

According to Dave Callan, the campaign is not just about “promoting destinations” but it’s also about “embodying the values that define us as a brand"

Travel Counsellors acquires itinerary management platform Planisto

Homeworking giant confirms second major acquisition in less than 12 months

Travel Counsellors to create first climate action plan with Travel Foundation

The homeworking giant has called on its agents to become sustainability champions

Travel Counsellors holds first World Cup incentive scheme since 2018

Travel Counsellors launches its first global incentive scheme for five years

Travel Counsellors membership tips record 2,000 business owners

The homeworking giant has recruited 300 new members over the past year, taking its membership past 2,000

How Travel Counsellors hopes to win in 2024

Five key focuses and strategies from Travel Counsellors for 2024

Travel Counsellors reports record £933 million in sales

The UK’s oldest homeworking organisation has recorded record sales of £933 million to the end of October 2023

Travel Counsellors shakes up senior team with raft of promotions

Harding will drive growth and Travel Counsellor recruitment, as well as onboarding and embedding new recruits

'I’ve realised it’s not about age, it’s about skill sets that drive the business'

Jack Prescott, commercial strategy lead at Travel Counsellors, explains how he’s dealt with imposter syndrome in the boardroom

Fresh focus on consumer insights ‘will help shape the future of Travel Counsellors’

Travel Counsellors chief Steve Byrne tells TTG the homeworking giant will run a major consumer trends and intentions survey every year following its first Travel Tracker poll

More than a third of Brits booking their holidays with agents, new data reveals

Travel Counsellors research finds more than a third of consumers turned to travel agents in the past 12 months, with higher income households more likely to do so

Travel Counsellors celebrate five 'milestone' business owners

The celebration brought together five Travel Counsellors celebrating a century with the business between them, as well two members of the head office team each marking 25 years

Travel Counsellor makes £600,000+ sales in single month

Carl Breton was among 68 Travel Counsellors who celebrated their best ever sales months in September

Travel Counsellors enlists TV star for new social media campaign

Sara Davies will travel around Japan for three weeks on a trip designed by Travel Counsellor Cathy Chapman, producing content that will be shared on Travel Counsellors’ social media channels

Travel Counsellor pens first novel – while achieving record sales

Guernsey-based Nicki Harrison will fulfil her dream of becoming a published author on Friday after penning her debut novel while also maintaining her successful travel business

Returning travel pros drive record growth for Travel Counsellors

The homeworking giant on Monday (7 August) revealed some 200 new business owners had joined its ranks since November 2022, a third of whom left travel owing to the pandemic

Travel Counsellors recognises best performing Holidaysplease agents

It comes following Travel Counsellors’ recent acquisition of the homeworker firm

The cheerleader who turned her passion into a multi-million pound travel business

Weaving her passion for cheerleading into a travel career has paid off for Travel Counsellor and TTG 30 Under 30 recruit Stephanie Needley.