Travel Counsellors
| Industry | Travel agency |
|---|---|
| Founded | Bolton, England |
| Founder | David Speakman |
| Headquarters | Manchester, United Kingdom |
Number of locations | 1,600 franchises |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | David Speakman (Founder)Steve Byrne (CEO) Kirsten Hughes (UK MD) |
Number of employees | 1600 (2016) |
| Website |
www |
Travel Counsellors Ltd. is an independent travel company headquartered in Manchester, England. It was founded in 1994 by travel entrepreneur David Speakman and operates in 7 countries around the world.
The company specialises in bespoke holidays and business travel, and has over 1,600 travel agents globally, running their own home-based franchise,[1] in the United Kingdom, Ireland, The Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, Australia and the UAE.[2]
Travel Counsellors is the a leading independent home-based travel company with turnover at the end of its last financial year (Oct 31 2015) of £166 million – up 22% year on year. Travel Counsellors has announced a record month of sales for January, with the value of its holiday bookings topping £48 million for the first time ever. [3]
In October 2014 Steve Byrne led a management buyout of the company, backed by Equistone Partners Europe.[4]
In 2015 the company announced it was moving headquarters from Bolton to Manchester.[5]
References
- ↑ "About Travel Counsellors".
- ↑ "Contact Us". Travelcounsellors.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
- ↑ "January Blues plays well for holiday bookings company Travel Counsellors". E-tid.com. 2013-11-28. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
- ↑ "Equistone Partners Europe - Travel Counsellors". www.equistonepe.com. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
- ↑ http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/13637618.Leisure_company_Travel_Counsellors_set_to_move_out_of_Bolton_for_new_home_in_Manchester/