Founder David Speakman Number of locations 1,600 | Area served Worldwide Founded 1994 Number of employees 1,600 (2016) | |
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Key people David Speakman (Founder)Steve Byrne (CEO) Kirsten Hughes (UK MD) Website www.travelcounsellors.co.uk Profiles | ||
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, in the United Kingdom, Ireland, The Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, Australia and the UAE.
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.
In October 2014 Steve Byrne led a management buyout of the company, backed by Equistone Partners Europe.
In 2015 the company announced it was moving headquarters from Bolton to Manchester.