18 September 2023, Manchester: Travel Counsellors – one of the UK's largest and fastest-growing travel companies – has announced record-breaking sales figures for its corporate travel services, Travel Counsellors for Business.

Corporate travel sales in FY23 to date[1] have exceeded £200 million for the first time, with 32% growth on FY22.  Travel Counsellors' corporate travel services for SMEs seeking high quality, personalised travel experiences are out-performing pre-pandemic levels, up by 47% on FY19.

This financial year has seen over 1,400 new corporate customers choosing to book with a personal Travel Counsellor. The strongest performing industry sectors are professional services, manufacturing, financial services, marketing and sports.

Kieran Hartwell, Managing Director of Corporate at Travel Counsellors, said: “Our client base is diverse, from management consultancies and marketing firms to sports teams and TV production crews, and taking the time to understand their exact travel requirements is critical.

“I'm hugely proud of the way our community of travel entrepreneurs has put customer care at the front and centre of our corporate travel programmes, strengthening customer relationships and building new ones. This exciting milestone is testament to the care and commitment of our fantastic Travel Counsellors, empowered by our high-touch, digitally enabled platform. 

“We are focused on continuously enhancing the support, technology and tools available to our community to help them unlock further growth, whilst delivering the best possible service and trusted travel advice to corporate clients.”

More than 600 specialist Corporate Travel Counsellors provide trusted travel advice to SMEs in the UK and around the world, with over 20 new Corporate Travel Counsellors joining the business this year.

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About Travel Counsellors

Travel Counsellors is the UK's largest and fastest-growing technology platform for travel entrepreneurs that connects over 1,900 independent business owners, ultimately enabling them to deliver exceptional levels of customer service. In the year to 31 October 2022, Total Transaction Value (“TTV”) on the platform was more than £700m, up more than 300% against the prior year.

Travel Counsellors operates across six countries (UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa and the UAE) and employs 300 people in its UK headquarters and overseas offices. The Company provides a high touch, digitally enabled platform, that enables and empowers business owners to harness innovative and constantly evolving tools and technology to build their businesses in a way that suits them, with limitless potential and scale. This is underpinned by the knowledge and power of a global community and strong people first culture.

The company operates its own ATOL supported financial trust which safeguards customers from any failure of a travel supplier involved in their booking.

Travel Counsellors is multi-award winning and has a five star, 'Excellent' rating on Trustpilot. It was founded in 1994.

For further information about Travel Counsellors, please visit www.travelcounsellors.co.uk/out-story/ 

[1] 1st November 2022 – 4th September 2023