Industry | Travel agency |
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Founded | 1994Bolton, England | in
Founder | David Speakman |
Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 2,100 franchises |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Steve Byrne, CEO Ivan Bumstead CFO |
Revenue | £1 billion [1] |
Website | www |
Travel Counsellors Ltd. is a travel agency headquartered in Manchester, England. When it was established in 1994, it was a pioneer of home-based travel selling. [1] It has operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.
The company was established in 1994 by David Speakman and his wife Maureen. [2] [3]
In October 2014, Steve Byrne led a management buyout of the company, backed by Equistone Partners Europe. [2]
In September 2015, the company announced plans to move its headquarters from Bolton to Manchester. [4]
In June 2018, Vitruvian Partners financed an additional management buyout in which David Speakman and his wife Maureen sold their remaining interest in the company. [2]
In February 2020, the company was ranked 89th on the UK's best 100 companies to work for by The Sunday Times . [5]
In April 2020, the company established a fund to financially assist agents that were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. [6]
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