Travel Counsellors has launched a recruitment drive as it revealed more than 100 franchisees joined the company in 2022.
The homeworking group saw its largest intake of franchisees since the Thomas Cook collapse in October and November and plans to welcome more new recruits in 2023.
In November, 94 Travel Counsellors had their best-ever booking month with 12 Travel Counsellors completing more than £200,000 worth of bookings.
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The group also reported 850 Travel Counsellors had their best sales year, with their sales increasing by 10% on average.
In 2022, more than 250 franchisees achieved ‘Gold’ status within the group, with one earning more than £1 million in sales for five months and another turning over £11 million in sales for the year.
Matt Harding, head of franchise recruitment and training at Travel Counsellors, said: “We’re so excited to be growing our special community and attracting the best talent who share our values of putting the customer first and putting care at the core of what they do.
“This year proved how quickly travel has sprung back and these strong figures represent the hard work put in by each and every one of our Travel Counsellors.
“Sentiment is positive too. We are focused on continuing to support our franchisees and provide them with the most personal digital platform to enable them to successfully build their travel businesses and deliver an exceptional service to their customers.”
Harding explained how the group was “continuously” exploring ways to help franchisees grow their businesses via various different models and would invest £10m into its technology platform in 2023.
“This includes how we enable our people to harness the power of the community drawing on the knowledge and support of one another and work together,” he said.
“We provide the technology to facilitate this type of working.”
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