Travel Counsellors Recognised For A Seventh Year For International Growth
Travel Counsellors has been named in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work list for 2026, marking its fifth consecutive year of recognition as one of the UK's most respected employers.
The award, judged on anonymised employee survey data, recognises organisations that consistently score highly on culture, wellbeing, leadership trust, and day-to-day experience. Travel Counsellors placed in the mid-size employer category, where it has ranked each year since 2022.
Steve Byrne, CEO, said: "This recognition matters to us not because it's an award, but because it reflects something we genuinely work at every day. We have always believed that if our TCs and our team feel genuinely cared for, everything else — the service, the growth, the culture — follows from that."
Recognised for Global Growth and Personalised Service
The Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 league table ranks companies with the fastest-growing global sales, measured over their latest two years of available accounts, with minimum total sales of £25m and international sales of at least £1m. Last year we were was also named in The Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track 250 league table, ranking Britain's mid-market growth private companies with the biggest sales, and received the 2017 National Business Award for Customer Focus.
Steve Byrne, CEO said: “We are thrilled to be recognised for the seventh time for our continued growth overseas. The international success of our business model is in no small part due to the care we show to our customers, using technology to enhance the personal relationships and exceptional service our Travel Counsellors provide to their loyal client base.
This is why our model has really been embraced by the overseas markets we have expanded into, with our international presence also benefiting our Travel Counsellors and their customers by building on our global buying power, local knowledge and enabling true 24/7 support.”
He adds; “To build on our growth and the support we give to our Travel Counsellors, we are investing heavily in our people and the technology to enable them to provide customers with a truly personalised and authentic travel experience. Over the past 12 months alone we have invested £6m in our global technology, including the launch of our own customer app and the continued development of our in-house booking system, Phenix.”
