Business Development

Specialising in client acquisition, you’ll win new business for Corporate Travel Counsellors to service.

Give us a call on 0161 464 5243.

A pivotal role at Travel Counsellors for Business

As a Business Development Travel Counsellor you will identify new business opportunities, scale a portfolio of clients to be serviced by other Travel Counsellors and provide Account Management from implementation onwards.

For our Business Development training course, you’ll have:

  • A minimum of 3 years’ Sales or Account Management experience in the corporate travel sector
  • Worked in a customer-facing role
  • Worked as a travel agent or for a tour operator
  • Been out of the travel industry for 5 years or more

Hear what our Travel Counsellors have to say

Travel Counsellors are a travel management platform enabling a community of business travel professionals to service corporate clients across a range of industries.

We are listed in BTN Europe’s Top 20 UK TMCs and are a BTA member.

Our corporate business grew 18% to £141 million in 2019 and our concierge-style service is the best in the industry, providing clients with a service that is flexible and proactive to their needs.

How does it work?

Julie Walne made the move from our TC Support Team to set up as a Business Development Travel Counsellor. Hear from Julie and Corporate Travel Counsellor, David Griffin, how they worked together to win a new client.

Find out more about our business model

"I enjoy partnering the clients I bring onboard with the Corporate Travel Counsellor who is best suited to provide the service and expertise they need. Seeing the relationship grow and work so well for both parties is really rewarding"

John Fayle - Business Development Travel Counsellor

Everything you’ll need to set up as a Business Development Travel Counsellor

For £295 + VAT, we’ll provide the following:

  • 10 days’ hybrid learning delivered virtually
  • Training delivered by our experienced team
  • Ongoing support
  • Learning and development tools including our innovative e-learning platform, Discover
  • Bespoke sales training from our Corporate Team
  • Personal webpage on the Travel Counsellors website
  • Laptop, business phoneline and our booking platform, Phenix
  • 295 + VAT
  • 6-month onboarding journey
  • 10-day virtual training
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Best-in-class training

Our experienced team of accredited business coaches delivers best-in-class training, inspiring you to launch your own travel business. They’ll work with you in small groups covering all aspects of running your own successful Travel Counsellors franchise.

What you’ll learn using our tried and tested techniques:

  • What makes Travel Counsellors for Business a leading TMC partner
  • Using our sales tools and technology
  • Negotiating commission share with the Corporate Travel Counsellors you work with

Interested in becoming a Business Development Travel Counsellor?

It's a big decision to start your own business, that's why we're on hand to help you.

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