Travel Counsellors acquires Holidaysplease

Travel Counsellors has announced the acquisition of Holidaysplease as it continues to report significant growth and a record start to the year.

The deal for the Birmingham-based business marks Travel Counsellors’ first acquisition in its near 30-year history. Holidaysplease has approximately 100 home-working travel experts, 50 franchisees and around 50 employees,

Travel Counsellors said the deal follows record trading months in both January and February, with a total of more than £200m in sales.

A spokesperson for the company said the acquisition further supports Travel Counsellors’ focus on empowering and connecting nearly 2,000 travel professionals to run and scale their own businesses and provide an “exceptional level of care” to their customers by leveraging its personal, digital platform and global community.

Steve Byrne, chief executive of Travel Counsellors, said: “We are delighted to have acquired such a highly regarded and successful business, finding a company that is both culturally and strategically aligned to our people led values and relentless focus on customer care.

“I would like to take this opportunity to welcome the entire Holidaysplease community; we are extremely excited at what this combination will mean for both businesses, our communities of travel experts, and our customers.”

Birmingham-based Holidaysplease has approximately 100 homeworking agents, 50 franchisees and about 50 employees.

More to follow.