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Kuoni Travel
• Swiss company with 8,000 staff
worldwide, £3.7 billion revenue
• Owns brands such as Carrier, Kirker,
Voyage Jules Verne, CV Villas and
Journeys of Distinction
• UK has 30 travel branches, 450 staff,
HQ Surrey
• Current vacancies include Personal
Travel Expert, Product and Category
Management Assistant, Store Manager Capita
• Outsourcing company with 65,000
staff, £4 billion revenue
• Services include, HR, IT,
administration, travel and others
• Business travel operations, 500 staff,
£500 million revenue
Virgin Holidays
• £540 million revenue part of
Virgin Global Group. HQ Crawley
• Also runs Travel City Direct and
Virgin Holiday Cruises
• Current vacancies include Cruise
Consultant, Airport Service Agent,
Duty Officer, UX Designer, Retail
Sales Consultant
Thomas Cook Group
• 22,000 staff, 2,900 stores, 97 aircraft,
£8.5 billion revenue
• Brands include Hotels4u, Club 18-30,
Air tours, Thomas Cook, Cresta,
flexible trips
• Apprenticeships in Travel Services
• Jobs in retail operations, Head Office,
E-commerce, Airline, Information
Technology, Working Abroad
Hogg Robinson Group
• International corporate travel services,
HQ Basingstoke, 12,000 staff in 120
countries, £330 million revenue
• Business departments include
technology, client services,
consulting, legal, Marketing
Carlson Wagon Lit
• Global business travel, meetings
and events company
• HQ Paris, 22,000 staff, $27.3 billion
revenue, UK offices include London,
Leeds, Birmingham
Monarch Travel Group
• Operations include Monarch Airlines,
Monarch Holidays, Monarch Hotels,
Cosmos Holidays, Archers Direct,
somewhere2stay, Monarch Aircraft
Engineering Services
• 3,200 staff working in aviation and
tour operations, £760 million revenue
Travel Services
Hays Travel
• Independent travel agent with 1,000 staff
• £650 million business, 400
homeworkers and 2 call centres
in Northeast, HQ Sunderland
• Owns Bath Travel, 60 branches in South
• Current vacancies for Assistant
Branch Manager, Cruise Sales
Executive, Personal Travel Consultant
Saga Group
• UK company serving over 50’s,
offering, insurance, healthcare
and travel services
• Owns Saga Holidays and Titan Travel
which offers escorted tours
• £1.2 billion revenue, offices in Kent,
6,000 staff
TUI AG
• Runs Hotel Portfolio, Cruise Lines,
Airline and Tour Operators
• 77,000 Staff, 18 billion euros turnover
• UK operations include Thomson,
First Choice
• Apprenticeship Programme in Retail ,
Catering and Activity Instruction
• Graduate Programmes in Leadership,
IT, Finance, Airline Operations
• Paid student placement scheme as
Product Assistant, Trading Assistant,
Purchasing Assistant