The homeworking giant will take on up to 10 graduates, with each of the successful candidates earning a place on the Travel Counsellors Academy scheme worth £10,000.
Travel Counsellors said the initiative was designed specifically “to empower young talent with no prior industry experience to kick-start their own travel businesses”.
The first intake could be as early as July 2024. Last year, Travel Counsellors teamed up with ITT to launch a similar scheme with an Apprentice-style pitching element, which has been retained for 2024.
As part of the application process, each candidate will need to submit a business plan, which will be reviewed by the Travel Counsellors recruitment team. Applicants will then invited to take part in a pitching session in front of a panel of industry experts at the firm’s support team centre in Manchester in May.
Successful scholars will benefit from a six-month training and onboarding programme, 10 days’ virtual classroom time and six months’ ongoing training, a personal mentor, a 12-month ITT and Clia membership, and access to Travel Counsellors’ digital platform Phenix, as well as the combined knowledge of its 2,000-strong community.
