About Advantage Travel Partnership

Advantage Travel Partnership are the UK’s largest independent travel agent group. The travel agents that are part of the group are independently owned, but together they produce over £4.5bn of travel sales each year.

Member partners are experts in leisure and corporate areas, so the London-based team has an extensive skill-base in both disciplines.

The story began in the mid-1970s. Spain and France were taking off as destinations, but the big players in the industry couldn’t sustain their small profit margins and ran into financial difficulty.
A number of small companies decided being independent required a voice in the industry. Liberty Travel was formed, which became the National Association of Independent Travel Agents, until the brand was updated to Advantage Travel Partnership in the late 90s.

Today, the Advantage Travel Partnership brand is in the capable hands of Managing Director Julia Lo Bue-Said. Their staff are united under a five-pillared ethos: engage, create, deliver, transparency and caring.

What is it like to work for Advantage Travel Partnership

Leadership

87% of staff agreed:

This organisation is run on strong values / principles

Chief Executive Officer Julia Lo Bue-Said has regular ‘Breakfasts with the Boss’ sessions and has informal meetings with new employees who are new to the company to see how things are going, if they are settling in or and if they have any concerns.

87% of staff agreed:

This organisation is run on strong values / principles

My Manager

84% of staff agreed:

I feel that my manager talks openly and honestly with me

Performance of managers is reviewed formally via an annual performance appraisal process, while informal monitoring is carried out each month at executive meetings, where reports are submitted to define how close each team is to meeting overall objectives.

84% of staff agreed:

I feel that my manager talks openly and honestly with me

Giving Something Back

97% of staff agreed:

My organisation encourages charitable activities

Advantage Travel Partnership are this year supporting the Make-A-Wish charity, and are also working on a scheme in which they can give staff opportunities to work for charities up to two days every year.

97% of staff agreed:

My organisation encourages charitable activities

Learn more about the 8 factors of workplace engagement here

Benefits:

Gym

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