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e some
akt
ttglive.com
selling from home knowledge
time out
to learn
strong pull
about fabulous
trinidad
& tobago
of home
online!
Did you know?
Online training is now
START-UPS.
available on Trinidad &
Jenny Ley-Meek, head of homeworking at
Tobago’s great new website
Superior Travel, is planning to launch her
first advertising campaign to widen the net
www.learntnt.com
of recruits as her agency expands.
Register now for your
Established in October 2007, her team
of 11 homeworkers was recruited from her
free support pack.
network of former colleagues and contacts.
“We don’t want more than 20-25 people,
and we appeal to those who feel like they’re
just a number with one of the big boys,” says
Ley-Meek, TTG’s popular agent columnist.
US agency Tzell established its UK
operation in spring, focusing on specialist
markets such as medical repatriation and
VIP concierge travel. It has office and and experts in their field and tend to contact
home-based agents. us directly or are recommended to us.”
UK general manager Barry Tzell says: “As A new venture for home-based staff was
these are niche markets we tend to receive due to be launched at WTM this week.
direct approaches from people who already The Personal Travel Group aims to build
have a client base within these sectors. The a network of representatives who will refer
people we are looking for are entrepreneurial customers to the company.
REFERRALS.
Travel Counsellors’ referral scheme accounts potential recruit(s) can enjoy their evening.
for a quarter of new recruits, and includes Lucy Morgans joined Travel Counsellors
financial incentives to existing agents. via its referral scheme, having met travel
Recruitment manager Cathy Oldfield says counsellor Fiona Ellis-Lane on an educational
travel counsellors can invite friends, fam trip in 2000. After becoming a mum and going
acquaintances or former colleagues to watch part-time for several years, she contacted
webcasts. The company may also supply Fiona again.
wine and nibbles so the counsellor and their “You feel happier talking to someone you
know. And she has twins, so I knew it would
work for me too,” she says.
Hays Travel and Future Travel also run
successful referral schemes.
Thomson and First Choice recruited their
visitwww.learntnt.com
75 homeworkers through word-of-mouth,
mainly internally. Most have at least 10
to find out more
years’ experience, with management
positions on their CVs.
or call 0800 804 8787
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