About Us

I worked as a travel consultant with Going Places for 5 years and then as Senior Travel Consultant with Thomas Cook for another 5 before working at Warwickshire College as Travel Agency Manager and NVQ Assessor for 8 years.

I am passionate about travel and enjoy sharing my knowledge as well as helping and encouraging others to achieve their goals.

I worked for Lunn Poly, Going Places as a manager and sales advisor and then with Thomson overseas. I also worked in Apollo Call Centre before beginning work as an NVQ assessor.

I have worked in the travel industry for 17 years and have worked in many areas including business travel, call centre operations, retail and overseas. I feel very lucky to do a job I enjoy each day.

I spent 10 years working for Holidaybreak, predominantly as an Overseas Area Manager but with 2 years as a Contract Negotiator. I have also worked for Mark Warner in overseas winter operations and more recently I co-managed Crystal Ski's flagship hotel: Le Viking in Morzine

Since graduating I have spent more time living and working in France than in the UK. I love travel, languages and experiences different cultures. I always enjoyed the staff development part of my job as a manager and the assessor role allows me to focus on this in greater depth.

 I started my travel career at the age of 18 working for an independant agency and then Sunwin Travel. I have since spent 13 years as a Store Manager for Going Places in Yorkshire, with 6 years as a Store Manager for AT Mays in the London area.

Travel is in my blood, I can't ever imagine being in any other industry! Assessing at TFT is a great experience and I love it!

I worked in travel for over 16 years with Lunn Poly and then Thomsons as a Sales Consultant, Assistant Manager and Branch Manager before I became a Trainer with them. I also worked at Travelcare as a Branch Manager for 9 months before deciding to follow my passion as an assessor.

Having worked in travel for so long I feel a passion to assess this area and share my knowledge. I enjoy going out in the field and meeting people whilst using my experience to give my learners help and support.I also love travelling abroad with my family.

I started working in travel at 16. I worked at Cresta Holidays and was a TFT Travel and Tourism Apprentice! At Cresta I worked in Eurostar, VIP and Cities Reservations before moving to work in the Pre-Travel Services Deartment where I deal with any customer service queries. From there I spent a little while as a Holiday Rep before coming to TFT as an assessor and trainer.

I always wanted to work in the travel industry as it seemed so much fun - which it actually is! It is a happy, friendly industry to work in and I love meeting new people, constantly upating my skills and being able to help people gain more qualifications!

I started working in travel at Cresta Holidays where I was one of TFT's first Travel and Tourism Apprentices. Whilst at Cresta I worked in reservations and was regularly the top seller and I was then promoted to Special Operations.Whilst at Cresta I worked towards a Certificate in Education through working with TFT before joining the TFT team full time where I now assess and internally verify.

I have always loved the travel industry and, having started as an apprentice myself, I found the chance to share my knowledge and experience with people starting out in the industry really satisfying. Now I can support the team of assessors at TFT to do just that whilst also developing exciting new opportunities for our company, staff and learners which is great fun!

After studying Travel and Tourism at college for over 3 years and becomming hooked on the industry, I've travelled extensively, met lots of wonderful people and now use this experience to enhance my assessment role. It is great to see some old friends when I am on the road assessing but it is also wonderful to have the opportunity to help new starters on to their career ladder.

I worked with Going Places for 10 years, working my way from trainee to manager in that time.I then worked at Holiday hypermarkets where I started as a Team Leader and worked my way to General Manager. I then worked as a rep for Travel City Direct in Orlando, Florida for a year before a brief spell as a Supervisor at Global Travel call centre.

I started working in the travel industry aged 18, starting with my family's independent agencies which I eventually managed before working at British Railways, The Co-operative Travel and Thomas Cook in various managerial roles.

I have been with Training for Travel for 7 years where I worked as an assessor/trainer and I now internall verify whilst also looking after the Co-operative Travel. I am proud to be one of the first TFT employees and to have been one of the pioneers for the delivery of customer service qualifications!

I was with Tui UK for 8 years where I worked my way up to Store Manager before I started to work as an assessor.

I always knew I wanted to join the travel industry and once I became a manager I realised my passion was no longer for sales but for training staff. I entered this area of the industry as I feel that everyday I am seeing my learners develop and grow within their roles and this creates a huge sense of achievement for both me and them. I also love to travel myself!

I have worked in customer service and sales since leaving school in retail shops and call centres whilst gaining my degree in Media. I then joined the TFT team as an assessor and Key Skill Co-ordinator before starting my current role.

I love sales and business development as TFT because it is so easy to sell the brilliant training and qualifications we can provide! I have always loved to travel and have also really enjoyed getting to know the travel industry and what goes on behind the scenes.

I worked as a Manager for Going Places for 3 years and then Managed a Student Travel Agency

I spent the first 7 years of my travel career at Pickford Travel/Going Places working my way up from a trainee to a Branch Manager before moving on to become a Branch Manager at an independent agent. I then began to work in training at Tameside College where I taught Travel for 12 months before joining the TFT team.

I have always had a passion for the Travel Industry which is why I embarked on this career on leaving education. After achieving my potential as an agent, I decided it was time to share my knowledge and experience with those who could benefit; my learners.I now combine the industry I love along with seeing my learners achieve their potential to help them develop in their own career.

I worked in the travel industry for almost 20 years at Tui (formerly Lunn Poly) as an agent progressing in all job roles from being a Youth Trainee and all the way up to  Area Sales Manager.

Having worked in the travel industry for so long, and having loved every minute of it, it was the obvious next career step for me to put al my enthusiasm and experience into something that was still travel related. I have never been happier since joining Training for Travel. I am still able to meet and work with lots of interesting people and have so many opportunities for myself aswell!

I have worked in the travel industry for about 16 years, 12 of which have been based in hotel based business travel for international chains such as Intercontinental and Accor as a Key Account Manager. For the past 4 years I have been in leisure travel, running a small independent agency and as the specialist travel advisor.

I became involved with apprenticeship programmes when we had 2 learners working for us and as I began to discover what the programme could offer I decided to become qualified as an assessor myself. I still keep up to date with the industry by working in my agency - there is always a new destination to learn about and new places to explore.

I worked at the Cooperative Travel for 10 years in various roles from Travel Consultant, Assistant Manager, Administration Manager and Branch Manager.

I love assessing and training as I enjoy communicating and find it very rewarding to be able to pass on my experience of the travel industry and watch learners progress within their roles.

I started my career in travel as a Modern Apprentice myself at david Ogden Travel. From there I became an overseas representative for Airtours before coming back to the Uk to work as a Travel Advisor and Assistant Manager for Allplanned Travel and then 9 years as a Branch Manager for The Cooperative Travel.

I love the job! I get to meet some very interesting people  and find it very rewarding passing along my experience and knowledge whilst also gaining experience and knowledge from all those I work with within the industry.

I worked in travel for 19 years, including 6 years as a sales consultant in retail travel followed by 5 years in a call centre environment where I worked from a sales consultant up to Team Leading and Managerial roles. This included becomming a Training and Recruitment Manager position which I held for 4 years. I then came to work at TFT and I now consult as a trainerand internal verifier whilst supporting quality and development.

The main thing I love about my job is making a difference. The variety of work including managing individuals, teams and organisational development in any context really inspires me to continue the work I do. I have a real passion for developing and inspiring others and this role allows me to do just that.

I started to work in travel after leaving school and became a TFT apprentice whilst working at Cresta Holidays. At Cresta I worked in various areas of reservations and was asked to join a new Customer Travel Services department due to my excellence in customer service. I then came to work at TFT and have worked my way up to my current role by working as an assessor and Exam Team Manager.

After working in the travel industry for 6 years I began teaching and training travel at college and work based providers.

I love the job because I meet different people, all with different characteristics and personalities. It is very satisfying to assit enthusiastic and motivated learners to meet their goals and see them achieve qualifications within their dream job.