Barrhead Travel Group

Barrhead Travel Group

Leisure, Travel & Tourism

Glasgow, Scotland 5,270 followers

About us

At Barrhead Travel, we believe that it’s our people that make our business, and we recognise that much of the company’s success can be directly attributed to the hard work, dedication and commitment of our employees. Started in 1975 in the Glasgow suburb of Barrhead, Scotland, our company has come a long way in 41 years. We are proud to be Scotland’s largest independent travel group, and are now also one of the largest in the UK. With over 900 employees across a UK-wide network of 61 locations and a stable of 6 specialist websites, Barrhead Travel is a major player in the UK travel market. Independent researchers have identified us as one of the best-run and most financially secure travel businesses in Britain, thanks to our ability to identify new routes to market by introducing exciting products that inspire our customers. December 2015, welcomed the launch of our first branded store in England. Located in the intu Eldon Square Shopping Centre in Newcastle, this concept store marks the start of our ambitious plans to grow our UK network. We’ve never been afraid of embracing change and grasping the opportunities that come our way. Thanks to careful planning and proactive strategies, Barrhead Travel carries over 300,000 passengers a year. Work with us, and you will find a company with a hands-on, proactive philosophy that has helped it to become a market leader. Our passion for our people, drive for success and the can-do values that characterise the Barrhead Travel brand mean that we have many more UK branches in pipeline, as well as the expansion of our franchise outlets and homeworking division.

Industry
Leisure, Travel & Tourism
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Glasgow, Scotland
Type
Privately Held
Specialties
Holidays, Flights, Package Holidays, Business Travel Solutions, Cruises, Canadian Travel, River Cruises, Leisure Travel, Kuoni Specialists, and City Breaks

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Employees at Barrhead Travel Group

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    🌟 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 – 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡🌟   Congratulations to our colleague, Jennifer from the Darlington branch, who has been nominated by her fellow team members as Colleague of the Month for August.   In recognition of all her outstanding work, Jennifer will be given shopping vouchers as well as a certificate of recognition. Jennifer has also chosen St Teresa’s Hospice as her charity of choice to receive a £100 donation.   Thanks for all your hard work, we’re proud to have you as part of the team! #ColleagueOfTheMonth

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    🏆 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐋 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐖𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒 🏆 We are delighted that Barrhead Travel has been shortlisted for the ‘Best Retail Agent’ award in the 2024 Wave Awards! We would love to encourage our wonderful customers to vote for us this year and as a thank you - 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝟗-𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 - 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 £𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎! 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 - https://lnkd.in/eWAYFAzS The awards celebrate the best of the UK’s cruise holiday sector and we are very proud to be shortlisted. Thank you for your vote and good luck!

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    🌟 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 – 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 🌟 Congratulations to our colleague, Chris from the Web Content team, who has been nominated by his fellow team members as Colleague of the Month for July. In recognition of all his outstanding work, Chris will be given shopping vouchers as well as a certificate of recognition. Chris has also chosen Duddon Inshore Rescue as his charity of choice to receive a £100 donation. Thanks for all your hard work, we’re proud to have you on our team! #ColleagueOfTheMonth

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    🏆 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐋 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐖𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒 🏆 We are delighted to announce that Barrhead Travel has been shortlisted for the ‘Best Retail Agent’ award in the 2024 Wave Awards! The Wave Awards will be celebrating their 10th anniversary this year – an incredible milestone of recognising excellence in the cruise industry. The awards celebrate the best of the UK’s cruise holiday sector and are decided by an expert panel of judges. We are very proud to be shortlisted. #BarrheadTravel #WaveAwards #TravelAgency

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    We’re pleased to announce that at the Travel Weekly Agent Achievement Awards the Barrhead Travel Group scooped two prestigious accolades 🏆 🏆 Sustainability Champion of the Year for the Barrhead Travel Group 🏆 Best Large Agency in Scotland for the Barrhead Travel Group A special mention to our talented team who were shortlisted for individual awards last night. It was a competitive process and we’re so proud of you all: 🌟 Young Leisure Agent of the Year – Jamie Jo Devran, Gordon Street 🌟 Leisure Agent of the Year – Laura Elliot, The Gyle 🌟 Leisure Manager of the Year – Claire Ives, Plymouth 🌟 Agency Support Team Member of the Year – Gill Irvine, Cruise Product 🌟 Sustainability Champion of the Year (Large Agency) – Barrhead Travel Group 🌟 One to Watch – Simply Cruises Well done, and a big thank you goes to everyone across the business 👏🏻

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    🌟 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 - 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥 🌟 A huge congratulations goes to our fantastic colleague, Julie from our Stirling branch. Julie was nominated by her fellow team members in recognition of her hard work and she was delighted to be selected as our Colleague of the Month for June! In recognition of all her outstanding work, Julie will be given shopping vouchers as well as a certificate of recognition. As her charity to receive a £100 donation, Julie has chosen Cancer Research UK. A BIG well done to Julie and thanks for being an incredible colleague! #ColleagueOfTheMonth

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    We’re delighted to announce that our 2024 Annual Conference will be held in Ibiza🌟   The conference will take place at the Grand Palladium Palace & White Island resorts from 30th September-3rd October. Our event will bring together senior management, store and head office managers, Brilliant Travel homeworkers, and managed service travel partners, as well as key travel partners. Every year, this conference brings about a great opportunity to bring people together, and this year will be no different.   With Ibiza being one of our top destinations, this will be a great opportunity to let our people experience the island for themselves and to showcase its many sides.   Throughout the week, we will be delivering business updates, reflections on the year, as well as presenting an inspiring line-up of speakers that will get our people thinking outside the box and engaging with key industry topics. In the evenings, there will be events with legendary entertainment and the chance to socialise - which is such a vital part of being a people-led business.   We can’t wait to welcome everyone to Ibiza! 🌟

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    Molly, from our Social Media team has just got back from a fantastic ship visit on Carnival Glory in Barcelona. From the incredible food, to the ship tour and learning all about the entertainment on Carnival Glory, this was definitely an unforgettable ship visit and experience! 🚢😍 Read all about her time on Carnival Glory👉 https://lnkd.in/eTDWmguF #FamTrip #EducationalTrip #CarnivalGlory #Carnivalcruise

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    🌟 𝐍𝐂𝐋 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 🌟 Throughout the month of May, Barrhead Travel has taken part in NCL’s Walk to Wellness Challenge, with the aim to walk 40,000 miles. We’re happy to announce, NCL’s Walk to Wellness Challenge is now complete, and the target miles have been achieved! Barrhead Travel Group ranked 22 out of 117 teams - the highest placing for a team of our size! Barrhead Travel had 65 team members participating, getting fitter, and raising money for charity. Overall there were 1161 industry participants taking part in NCL’s Walk to Wellness, and Barry Gemmell from our Design Team took the overall champion top spot! In the 2nd week of the challenge, Barry’s daily average step count was 52k!! (that’s more than an average person’s weekly step count!) – such incredible commitment and competitiveness! It was a challenge, where the focus was adding movement to your day and Barry certainly did that. Adding extra movement in the office, upping his usual exercise routine to then getting his family involved with lots of outdoor fun, even on holiday he didn’t slack! Barry said “Overall this challenge has been a great incentive for everyone to get fit for a great cause. It’s proven to me that age is not a barrier to being the fittest physical version of yourself. Thank you to NCL for allowing me to take part in this challenge and helping me to push myself all throughout this month, to be the fittest I’ve been since my twenties.” Huge congratulations also go to Michael Gilmartin and Wayne Beard, who finished in the overall challenge top 10! Well done to everyone who participated! #WalktoWellnessChallenge

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