Flight Centre Group UK

By J&C Team

Flight Centre Group UK consists of 10 brands and prides itself on offering real opportunities for career progression and a wealth of staff benefits

Flight Centre Group UK offers long-term careers in the travel industry with fantastic opportunities for progression. The company has featured in The Sunday Times Best 100 Companies to Work For list eight times. So, how do they do it? Many companies say they put their people first. At Flight Centre, they really do. The travel company invests heavily in its people – from offering leadership training to sending its top performers to global conferences in locations such as Las Vegas,Singapore or Cancun. Then there are the company benefits. Flight Centre offers free and confidential advice through an in-house team of financial advisers, alongside health and wellbeing sessions, bio-age consultations, discounted personal training, on-site massage, cycle-to-work scheme, corporate gym memberships and more. The company has a ‘work hard, play hard’ ethos.

What really makes Flight Centre Group UK stand out is the opportunity for every member of the team to determine their own earning potential (through uncapped sales commission) and their own career path. The vast majority of Flight Centre’s senior management team began their career as travel consultants and now new employees are given even more opportunity to progress. There are 10 brands under the Flight Centre Group UK umbrella. These cover a number of sectors including wholesale, corporate, leisure, plus adventure and independent travel, all of which are expanding nationwide. This rapid growth has led to a recruitment surge, supported by the establishment of a successful fast-track leadership programme, designed to find and develop future leaders of the business, and a Global Sales Academy, which works in conjunction with brands to develop further skills within the workforce. When it comes to career progression in the travel industry, Flight Centre is hard to beat.

Case Study

Chris Galanty managing director When Chris began his career as a travel consultant in Putney, Flight Centre  ad a couple of shops, about 20 staff and no head office. That was 15 years ago. Now he’s Flight Centre’s managing director for the UK and South Africa, overseeing 13 brands, 2,300 people and a £1.1 billion  turnover. Chris’s progression encapsulates one of Flight Centre’s philosophies: everyone has a right to see a clear pathway to achieve their career goals. Travel consultants can choose to develop their sales career within Flight Centre’s retail brands or they can explore opportunities in corporate travel, adventure travel or in a different area such as marketing or product. At Flight Centre, career progression is accessible for those who want it.

Website: http://www.flightcentre.co.uk/careers
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/FlightCentre_UK