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Business travel sector
is ‘wary of losing talent’
Martin Ferguson.
happened so far. Companies are keen to ensure the corporate sector landscape was changing.
BUSINESS travel consultants who face pay cuts that talent never leaves the industry again. “It’s completely different to two years ago,”
or redundancy are being urged not to panic by “There has been a skill shortage in business she said. “The sector used to be candidate driven
recruitment experts. travel since 2003.” but now it is entirely vacancy lead. But people
The job market in London has been described Feuell said the recession could indirectly lead are still travelling and there is still a need for
as “dead”, and scores of staff across the country to the creation of jobs in new areas of business. experienced business travel consultants.”
are currently in 90-day consultation periods as “In periods of downturn people must be Kolosinska said the most “challenging” area
firms look to make redundancies. creative and find new ways to make money. As a was London, but there were still some vacancies
But leading recruitment figures have said staff result of this creativity, new divisions and even in the north of the country.
who demonstrate flexibility in their role will be new businesses are created. “We are talking with our clients on a daily
rewarded when the economy recovers. “In the meantime, staff will need to be basis. Some TMCs will be waiting for sign-off on
Julia Feuell, managing director of New flexible for certain and their loyalty will be recruitment budgets. Things will get better and
Frontiers, said: “The business travel sector rewarded hugely.” will see a recovery, we’re just not sure when yet.”
still remembers the last recession when many Barbara Kolosinska, business development
people left the industry altogether. manager at C&M Recruitment, said while the ■ Business travel news, p20
“This is why very few redundancies have leisure recruitment market was holding its own, ■ Job vacancies, p60
ITM plans
Salary survey: have your say
C&M Travel Recruitment has launched the
Great British Travel Industry Salary Survey,
uni degree
in association with TTG, to find out more
about salaries and benefits in travel.
Whatever sector of the industry you work
at Brighton
in, TTG wants you to take part so we can
find out the truth about working conditions
in the travel industry. We will publish the
results quarterly.
THE UNIVERSITY of Brighton and ITM have Angus Chisholm, C&M’s managing director,
revealed plans to launch a university degree for said: “There is a perception that salaries and
the business travel and meetings sector in 2012. benefits aren’t that great in the industry.
The organisations – which signed the “But we want to know if there are any
agreement at ITM’s annual conference this week facts behind that? There is nothing out there
– will work together to create tailored degrees. to show how the industry is progressing.”
ITM is also set to endorse the existing BA in Chisholm wants to use the data from the
International Travel Management subject, and surveys to help employers attract new job
more travel management elements will be added applicants and retain their staff by
to the syllabus. ITM’s Caroline Strachan: “University of Brighton degree improving pay and working conditions.
The move is an attempt by ITM to profession- will bring more talent into the business travel sector” The first set of results is due early April.
alise the business travel industry through its Take the survey – and you could win a
Academy project. Paul Frost, head of the school of service prize. Go to: ttglive.com/salarysurvey
ITM chair Caroline Strachan said: “This is management at the University of Brighton, said:
such an exciting moment for us: to see the “ITM has the drive and energy we look for in
first steps taken in what will ultimately bring partners and we are looking forward to giving so
more talent into the industry when we will many young people an opportunity in what is a
need it most. very exciting industry sector.”
“The University of Brighton understands what
we want to do and that we can help each other to ■ Full report from this year’s ITM Conference
achieve our goals.” in Liverpool in next week’s TTG
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