Travel Counsellors Group Limited Acquires The Travel Agent Next Door

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M&A Engagement Overview

Industry Group: Consumer
Area of Focus: Travel

Harris Williams advised Travel Counsellors Group Limited, a portfolio company of Vitruvian Partners, on their acquisition of The Travel Agent Next Door. TTAND is one of Canada’s leading travel agent communities and supports more than 1,700 independent travel professionals. Founded in 2014 by Flemming Friisdahl, TTAND’S CEO, and two other seasoned travel entrepreneurs, the company has built their reputation on empowering agents to succeed while delivering outstanding service to their customers. TTAND has scaled rapidly over the past decade to become a clear leader in providing personalized, premium leisure travel advice in Canada, the sixth largest outbound travel market in the world.

We continue to see strong investor interest in the broader sector, fueled by consumers’ ongoing prioritization of leisure experiences and the robust momentum in international, premium travel. Notably, investors are focused on technology-driven platforms that effectively address multiple source markets. We remain optimistic about the sector’s outlook and look forward to Travel Counsellors’ continued success as they accelerate their international expansion.

Travel Counsellors’ acquisition of TTAND enables both businesses to benefit from superior scale with over 3,900 professional travel business owners in the enlarged group; a more diversified international profile with exceptionally strong brands in both the U.K. and Canada; and cross-company knowledge sharing. Additionally, TTAND’s 1,700 strong and fast-growing travel agent community benefits from Travel Counsellors' bespoke technology platform, enabling them to further grow their businesses with the benefits of additional functionalities, including market-leading AI capabilities as well as enhanced collaboration tools to help agents grow and scale their businesses.

Travel Counsellors’ partnership with TTAND also accelerates Travel Counsellors’ international growth strategy, with operations now in seven international markets and approximately 34% of pro-forma turnover in the last 12 months generated outside of the U.K.

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