The Travel Club showed substantial growth in the just concluded fiscal year (2022/23). Sales rose to 227 million euros, almost 25 percent more than last year, when sales reached 185 million. The figures were announced during the Travel Club days at Van der Valk Vianen, which were well attended with 80 suppliers and about 300 travel agents spread over 2 days. The sales achieved do not include its own tour operator sales or its own franchised travel agencies, which amount to 85 million. The Travel Club operates a broken fiscal year from Nov. 1 to Oct. 31. The strong sales growth is mainly due to the post-Covid behavior of consumers, who still want to make up for their missed vacations of nearly three corona years, say Martine de Knoop and Don Kaspers, together the directors of The Travel Club. ‘There is a particularly high demand for long-distance trips and tailor-made trips. Moreover, the revenue growth comes from our existing ZRAs, not because of the increase in the number of ZRAs.’ For the coming financial year, De Knoop and Kaspers expect further growth. Percentages are not mentioned by the executive duo, except that once again there will be “healthy growth. “Our goal is still to relieve our ZRAs and travel agents as much as possible so they can concentrate on sales,” says Kaspers, who points out that those sales are brisk. ‘In October, we saw bizarre growth figures. Not only for next winter, but there are already plenty of bookings for summer 2024. And these are not nauseous travel sums.’ More in TravMagazine coming soon. Photo: board members Martine de Knoop (left) and Don Kaspers (right) with part of the team of The Travel Club.
