TRAVEL specialists in Bromsgrove are taking on 40 new junior and senior staff, following a period of major business growth.

Hotel and Travel Solutions (HTS), based at Five Mile House in Hanbury Road, has launched the recruitment drive after seeing a 64 per cent increase in trade year-on-year.

Juliet Wedderburn, business development director, said: "Due to this continued growth, we are now looking at bringing even more new jobs to Bromsgrove as we plan to expand further and would like to hear from good communicators who would like to work with a progressive company.”

The firm, which employs 21 staff members, provides corporate clients with bespoke solutions for travel, accommodation and venue sourcing.

As well as organising care hires, air, rail and ferry travel, HTS has also expanded into the event management sector this year.

After moving offices in 2016, the company is looking to hire three new reservations consultants and a conference development manager to help cope with growing demand, and is also looking into future staff expansions, with plans to create more than 40 jobs over the next three years.

Managing director Julie Shorrock, who founded the company in 2010, said: "It is excellent to see the company experiencing such major growth, which is down to the team fully embracing our pro-active approach to sourcing new business.

“This success means we are able to grow our team with four new positions and also look at further employment opportunities.”

For more information about job opportunities, email HTS operations manager Danielle Stenton at danielle.stenton@hotelandtravelsolutions.co.uk.