2007 - Guardian Travel Agent of the Year

Travel Counsellors was named Travel Agent of the Year for a second consecutive year at the 21st annual Guardian, The Observer and Guardian Unlimited travel awards as voted by readers. Voting was rated on quality of service with Travel Counsellors scoring 98% overall.

2007 - The Outstanding Achievement Award

Travel Counsellors chairman David Speakman received the Oustanding Achievement Award at the 2007 Travel Weekly Globe Awards in London. Simon Ferguson, publishing director of the Travel Weekly Group commented, "David was a natural choice as a result of the phenomenal success of Travel Counsellors. He has created a new form of agency model, much imitated, that has proved both enduring and successful, and has transformed the experience of buying, selling and distributing travel."

2006 - Guardian Travel Agent of the Year

Travel Counsellors was named Travel Agent of the Year at the 20th annual Guardian, The Observer and Guardian Unlimited travel awards as voted by readers. Voting was rated on quality of service with Travel Counsellors scoring a highly impressive 99.29% overall– the highest total percentage of any company in the awards.

2006 - Lifetime Achievement Award

Travel Counsellors chairman David Speakman was one of the first ever recipients of a travel industry Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2006 Agent Achievement Awards. He was recognised for being the pioneer of the travel agents working from home concept; recognising that experienced travel consultants could earn more, give better service and have a better work life balance by working from their own home, linked by the latest technology and specialising in giving their customers the highest possible levels of personal service.