Employment agency C&M Travel Recruitment is seeing ‘encouraging’ signs of a healthy market this year, after recording a 42% rise in the number of candidates placed in new jobs last month.
February’s total was the highest since last October and was the third best figure in the past 18 months. Last month also saw a 13% increase in job placements compared to February 2024.
There was also a 23% increase in new job vacancies in the travel industry last month compared to the same month in 2024. This meant that February 2025 recorded the third highest number of new roles in the past year, although it fell 8% from January.
However, the number of candidates beginning their search for a new travel job fell slightly in February with a dip of 14% from January and down 3% compared to February 2024.
C&M Managing Director Barbara Kolosinska said: “After big monthly increases in new travel vacancies and candidates in January, it’s great to see these begin to be converted into job placements, with a strong rise of 42% in February.
“In addition, a very healthy number of new roles were created last month, which should hopefully encourage talent to seek out the fantastic travel jobs currently available.
“As we’ve said for some time now, what the travel recruitment sector needs is consistency. The last couple of years have been characterised by busy months followed by slower ones without any real momentum.
“We’ve now had three positive months in a row, and while it is too early to call this a significant trend, there are many encouraging signs about the health of the market in 2025.”
