Lightning is now officially part of the Cape Consulting HR family!

We’ve built our reputation on long-term, personal relationships and a fierce commitment to building better workplaces in the travel industry. Now, by plugging our specialist travel recruitment expertise into Cape Consulting’s broad strategic reach, we’re creating a powerhouse that can do even more to support the travel industry – not just in finding the right people, but in building the kind of workplace cultures that deserve them.

This partnership is about synergy. It’s about creating a "joined-up" support model that makes the industry more sustainable, more human, and frankly, more exciting. We are now relaunching as the only travel recruitment agency that also offers HR consulting and we’re expanding our reach to outside of just specialising in the luxury travel space. We’re excited to work with the wider travel industry too and support as many clients looking to build awesome workplaces as we can.

"We’re not changing who we are," says Lightning Founder Thea Bardot. "We’re just turning up the volume. By aligning our reputation for excellence, unrivalled book of contacts and headhunting prowess and our progressive stance on pay transparency with Cape Consulting’s extensive people and talent capabilities, we’re creating a powerhouse that can better serve the evolving needs of the travel industry. We’re still here to create positive, actionable change and to champion the humans behind the work."

What does this mean for you? Nothing changes regarding our commitment to you. We’re still the same team that prioritizes people over profit. We’ll be integrating our services to offer an enhanced suite of support, from specialised recruitment to broader operational frameworks.

We’re still going to be the changemakers, and the people who actually care about the talent pipeline in travel. We’re just doing it with a bit more muscle behind us and opening our doors to the entire travel industry to allow us to support even more clients.

To work with us email: office@lightningtravelrecruitment.com