Barrhead Travel has revealed it will create more than 100 new posts in coming months as it expands its workforce to record levels.

The company is aiming to boost the size of its more than 1000-strong workforce to meet growing customer demand.

The travel agency is recruiting 80 new permanent staff members, mainly destination specialists, including positions at its flagship Glasgow city centre shop on Oswald Street.

Barrhead Travel will also bring on board a further 25 modern apprentices this year, which will take the company's total trainee intake in 2017 to 85.

It has plans to increase the number of modern apprentices it trains to 100 in 2018 as part of its ambition have a ratio of one apprentice for every five employees.

The new roles are in addition to the 149 recruits Barrhead Travel has made so far in 2017.

The modern apprentice roles available range across all areas of the Barrhead Travel business including sales, marketing, business development, digital marketing and training.

Barrhead Travel chief executive Sharon Munro said: "Our people are key to success in our business and as such we offer some of the best benefits in the travel industry.

"As well as a competitive salary, uncapped commission and a vibrant social events calendar, our specialists receive worldwide educational trips to gain in-depth knowledge and experience first-hand the holidays we offer our customers."

She added: "We invest heavily in the training and development of our people - the opening of our dedicated training academy last year coupled with our experienced team of trainers supports increased training and progression opportunities for our teams across the UK.

"We are also very proud of our apprentices and the programme we have in place to support the development of their skills and careers."