The former Hays Travel Independence Group business development manager has been working for luxury agency Club Voyages for the past five months as its retail lead. 

Green will start her new Hays Travel role at the end of the month and will be responsible for driving the growth of Hays Travel’s cruise business, including in-house tour operator Vista’s cruise product, alongside head of cruise Catriona Parsons. 

She will also manage all cruise commercial relationships and the cruise contact centre. 

Commercial manager Julie Simpson, product manager Kirsty Sproat and Carol Macaskill, cruise call centre sales general manager, will all report into Green. 

Prior to joining Hays Travel in 2019, Green was a retail manager at Tui. 

Parsons said: “Kelly has a breadth of experience including a strong business background, having worked for 14 years in financial services, coupled with an excellent understanding of the travel sector. 

“Her two years spent with our Hays Travel Independence Group members will be particularly useful insight.”

She added: “I was impressed by Kelly’s professionalism and her ambition to grow cruise across our business. 

“It’s a pleasure to welcome Kelly to the team and I’m looking forward to what we can achieve with her on board.”