Redfern takes up an identical role with the bed bank on Monday (25 November).

He said: "I am delighted to be part of this exciting time with Beds with Ease and its continued growth. I can’t wait to get started and get back on the road visiting all our travel agent partners across the UK."

Redfern will report to head of sales Nicola Harper. She said: "Chris has great experience of the UK travel industry and will be a strong addition to our team. I am very much looking forward to welcoming him into the business and for him to engage with existing and new agent partners."

The bed bank will relaunch its website in 2020 and plans to recruit more overseas staff. Managing director Phil Turner said: "After having our best ever trading year, we felt this was perfect timing for us to grow our team.

"These are very exciting times for Beds with Ease, as we have also just recruited more overseas contractors and operational staff, which will give our agents more destinations to sell and will enable us to continue to offer a great service."