Leanne Davies will oversee East Coast USA and Canada and Lauren Ross Middle East and Europe.

Davies joins from within dnata Travel Group, having been purchasing assistant for the Americas and Caribbean since 2017.

She brings more than 10 years’ industry experience, including periods as cabin crew and as part of Gold Medal’s group sales team. She will be based at Gold Medal’s Leyland head office. 

Ross joins from Hays Tour Operating, where she has worked as product and people manager for specialist product since November 2020.

Her 15 years in the industry include four as Travel 2’s product and commercial manager Europe. She will work from home in Glasgow. 

Tricia Birmingham, trading director, said: “It’s exciting to welcome two such talented travel experts to our team of destination managers. They’ll both be real assets – their motivation, knowledge and ability are all plain to see. 

“The fact that they are either an existing member of the dnata Travel Group family whose career is progressing further here with this new role, or returning to us after a period away, is particularly pleasing.”