Dunne, founder of The Travel Broker, will take up the role in July and her appointment follows the recent retirement of Pat Dawson.
Having begun her career in reservations for Aer Lingus, Dunne gained her first travel agency experience at International Travel Bureau, before managing Griffin Travel and going on to open The Travel Broker in 1994.
She acted as the ITAA’s first female president from 2012 to 2014 and co-founded the Irish chapter of the Association of Women Travel Executives in 2017, serving as chair until March 2023.
