Careers

Luxury Travel Designer of the Year on his hotel childhood, supplier relations and influencer-led tours

From a South African childhood to award-winning London agency, Cartology Travel’s Justin Huxter charts his progress

Jet2holidays trade lead Alan Cross promoted to new director role

Cross to take on new trade-focused director role at airline and operator

Palladium appoints Simon McDermott as business development executive

He has previous on the road experience with Hurtigruten, Ama Waterways, Heritage and Veranda Resorts, A Rosa River Cruises and most recently JTA Travel

Scenic’s Ryan Readman joins Ambassador trade team as line boosts agent support

The line has also announced a series of new hires and internal promotions in trade team and contact centre

Attraction World Group appoints new major projects lead

Aurelia Segalat will join the company as implementation manager

Former Prestige Travel sales lead Shubhra Halliday joins Anzcro

She joins the destination specialist as sales director to drive sales of Australia and New Zealand

BTA looks to boost industry talent with new recruitment push

The association has released a new careers brochure titled Your Career Can Travel

Robotics, automation and digitisation expert to join Royal Group

Rebecca Yeung, corporate vice president, operations science and advanced technology at FedEx Corporation, has been appointed to the company’s board of directors

NCLH chief Frank Del Rio to retire; Harry Sommer to step up

NCL boss Sommer will replace Del Rio in the summer, who departs after 30 years’ service to the cruise industry

Bermuda Tourism Authority appoints Tracy Berkeley as chief executive

Tracy Berkeley has served as interim chief for nine months

Explora Journeys expands leadership team with two new hires

Norbert Stiekema has been appointed chief commercial officer and Vanessa Vollmann has been named head of people

Hays Travel appoints Louise Winter to ancillary sales role

Winter was most recently regional sales manager for Midcounties Co-op, a position she held for more than 15 years

ITC appoints Lisa Smith as managing director of Inspiring Travel

Smith, who will retain her role as ITC chief operating officer, has previously held roles with Dnata, Gold Medal, Travel2 and Thomas Cook

Travel veteran shares advice on how to attract and retain new staff

Travel Village Group chief executive Phil Nuttall said having a clear and robust training plan is crucial to attracting new talent

Scenic Group boosts UK sales team amid trade growth plans

Sales manager for the north of England, Jonathan Davies, has been promoted to national key accounts manager for the region

New travel job candidates reach 19-month high but placements dip

According to new data from C&M Travel Recruitment, vacancies in the travel sector saw a single-digit drop on 2022

Former Cook trade lead Brooks-Wiggins joins accommodation platform

Fastpayhotels has appointed her to the newly created role of business development director for the UK, France and the Nordics

"I am a travel agent and my other job is…"

InteleTravel has 11,500 agents in the UK and many combine their work as a travel advisor with other jobs.

Abercrombie and Kent to boost trade sales team with two new hires

It comes following the departure of trade sales manager Mark Harris

Agents star in new Abta campaign to help trade attract and retain new talent

The two-minute video is the latest phase of the company’s #BePartofTravel campaign

Hays Travel appoints Andrew Pickering to new marketing role

Pickering will be responsible for growing partnerships with tourist boards for long-haul and short-haul destinations

Natalya Leahy to succeed Josh Leibowitz as Seabourn president

The line said Leibowitz is leaving the brand to pursue new opportunities

Longstanding USAirtours product manager leaves for PR role

Linda Dixey has joined London-based travel PR and representation agency Gosh PR as account director for travel trade

Gold Medal parent appoints David Steven as trade partnerships manager

He will join dnata and cover the north east and Yorkshire on 6 March