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Sherwin Arends appointed dnata touring and commercial lead

He will be responsible for developing and driving the B2B touring product proposition and service offering sold through the Incredible Journeys brand.

Advantage strengthens commercial team with new appointments

Victoria Jones has been promoted to senior commercial manager and Jo Turney has been appointed commercial manager

Not Just Travel appoints new trade partnerships lead

The addition comes as part of the brand’s £2.4 million recruitment drive

Former G Touring account manager Docherty joins RateHawk

John Docherty will join the online booking company as sales manager, as well as travel industry veteran Adam Weatherby

Ex-Kuoni BDM joins APT trade team

Griffiths brings a range of trade experience having worked in retail and BDM positions for brands such as Kuoni, Emirates and Gold Medal

Travel job vacancies rise to four-month high but placements dip

New travel job vacancies reach highest point since May and candidate number also increase, but placements fall to seven-month low

The success stories that show why sourcing talent from outside travel works

As a staff sergeant with the Royal Engineers, Moses McLaughlin served in conflict zones around the world. Sailing off to the Falklands, he had no idea that the next time he stepped onboard a ship, he would do so as a travel agent, visiting a cruise ship, 40 years later.

After 22 years’ service, he embarked on a new career in sales and relationship management with the payments industry first at Barclaycard, then with number of financial institutions.

Holly Simmonds joins Not Just Travel as cruise product manager

It comes as the homeworking agency continues to expand its new cruise division

Exsus Travel appoints Latin America specialist as senior account manager

Ricardo Beeny brings with him first-hand knowledge of Latin America, having worked in travel both in South America and the UK

Steve Barrass appointed interim chief of Vibe and P&P Group

Barrass has more than 30 years of travel leadership experience, most recently as the chief executive of The Appointment Group (TAG)

ITT announces new appointments to Education and Training Committee

G Adventures EMEA marketing director Ant Stone and the University of Surrey senior lecturer Sumeetra Ramakrishnan have joined the association

Virgin Voyages to double sales team as demand soars

The line’s vice president of international sales Shane Riley said the brand will aim to ’bring talent back to the industry’ with the recruitment drive

Azamara promotes Duff to MD and bolsters UK trade sales team

The new team structure ’demonstrates Azamara’s commitment to delivering in-market support’ to its trade partners

30 Under 30: Introducing high-flyer Bridget Donaldson

Bridget was 12 when the Air Cadets came to her school. She’d never been on an aircraft until she joined and went flying with them. “I was in awe of the whole experience and became addicted. I loved the idea you could escape from everything on the ground!” she says.

With sponsorship from the Royal Air Force, she achieved her private pilot’s licence and later had the chance to instruct air cadets with the RAF Reserves.

New BTA board to 'engage with next generation of leaders'

The Generation BTA Advisory Board is designed to ensure ’the industry flourishes’ by ’reflecting the needs and views’ of everyone within it

Former Emirates Holidays boss appointed Halsbury Travel chief

Robin Parry took the helm of the school tour operator last month

Rocky Mountaineer appoints Violet Thumlert as global sales lead

Former Pursuit Collection sales director Violet Thumlert has joined the brand as vice president of global sales

Travel job placements hit record high as vacancies dip

Last month was the busiest August for travel job placements in more than decade, according to new data from C&M Travel Recruitment

Hays Travel appoints Sukie Rapal as customer engagement lead

She will bring more than 20 years’ experience with her to the new role, which was created to allow Hays to oversee its customer engagement at ‘every touchpoint’

Future You expands into Northern Ireland with college partnership

Belfast Metropolitan College will host the first Future You On The Road event in the country

The Business Travel Association appoints four new board directors

The newly appointed members are Adam Murray of Flight Centre, Murray Burnett of Munro’s Travel, Kieran Hartwell of Travel Counsellors and Kevin Harrison of Good Travel

Linfoot advising executive search firm's hunt for new talent

Former Saga travel division chief has joined the board of executive search firm Howgate Sable

Gold Medal appoints two destination managers

Gold Medal makes two destination appointments in key regions

Silversea appoints Megan Saunders as UK BDM

The former Windstar Cruises business development manager will join Silversea in the same role to boost the line’s trade relations