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Gold Medal Mega Fam trip set to return after four-year break
Covid travel restrictions meant that dnata’s B2B brand Gold Medal was forced to pull its last Mega Fam in 2020
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Gold Medal parent hails agents for buying into peaks campaigns
’All of our B2B brands had a successful peaks and achieved some exceptional records,’ said dnata Travel Group UK B2B product and commercial director Adrian James
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Gold Medal names new trade partnerships manager for Scotland and Northern Ireland
Kayleigh-Anne Elliot to take over from Raymond McErlaine next week
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Exsus Travel’s Emily Rutter joins Pure Luxury as product manager
Rutter’s career in the luxury travel sector began six years ago, when she joined Elegant Resorts as team leader
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Dnata Travel Group names Lesley Rollo as new UK chief
Lesley Rollo has been with dnata Travel Group for five years, most recently serving as managing director for its Travelbag brand
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Gold Medal's peaks 'surpasses expectations' following recruitment drive
Year-on-year sales volumes with Gold Medal increased during each of the first three weeks of the year
B2B boss Simon Applebaum said trade call numbers were at pre-pandemic levels
Gold Medal smashes single-day call record as peaks hots up
It comes after the operator broke its record for web bookings twice over the past two weeks
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Gold Medal launches turn of year campaign with return of agent 'grand giveaway'
Gold Medal launches turn of year campaign with return of agent 'grand giveaway'
Throughout January and February, one lucky agent a week will win £1,000 in Farebank Rewards
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'If you support agents, you'll get the sales': How Gold Medal's trade team became the best in the biz
Karen Fletcher reflects on her 27-year career with Gold Medal, her rise to the role of trade partnerships director – and her team’s triumph at this year’s Travel Industry Awards by TTG
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Gold Medal parent launches first-ever multi-brand winter campaign
Trips from Gold Medal, Pure Luxury, Cruise Plus and Incredible Journeys all feature in new promotion
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Gold Medal hosts 30 agents at latest Access All Areas event
Agents go behind the scenes at trade-only operator, meeting suppliers and the Gold Medal team, and taking part in a number of educational sessions
Former dnata UK and Ireland chief Ailsa Pollard to join Newmarket Holidays board
Ailsa Pollard to leave Gold Medal parent dnata after more than a decade
Pollard’s predecessor, John Bevan, to support dnata’s UK and Europe markets during a period of transition with Pollard set to leave the group next February
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Gold Medal ups Australasia focus with new brochure and agent incentives
The tour operator said on Thursday (24 August) the 116-brochure features seven new hotels and 12 new experiences
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Travel Republic and Travelbag to quit Abta after dnata review
It follows the recent departure of Lastminute.com and that of Attraction Tickets Ltd late last year
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Gold Medal puts new Dubai and Arabia programme on sale
Launched on Thursday (29 June), the 116-page brochure features 12 new properties as well as eight new experiences, including zip-lining
Gold Medal overhauls trade portal with flexible commission function
Gold Medal overhauls trade portal with flexible commission function
Digital product director Jamie Greystock said on Tuesday (27 June) the new features will help agents to ’market their business’
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Gold Medal adds 27 new properties to Latin America programme
The additions come as part of the launch of its new-look Caribbean, Mexico and South America programme
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Gold Medal parent appoints David Steven as trade partnerships manager
He will join dnata and cover the north east and Yorkshire on 6 March
Dubai has proved popular among agents aiming for places on fam trips
Gold Medal parent to host record number of fam trips this year
Dnata Travel Group brands to take 150 agents away on fam trips in the next few months
Currie will be responsible for growing Yalago "as the accommodation feed of choice within the UK trade"
Colin Currie to take new head of retail role at dnata bed bank
Gold Medal’s head of trade partnerships is moving to a new role leading retail sales for dnata Travel Group’s Yalago bed bank
B2B boss Simon Applebaum said trade call numbers were at pre-pandemic levels
Gold Medal ready to grow revived touring brand after 'phenomenal' peaks sales
Operator has soft relaunched former Travel 2 brand Incredible Journeys, with boss Simon Applebaum telling TTG the brand was helping agents meet growing demand for touring without them resorting to dynamic packaging
The new bilateral deal will allow UK-US travel to continue once the UK’s EU transition period expires (Credit: Kevin Lanceplaine/Unsplash)
US, Asia and Australia bookings driving spike in Gold medal package sales
Trade-only operator’s package holiday bookings up nearly 70% compared with the same mid-peaks period last year