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Raymond McErlaine and Kym Coulbeck have joined dnata's B2B team
Raymond McErlaine and Kym Coulbeck to join dnata trade team
Gold Medal parent hires McErlaine as trade partnerships manager for Scotland and Northern Ireland, while Coulbeck rejoins dnata’s B2B team as head of trade support
B2B boss Simon Applebaum said trade call numbers were at pre-pandemic levels
Dnata B2B boss heralds ‘extremely promising start’ to peaks
Group has reported “triple-digit” year-on-year growth just a week into its B2B brands’ turn-of-year campaigns
Gold Medal marketing director Sarah Lancashire
Peaks 'shouldn't be a race to the bottom', says Gold Medal
Peaks 2023 will not be all about pricing, Gold Medal marketing boss Sarah Lancashire tells TTG
Details are set to be finalised in the coming weeks
Long-haul 'better value' as air fares soar, says specialist
Price gap between short- and long-haul holidays is narrowing because of capacity issues, according to Gold Medal
Gold Medal to increase agent incentives for peaks
Gold Medal to increase agent incentives for peaks
Gold Medal to adjust agent incentive programme during peaks with more economic turmoil for the UK looming on the horizon
One of the bookings was for the One & Only Le Saint Geran in Mauritius
Gold Medal: 'It feels like we've got momentum going into peaks'
Trading director Tricia Birmingham tells TTG how close collaboration between her team and agents secured three huge bookings, driving the operator to its strongest day of the year
Newmarket's Richard Forde with Lorna Willis-Edwards from Tipto
Newmarket trade lead Richard Forde appointed Tipto chair
Forde takes over from former Gold Medal sales director Nick Hughes following his move to Princess Cruises
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Dnata Travel Group names new trade partnerships chief
Karen Fletcher takes up the position of trade partnerships director for Gold Medal, Pure Luxury, Incredible Journeys and Cruise Plus
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Gold Medal improves agents’ waiting times with online hub launch
Dnata invests in online agents’ hub to help with queries and answer criticisms about waiting times
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Dnata names new commercial director for UK B2B brands
Adrian James will work across Gold Medal, Pure Luxury, Cruise Plus and Incredible Journeys
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Gold Medal sets out plans to raise profile of Pure Luxury brand
Trade-only group’s ultra-luxury brand to be given more of a platform, marketing director Sarah Lancashire tells TTG
Pure Luxury will offer agents a range of marketing material to support the campaign
Pure Luxury to launch ‘biggest-ever’ agent campaign
Gold Medal luxury brand to kick off autumn with agent incentives, with top-performing agents receiving an overbranded brochure to support the campaign
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Gold Medal appoints two destination managers
Gold Medal makes two destination appointments in key regions
Orangutan with a cub in Borneo, which is proving popular
How Asia is bouncing back and why it pays to book early
Confidence is returning in the Far East, although challenges remain in the region
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Gold Medal unveils 'biggest-ever' mini peaks campaign
The initiative offers a variety of new tools, products and incentives to help agents capitalise on a reported ’resurgent’ demand for travel
Ailsa Pollard will oversee the group's brands - including Gold Medal - and takes over from John Bevan
Dnata launches 'biggest ever' UK recruitment campaign
Travel group reveals plans for a major recruitment drive as it seeks to fill more than 120 roles across its UK business
Petherbridge said he expects the government's additional £5 billion in retail grants to extend to travel agents
ITT conference: Agents welcoming 'new generation of client'
Pandemic uncertainty has widened agents’ potential client base, Gold Medal chief Simon Applebaum tells ITT delegates
Applebaum said the Gold Medal team had faced 'unprecedented demand' from agents for help with pandemic-related challenges
ITT conference: Travel must have the courage to embrace transparency
Gold Medal’s UK boss Simon Applebaum urges travel industry to embrace transparency and come to terms with the ‘discomfort and vulnerability’ it brings
Ailsa Pollard will oversee the group's brands - including Gold Medal - and takes over from John Bevan
Dnata chief outlines ‘ambitious’ growth strategy at leadership meeting
Nearly 100 members of the group’s leadership team met for their first in-person event under Ailsa Pollard’s leadership
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Gold Medal appoints Sarah Lancashire as marketing director
She will manage inhouse campaigns, partnerships and studio teams which produce marketing collateral for the brand’s agent partners
Tim Maloney and Tom Langwade join ONEE Luxury Travel, bringing almost 30 years of experience
ONEE Luxury Travel expands sales team
Trade-only luxury villas specialist hires two business development managers
The Village, Coconut Island, Phuket (Credit: Gold Medal)
Gold Medal reports surge in bookings to Asia
Trade-only tour operator says demand for trips to Asia in 2022 has doubled since the beginning of April
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Gold Medal sees demand for Australia 'triple overnight'
Three-quarters of the operator’s bookings have been taken for departure in the next three months
Simon Applebaum will take over as Gold Medal managing director on 30 November
Gold Medal boss: 'People want new experiences, not bigger TVs'
Trade-only operator’s new MD Simon Applebaum reflects on how consumers’ mindsets have changed during Covid, and how the trade can capitalise on pent-up demand for travel