People moves

Intrepid Travel recruits Hays Travel BDM Kaigan Lewis to its trade team

Lewis to look after Intrepid's relationships with agents in the north of England and Scotland

Jet2 appoints Kat Davies to newly created role dedicated to supporting non-retail agents

Davies becomes Jet2's first national sales manager – non-retail, with sales executive Kerry Burnham also promoted to business development manager

Wendy Wu Tours appoints first national account manager and promises dedicated BDMs for Scotland and North West

Sandra Foreman, a long-time member of the operator's trade team, will step into the new national account manager role

A-Rosa River Cruises UK chief Lucia Rowe to depart line this month

Rowe was part of the start-up team at A-Rosa more than 20 years ago and returned in 2015 to launch the brand to the UK travel trade

ITC hires Suzanne Warren to boost ‘paramount trade partnerships’ following Cheryl Elliott-Edwards’ departure

Reporting directly into national trade partnership manager Gary Bates, Warren will build the southern region’s trade relations for Inspiring Travel, Regent Holidays, Rainbow Tours and Spectate.

Warren has worked extensively in the travel industry, including a career at Riviera Travel and Constantinou Bros Hotels, before Mundy Cruising.

Bates said: “Suzanne brings a wealth of experience to the role and we are very excited for her to meet the amazing agents in her remit area.

HX chief commercial officer Alex Delamere-White to follow chief financial officer out the door following restructure

Delamere-White joined HX Hurtigruten Expeditions in July 2023 and went onto 'spearhead' the brand's journey to becoming a standalone brand and separating from its sister company Hurtigruten

Travel and tourism ministerial merry-go-round continues after Keir Starmer's reshuffle

Six ministers have now held the ministerial post role over the past five years as Chris Bryant bows out

Hays Travel turns to B&Q's algorithm expert to sharpen its AI focus

Hays Travel has recruited a "visionary" AI guru to its board to sharpen its use of data, technology and AI in its operations.

Dr Mohsen Ghasempour, who is chief AI officer at B&Q and Screwfix parent Kingfisher Group, will join Hays as a non-executive director next month.

In his current role, Ghasempour leads on how Kingfisher uses AI and machine learning to drive its brands' customer experience functions.

Kelly Cookes reveals why she ignored the ‘myths’ about InteleTravel after joining from Advantage

Cookes tells TTG she has already heard from several suppliers who want to work with homeworking agency's UK-based agents

Azamara's UK boss David Duff to leave line after 17 years and hand over to new global sales chief

The move brings the curtain down on UK and EMEA managing director David Duff's 17-year Azamara career

Globus recruits experienced business development managers Sarah Hillier and Janine Sykes

Hillier joins Globus from Olympic Holidays, while Sykes brings experience from posts with Sandals Resorts and CroisiEurope

Newmarket's Gareth Mason joins TransIndus as BDM and group product manager

Mason will serve as TransIndus's primary point of contact for agent training, events and fams

Olympic Holidays recruits Cassie Mullen and Danni Gallagher as BDMs

Mullen will look after agents in the south, and Gallagher agents in the north

Gemma Ashworth joins Riviera Travel as dedicated key account manager for home-based agents

Ashworth was among a number of industry professionals who left Carnival Cruise Line earlier this year

Classic Collection's Sarah Ayling joins Caribtours as trade sales manager

TTG 30 Under 30 alumnus Ayling will look after agents in the home counties

Gold Medal recruits Midcounties agent Hannah Butlin to trade team

Butlin previously worked for a Midcounties Co-operative Travel branch in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, before joining the dnata-owned brands – Gold Medal, Pure Luxury, Cruise Plus and Incredible Journeys

Jonny Peat promoted to Advantage Travel Partnership director of cruise

Second promotion at consortium for Peat, who joined the business in April 2022 as commercial manager – cruise

Dreamlines-Cruise1st names ex-Tui Musement commercial lead as chief executive

Dreamlines-Cruise1st Group operates brands in several European cruise markets, including the UK

Seabourn hands promotions to two members of its UK and Ireland BDM team

Claire Ross becomes senior business development manager, while Charlotte Ireland becomes business development manager

Prince Harry pays tribute to outgoing travel charity chief Sally Davey

Duke of Sussex says Davey will leave a 'lasting impact on the organisation and the travel and tourism industry'

Hays Travel opens new branch close to Luton airport after Jet2holidays launch

Hays Travel’s new store in Dunstable is just nine miles from Luton airport and follows the launch of Jet2’s newest base there in April

Lisa Fitzell joins Audley Travel after standing down as If Only and Elegant Resorts MD

Fitzell to take up new role as Audley’s chief product and operations officer in October

Celebrity Cruises names new sales manager for central England and Northern Ireland

Paula McAreavey has worked in the travel industry for more than 15 years, working in a variety of roles across the sector

Former Shearings national account manager Claire Dutton joins Inspire Europe

Dutton will start her new role on 6 October and will support the company’s first-ever Independent Travel Associates conference in Majorca the following week