People moves

Scott Dunn parent expands executive team with two new appointments

Sonia Davies and Victoria Courtney will report into Flight Centre Travel Group global leisure chief executive James Kavangh

EasyJet holidays bolsters executive line-up with two promotions

Paul Bixby named chief commercial officer, while Matt Callaghan becomes chief operating officer

SPL Villas expands trade team and secures distribution with Hays and ITE

SPL Villas has secured distribution with Hays and Independent Travel Experts and added another member to its trade team

Red Sea Holidays to leave London HQ for Cambridge

Red Sea Holidays is to leave its London base and move to Cambridge in May

Travel vacancies see January jump but are far below 2023

The number of travel vacancies more than doubled in January but remain below 2023 levels, C&M Recruitment says

Advantage Travel Partnership names new business travel boss

Advantage Travel Partnership reveals a new head of its business travel division, who joins from Visa

Former Abercrombie & Kent sales director takes top job at tour op

Next month James Coughlan will succeed Sara Zimmerman, who has decided to step down after nine years at the helm to remain as a non-executive director and shareholder

Search under way for new Four Seasons Yachts chief as Larry Pimentel departs

Larry Pimentel and Philip Levine have vacated their roles at the luxury hotel chain Four Seasons’ cruise division 17 months after launching it

Anthony Daniels leaves Hurtigruten after nine years

The cruise industry veteran, who joined the Norwegian operator in 2015, expressed a desire to work on ’new projects’

TTG Media welcomes new and returning faces in next stage of growth

TTG welcomes five new and returning faces across its editorial, commercial, marketing, partner content and customer success teams in its next phase of growth

The Cruise Line hires industry veteran to help drive 'ambitious evolution'

Former Cruise Direction owner Paul Frost joins The Cruise Line following a record month for the Sussex agency

Trade sales up 11% as Explore celebrates strongest-ever January

The adventure specialist set a new record for single-day sales on 18 January, and also recorded both its best ever week and month of sales during January

Panache Cruises promotes Anna Perrott to partnerships director

Anna Perrott joined Panache Cruises at the start of 2023 having previously held roles at Windstar Cruises and Travelbag

Joseph Grimley returns to travel with Fred Holidays as BDM

Former Scenic Group sales director to Riviera’s Paul Mellon at Fred Holidays, which has doubled the size of its trade team

Cruise Nation recruits industry veteran to help boost service levels

Helen Moore joined the Swansea-based call centre agency last month after 27 years at Bolsover Cruise Club

Newmarket Holidays hires TTC's Freya Sutcliffe to grow north-west presence

Freya Sutcliffe brings more than 20 years’ industry experience to her role at the escorted touring specialist Newmarket Holidays

Jos Dewing leaves AE Expeditions to pursue ‘next adventure’

The cruise industry veteran spent nearly three years at the two-ship expedition line before leaving last week

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

APT and Travelmarvel hire two new BDMs including first for Ireland

Luiza Sullivan to join river cruise and touring specialist as BDM for central England, while Travelmarvel has appointed Elaine O’Brien its first dedicated BDM for the Irish market

Low pay is prompting agents to consider leaving the travel industry

A TTG survey has looked into the travel industry’s state of pay to reveal that more than a third of professionals are considering an alternative career as their pay is too low

Chris North marks return to travel with new chief executive appointment

North stepped down as managing director of Vertical Systems in late October after more than 25 years in the business

Ama's UK boss outlines the levers he pulls to drive trade bookings

The line’s managing director Jamie Loizou insists lines must talk about the experiences on offer to increase the sector’s customer database

Explore bolsters trade team with new agency sales executive

Alison Davis joins Explore Worldwide from her previous role as aviation product executive at Audley Travel and will be focused on increasing the trade team’s presence in the business

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