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Solmar Villa Holidays bolsters trade team with experienced hire
Villa specialist Solmar adds new member to its trade team, with expansion plans for 2024
Louise Rothwell joins Blue Bay's PTCs as business development executive
Rothwell, who has run her own self-employed travel brand for the past 10 years, will work alongside fellow BDE Vikki Griffin to help the PTCs establish and grow their brands with Blue Bay
Former Tui retail manager Sarah Guy to join Perfect Getaways as RSM
Guy returns to travel with the northwest-based agency after leaving the industry temporarily in September 2021 to take up a role with Holland & Barrett
Former Emerald brand lead Darren Birch joins APT and Travelmarvel
Darren Birch will oversee APT and Travelmarvel’s marketing and CRM strategies, upping the two brands’ focus on the trade
Thomson and Tui veteran David Burling to step down after 34 years
David Burling joined Thomson Holidays as a graduate trainee in 1990 and served as managing director of Tui UK and Ireland from 2011 to 2015
Princess Cruises appoints new UK sales director following Nick Hughes's exit
Hayley Moore to step up to new role after she provided maternity cover for Princess across marketing and communications since January
How the 'heroes of the high street' set about becoming the heroes of the home office too
Dame Irene Hays tells TTG why the independent has put its faith in the strength of its homeworking operation this year, alongside its stellar retail arm
Carnival UK commits to talks over the future of more than 900 roles
Under UK law, employers are required to tell the Insolvency Service of planned redundancies of more than 20
Travel Counsellors shakes up senior team with raft of promotions
Harding will drive growth and Travel Counsellor recruitment, as well as onboarding and embedding new recruits
Stephanie Robins named Cyplon Holidays and Travelosophers sales director
Robins becomes the first person outside the Hajipapas family to become a director of the business in its 51-year history
Aaron Hilton joins The Holiday Franchise Company from rival brand
Hilton has become the company’s new training and partnership executive, overseeing one-on-one and virtual training sessions
American Affair hopeful of trade growth following two commercial appointments
Mandy McGlade and Stuart Rogers appointed product manager and head of product and commercial respectively
Travel candidates and placements both up month-on-month in October
It is the first time there has been a monthly increase of jobseekers and placements since May, C&M Travel Recruitment said
Advantage promotes Jonny Peat to senior commercial manager
The consortium said over the past 18 months, Peat had led a number of key initiatives, contributed to Advantage growing cruise revenue to more than £500 million
Tui grows new-look trade relations team to 17 ahead of peaks
The expanded team will report into Tui head of trade relations Andrew Isherwood
Former Abercrombie & Kent boss Kerry Golds takes up new role
Former Abercrombie & Kent chief tour operating officer reveals new role with lifestyle concierge brand
Ambitions Travel Recruitment expands team with two hires
Genna Davis has joined the firm as talent acquisition operations specialist and Claire Castro has taken up the role of brand operations manager
Aito hires 'all-rounder' Amy Waller to fill new marketing role
Amy Waller will be responsible for Aito’s marketing communications, including collateral, website and social media
C&M Travel Recruitment adds Pamela Harrison to senior appointments team
Originally from Malta, Harrison moved to the UK 15 years ago and first started working as a travel assistance coordinator at Travel Guard
Hays IG chief Natasha Marson to join easyJet holidays
Nastasha Moran will join easyJet holidays on 18 December to oversee the operator’s sales team and work with more than 5,000 travel agents
Kerzner International ramps up UK sales team
Former Elegant Resorts head of business development will join the growing hotel group
Vertical Systems names marketing boss Ben Rodger its new MD
Rodger, who rejoined the business in March 2020 having previously worked at Vertical as marketing manager, succeeds Chris North, who announced his departure earlier this week
Explore names Lisa Burton its new business development manager
Burton brings experience to the role from stints with Variety Cruises and MSC Cruises
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines names new chief as Peter Deer takes up another role
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines has confirmed a change at the top, bringing in an executive from a leading German tour operator, with serving managing director Peter Deer moving into a new chief financial officer role