Latest staff appointments – UK
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Jackie Knell has been named as the new UK sales director for STA Travel. Knell has more than 10 years’ experience in the travel industry including roles at Cunard, Going Places and First Choice. She joins as STA plans to open three new stores.
Kelly Giblin has joined Superbreak as its new sales executive for north east and Humberside. Giblin joins the tour operator from TUI Travel where she was most recently assistant manager for the Thomson brand in Stafford. She will visit travel agents in the area to provide product training.
Emma Macfarlane has been named as a new agency sales representative at Caribtours. Her previous roles include sales and marketing at Virgin Limited Edition and positions at Azure Collection, The Mediterranean Experience and Simpson Travel. Macfarlane will be visiting agents in the Home Counties in her new role.
Gill Jackson has joined Macdonald Hotels & Resorts as head of sales. Jackson will oversee all sales activity across the group and help develop the Meeting@ proposition. She previously worked as sales director at De Vere Hotels.
John Harvey has been appointed marketing director at Hogg Robinson Group (HRG). Harvey will front the global marketing strategy and services at the travel management company. He first joined HRG in 1979 and worked in the travel division until 1990 and returns after working in the technology sector.
Andrea Tavella has been named as the new trade business development director at Costa Cruises. Tavella will provide support to the cruise line’s trade and business departments in various markets worldwide to expand its distribution.
Katie Hungerford has been appointed marketing manager for the UK operation of the APTI Group. Hungerford will support the areas such as the city sector, legal and financial institutions as well as the shipping, oil and gas industries. She previously worked at Collinson Latitude.
Manju Goel has been promoted to director of sales, EMEA at PPHE Hotel Group. Goel was previously heading up UK sales and will now handle sales for the UK, Netherlands, Germany and Hungary. She has also worked for Forte Hotel Group, IHG, Macdonald and others.
Ariane Gorin has joined Expedia as vice president of market management EMEA. Gorin will be responsible for handling hotel partnerships in Europe, Middle East and Africa. She has a 15-year history of working in the technology industry and previously worked at Microsoft.
Simon Talling-Smith has been named as president, products & emerging business at Travelzoo. Talling-Smith will join the site on 1 August from British Airways where he is currently executive vice president, Americas and chairman of the American Airlines-BA-Iberia joint business. In his new role he will oversee all product development and customer related activities and lead Fly.com.
Kai Herzberger has been appointed as chief operating officer at WAYN. Herzberger joins the social media site from DailyDeals where he was chief marketing officer. Ben Andrews has also joined WAYN as director of product management. Andrews previously was global product manager at Yahoo! Answers.
Sue Wheatley has been promoted to director of sales & marketing for Raffles Dubai and Raffles Praslin Seychelles. Wheatley joined Raffles Dubai as director of sales & marketing in March 2010 and will report to Diana Banks, vice president sales & marketing.
Murat Cevherioglu has been appointed director of sales & marketing of Pera Palace Hotel, Jumeirah. Cevherioglu has previously held similar roles in Turkey including at Ceylan International, Hilton, Movenpick, W, Hillside Su Hotel Antalya and The Grand Tarabya Istanbul.