New staff appointments – UK
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Latest UK staff appointments in the travel industry.
Sue Cragg has joined All Leisure Group as sales executive for the North of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. Cragg joins from US Airtours, while Hayley Anderson brings 12 years of experience as a travel agent to the company to become the Midlands sales executive. Polly Lyons, an active member of CLIA and former account manager at CCS, will cover Kent and regions across the south including London and Cornwall.
Nadine Rankin is to become regional vice president for the European market at The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA), leaving her role as managing director for AMG Ltd. Rankin is a Trustee of the CHTA Education Foundation and sits on the board of directors of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) UK Chapter. She is also a member of the Institute of Travel and Tourism.
Magnus Wrahme has been appointed senior vice president global sales at Hurtigruten. Wrahme had previous been running a consultancy business for a year and before that held several senior management roles at Royal Caribbean Cruises including vice president international. He will based based in Norway.
Heike Folster has joined the Berlin Brandenburg Airport as chief financial officer. Folster has extensive experience in finance, which include previous roles at Mobil Oil, Airbus and Hamburg Airport. She joins from Germanischer Lloyd SE.
Baerbel Moehrle has been named as the new event sales manager for the Jumeirah Carlton Tower and Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel. In the past, she has worked for the Hamburg Marriott Hotel and the Park Plaza Victoria in London. In her new role, Baerbel will manage a team of five, with responsibility for driving meeting and event bookings, and promoting group business.
Peter Wear has been elected to the board of The Tourism Society. Wear, a partner at Salon Hospitality Consulting LLP, and already a member of the consultants network for the board, has previously worked for British Waterways, Savills, and Radisson, and acts as an Expert Witness on hospitality-related planning matters. He is expected to bring an international perspective to the work of the board.
Claire Thomson (right) has been promoted from event sales manager to hotel sales manager at the Ardoe House Hotel and Spa, and Lauren Craigie has been appointed as sales support coordinator. Thomson has more than 10 years’ experience in the hospitality industry and first joined Ardoe as a part-time wedding coordinator in 2006, before returning to the hotel in 2010 as event sales manager. Craigie will assist the team with the planning of long-term business strategies and event sales.
Mark Fry has joined travel and events company Capita as head of operations for meetings and events. Fry was previously director of sales and operations for Venues Event Management, which was acquired by Capita plc in 2012. He will be responsible for the strategic and day-to-day operational management of all meetings and event activity across Capita travel and events’ nine UK sites.