THE Travel Corporation (TTC) has today unveiled the leadership team for its reorganised TTC Tour Brands division in Australia (TD 04 Mar), with the restructure seeing the departure of long-time Insight Vacations and Luxury Gold Head of Sales, David Farrar, and Insight MD Karen Deveson.
The newly created combined Australian and NZ entity will serve as a single source for sales, marketing and operations of brands including Trafalgar, Insight Vacations, Contiki, Luxury Gold and Costsaver.
Andrew Young has been appointed as GM of Sales, leading 12 sales managers across Australia and New Zealand.
Tomas Malmberg is TTC Tour Brands new National Manager for Key Accounts and Development, focusing on key consortia and agency networks “with an emphasis on those with a product mix dedicated to the luxury segment”.
TTC Tour Brands will also have a newly formed “marketing centre of excellence” headed up by Anna Neville, whose existing responsibilities for marketing Trafalgar, Costsaver and Contiki will also expand to cover Insight Vacations and Luxury Gold.
Her team will include Claire Haggerty as Head of Marketing and Partnerships; Jayesh Kesry as Head of Media and Communications; and Kate Tate as Head of Marketing Operations and Special Projects.
The overall TTC Tour Brands business will be led by Toni Ambler, who has been named MD after over a decade of association with TTC, including roles at Contiki in Australia and more recently at UK creative agency BS&T as the youth brand’s London-based Chief Marketing Officer under the so-called “Contiki Marketing Lab”.
Ambler said “the creation of this dynamic new team will enable TTC to better service our trade partners and customers, providing them with a portfolio of travel brands for every age, style and mindset of traveller”.
“Never before has the ease and simplicity of guided touring been so sought after, and we look forward to working with all our partners to ensure our customers’ experience is the very best in touring,” she said.
MEANWHILE Ulla Hefel Bohler, formerly Insight Global CEO and now TTC Tour Brands Chief Operating Officer, paid tribute to Deveson and Farrar.
“Karen and David have both been exceptional leaders during their tenure – their passion, commitment, drive and love for Insight Vacations and Luxury Gold, our partners and our team have been nothing but incredible,” she enthused.
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