Andy Washington leaves Culture Trip

Friday, 10 Oct, 2019 0

Culture Trip senior vice president of travel Andy Washington has left the travel start-up.

His departure from the company, which started as an online travel magazine and source of trip inspiration, comes just weeks after the launch of its new online travel booking platform.

Washington was previously dnata chief executive B2C Europe and he had also held roles at Expedia, Thomas Cook, lastminute.com and Cosmos.

Culture Trip founder and chief executive Kris Naudts said: "During his time at Culture Trip, Andy has played a pivotal role in making our online travel agency offer a reality, launching the results of that project online last month.

"The OTA is now live and the team is in a strong position to innovate and expand on our current OTA offering. We thank Andy for his hard work, energy and passion and wish him the very best in his next career move."

Washington added in a statement: "It’s with a heavy heart that I leave Culture Trip, a business which I believe is one of the most entrepreneurial and future thinking in the travel industry.

"I would like to say thank you to Kris and the very talented team here; some of the most dedicated and hard-working colleagues I’ve met during my career. Launching Culture Trip’s OTA offer has been a true highlight in my career, and I am now moving on to my next chapter."

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