Bevan joins online broker
Former Lastminute MD John Bevan has joined online private jet broker, PrivateFly, as a non-executive director.
The company said the move will boost its plans to apply online travel strategies to the traditionally offline private charter market.
Privatefly CEO and founder, Adam Twidell, said: “Through PrivateFly’s white label solution, our travel partners are able to offer their valued clients a superb service, and can tap into a lucrative revenue stream at the same time. John will play a pivotal role in driving growth in this area.â€
Bevan added: “PrivateFly has the potential to bring about exciting change in the private jet market, and a great opportunity for the travel industry, given it offers significant opportunity to unify what is currently a fragmented market.
“Brokering has been transformed by the use of the internet in nearly all other markets, except private aviation.â€
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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