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Bourne Leisure appoints head of trade sales
Bourne Leisure has promoted Erman Housein to head of trade sales and marketing.
His remit is to lead the company’s trade strategy in promoting its three brands: Butlin’s, Haven and Warner Leisure Hotels.
Housein, who has been with the business for 15 years, will also be responsible for overseeing trade sales support, marketing and field-based sales teams.
Supporting him will be national sales manager Louise Tansey and trade marketing manager Krishna Thakore, who will continue in their current team roles.
"I am excited to be taking on this new role, trade sales is an extremely important area of our business and produces excellent results, so my main aim is to continue to drive this forward with the support of Louise, Krishna and the rest of our experienced team," said Housein.
"We have some exciting plans in place for this year and beyond and I’m keen to build on our already excellent relationships with the trade."
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