G Adventures appoints sales director for UK and Ireland
G Adventures has appointed Tom Bell as director of sales for the UK and Ireland.
He joins from the Hotelbeds Group where he has worked for the last seven years, most recently as the regional manager for the UK and Ireland at Bedsonline.
Before that he was at Midlands Co-Op Travel where he oversaw a busy call centre, while leading the account management for 174 travel shops.
Tom will join G Adventures on October 21, leading a team of 10 Global Purpose Specialists and supported by national sales manager Stu Darnley.
Brian Young, managing director at G Adventures, said: "Tom comes to G Adventures with unique experience, offering a fresh new approach to leadership and development, both for our sales team and also our agency partnerships.
"His time at Midlands Co-Op Travel brings valuable insights and knowledge which can be applied as we drive growth amongst our independent agency partnerships."
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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