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Godfrey to leave travel guild
The Guild of Travel Management Companies’ chief executive Anne Godfrey is leaving this summer to take up the role of chief executive at The Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Godfrey has overseen a restructure of the organisation’s membership and grown member and sponsor revenues, over the past three yeas, as well as restructuring the staff and office accommodation and repositioning the GTMC Overseas Conference, dramatically increasing delegate satisfaction, said the organisation.
Additionally she has driven a political lobbying programme "that has made the GTMC the voice of the business travel world to Westminster", it said.
"I’ve never had such fun as I have had in this role working with people who love what they do and are passionate about travel," said Godfrey. "However, I came here to do a specific job, which was to help the GTMC build on a strong brand and network and move the organisation’s lobbying on to the next level and delivering an organisation that truly represents the voice of the business travel community."
GTMC chairman Ajaya Sodha added: "We are sad to be saying goodbye to Anne who has done a truly amazing job at the helm of the GTMC these past three years. She leaves our organisation in superb shape and in an enviable position in terms of financial health, industry influence and membership satisfaction."
By Linsey McNeill
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