Monarch MD becomes acting ABTA chairman
Hugh Morgan, ABTA Board director and managing director of Monarch Travel Group, will become acting chairman of ABTA until a new chairman is elected.
John McEwan retires from the post today, having completed a four-year term in office.
ABTA is seeking nominations for his replacement by May 8. A spokeswoman refused to disclose whether any nominations have already been made.
ABTA chief executive Mark Tanzer said today: "John McEwan has been an excellent chairman, guiding the Board through a thicket of complex issues.
"He has been scrupulously fair and brought to ABTA’s issues his vast industry experience. ABTA has continued to develop under his chairmanship and as a result the association is stronger today than it was four years ago."
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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