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New chairman for youtravel.com
Youtravel.com has appointed Niels Andersen as its new chairman.
He replaces Nigel Jenkins who stepped down from the role at the end of 2008 due to family commitments.
Andersen is currently executive chairman of VectorCommand, a UK based technology company serving the emergency and security services both in the UK and internationally.
Before that he was responsible for major business transformation programmes in the BBC and Sainsbury’s.
He has also been chairman of several smaller technology companies in the card industry, particularly smart cards, with clients like British Airways.
"Youtravel.com is an exciting international on-line provider to the travel industry and with my own broad international background I hope to be able to contribute to further significant expansion," said Andersen.
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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