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New MD at Simpson Travel
Simpson Travel has appointed Graham Horner as managing director.
He replaces David Bence who left in January to become finance director of UK Leisure and Consulting Services.
Horner, pictured here, was previously marketing director of Scott Dunn, marketing director of The Telegraph Media Group and head of loyalty at Coca Cola GB.
He has been working with Simpson Travel as a non-executive director since January 2019.
Graham Simpson, founder of Simpson Travel, said Horner would bring a ‘fresh approach’ to how Simpson Travel is modelled over the next few years ‘especially in these volatile times when inventive ideas can play such a large part helping a company like ours to develop and reach our true potential’.
Horner added: "I am thrilled with the opportunity to work with a company I have long admired. I travelled several times with Simpson Travel as a client and have always been impressed by the quality of what they offer and their amazing destination knowledge and fantastic properties
"I’m really looking forward to leading the business into the next phase of its development and building our agent partnerships as we take Simpson Travel into the future."
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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