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Pirie leaves ABTA Board
Kane Pirie, CEO of Travel Republic, has stepped down from the the ABTA Board of Directors.
He joined the Board in October 2010 as an appointed (non-elected) director.
ABTA Chairman John McEwan said: "Kane has been a highly effective and well respected member of the ABTA Board in his two years with the Association.
"He was appointed because of his outstanding commercial expertise and his knowledge of the online sector. This has been particularly valuable to ABTA as we move through a period of regulatory change.
"Travel Republic will continue to be an ABTA Member, and we look forward to working with Kane and his colleagues as we tackle important issues in Brussels and the UK.
"I, along with the rest of the Board, would like to thank Kane for his very significant contributions and wish him all the best for the future."
Kane Pirie was appointed CEO of Travel Republic in 2005.
Travel Republic was acquired by dnata (part of the Emirates group) in December 2011.
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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