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Queen’s New Year list honours travel execs
Top female travel executives have been honoured in the Queen’s New Year list.
Thomson Airways managing director Chris Browne was awarded an OBE for services to aviation.
Lastminute.com co-founder Martha Lane Fox received a CBE for services to the UK digital economy and to charity.
Helen Deeble, chief executive of P&O Ferries and president of the UK chamber of shipping, received a CBE.
Others honoured in the list include:
Air Miles founder and deputy chairman of Locog Sir Keith Mills received the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Peter Marks, chief executive of the Co-operative Group, received a CBE for services to the retail trade
Michael Wells, chairman of Lochs and Glens Holidays, and Winifred Clark, deputy director-general, British Holiday and Home Parks Association, both received an OBE for services to the tourism industry and charity
Francis Brady, managing director of Le Mon Hotel and Country Club, receives an MBE for services to tourism and hospitality in Northern Ireland
Dianne Leeman, manager of Belfast City Tour Service, received an MBE for services to local government and tourism
Robert Nicholson receives an MBE for services to tourism in Somerset.
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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