Trailfinders MD to retire
Tony Russell is to retire from Trailfinders at the end of the year after 36 years with the company.
He is being succeeded by Toby Kelly, deputy managing director, who becomes chief executive.
Russell will continue to work on a part-time basis as executive director during the transition period.
Trailfinders was founded in 1970 by former SAS officer Mike Gooley with a staff of four people. Today it employs more than 1,000.
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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