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What does the travel industry need to do to recover – properly ?
Keynote speaker at the recent Ukinbound conference in Manchester was Hamish W Taylor.
Taylors CV reads well as an award winning CEO and now aspeaker/broadcaster whose career has taken him from international consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble, consultancy firm Price Waterhouse and British Airways to become CEO of the channel tunnel railway Eurostar, and then Sainsbury’s Bank.
In all cases he left behind a record of significant business growth triggered by a willingness to challenge the normal way of doing things. The them of hise keynote speech was aimed at businesses in the tourism and travel industry and how they may be able to recover and have longevity. Listen to him explain his key 4 points.
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Graham McKenzie
Graham has demonstrable history of working in the leisure, travel & tourism industry. 20 years leading one of the worlds leading online B2B travel publishers TravelMole , non-executive director of UK's leading Travel Brand agency designate.com. Strong professional with a BSc (Econ) focussed on Economics from London School of Economics and Political Science.
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