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Youtravel expands sales team
Accommodation specialist youtravel.com has strengthened its sales team with three appointments.
It has taken on two new sales consultants on a contract basis.
Niall McDonnell will oversee youtravel.com’s Irish expansion, based in Dublin.
Formerly Panorama Ireland managing director, he then moved to Mytravel to head up its Irish operations.
Chris Saunders, formerly Travelscene sales manager, will target northern agents from his base in Manchester.
Meanwhile, Ioannis Lemonas has joined the bed bank as commercial manager based in the group’s head office in Athens.
He reports directly to group managing director Graham Nichols and previously held the same role at Medlife
In his new role, he will support UK and international efforts to boost marketing and tactical deals.
By Bev Fearis
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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