Former head of sales at Attraction World Simon Garrido has joined Travelopia as head of trade partnerships
Garrido will manage trade sales for Travelopia’s tailor made brands Hayes & Jarvis, Citalia, Sovereign Luxury Travel and Austravel.
Garrido, who was previously head of trade sales at Monarch before its collapse, started his new role this week.
He has also held roles at Airtours, Global and Avis.
Garrido will work with Travelopia’s tailor made trade team and be responsible for leading the trade partnership strategy, focused around offering worldwide multi-centre holidays.
Travelopia announced a senior management last summer which saw the departure of Mathew Prior, managing director tailor-made and marine.
The business was sold to private equity owners KKR in 2017 for £325 million. It has 53 brands in its portfolio and carries around 800,000 customers a year.
Helen Adamson, brand and commercial director, said: “We are delighted to welcome Simon, a trusted and experienced industry professional, to the position of head of trade partnerships for our tailor-made brands.
“While we already hold a trusted and valued relationship with the trade, Simon joins us at an exciting time for Travelopia as we look to further enhance this relationship and develop new trade connections. This appointment underlines our commitment to the trade and our aspirations to work more closely with agents and existing partners to help develop our amazing worldwide multi centre holidays.”
Garrido said: “It’s great to be joining the Travelopia business and working with some of the most well-known and respected brands in the business. I’m looking forward to working with the team and most importantly with our trade partners to promote the incredible range of brands and products we offer.”
