Luxury concierge agency Aquilium Travel has recruited Clare Sheldrick to help increase sales through its Private Travel Club.
Sheldrick has previously worked for Carrier, Inspiring Travel Company and Eden Travel. She was made redundant from Eden earlier this year due to the Covid pandemic.
Aquilium chief executive Gary Pridmore said he was excited to bring Sheldrick into the business, which he claimed had “been doing very well” and was ready to expand despite the crisis.
“We’ve seen an increase in bookings over the last year. We had a massive October and were 20% up on the previous October, and November was really good as well,” he said, adding that Aquilium’s average booking value was £40,000 per person.
Aquilium’s biggest client spent £180,000 on one trip for two people this year, Pridmore revealed.
Sheldrick, who started in her new role on Tuesday, said: “I am delighted to be joining Aquilium and hoping to help develop its Private Travel Club.
“I have a lot of experience in Africa from my time at Carrier, and at ITC, I worked in the Chairman’s Club dealing with very high net worth individuals with all their weird and wonderful requests. I want to bring all of that specialist knowledge to my new role.”
Aquilium works with a wide range of luxury suppliers, including Abercrombie & Kent, Carrier, ITC and Elegant Resorts.