Julia Lo Bue-Said
Job title: commercial manager.
Age: 28.
Born: Islington, north London.
Lives: Potters Bar, Hertfordshire.
Status: married.
Education: Bishop Douglas School, East Finchley, London, College for the Distributive Trades, London.
Path to career: travel consultant for Travel Team, Rome from 1989-90. Left in 1991 to join WHSmith Travel as travel consultant, made redundant due to AT Mays takeover. Joined Best Travel Group in 1991 as reservations consultant progressing to sales and marketing roles. Following the collapse of Best Travel Group joined Balkan Holidays as sales and marketing executive in 1995. Moved to Advantage TravelCentres in 1995, promoted to current role April 1999.