Audley Travel to expand trade team with new field-based role

Tailor-made specialist Audley Travel is expanding its team and has begun recruiting for a third trade partnerships manager.

The recruit who takes on the newly created role will be responsible for agent relationships in the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

They will join existing trade partnership managers Lisa Burton and Sarah Turner – formerly business development managers – and head of trade sales Greg Thurston.

The operator said the field-based role is ideal for someone with extensive contacts in the industry, who can source new partnerships with independent agents and homeworkers, and nurture existing accounts.

Thurston said: “Our travel agent partners in the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland are incredibly important to us, and I am delighted that we will be looking to work even closer with them through the creation of this new role.

“With an expanded team of three exceptional trade partnership managers, we will now be able to provide the best possible support to travel agents all across the UK.”

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