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Ever wanted to know more about that business contact you’ve dealt with
for years? We get up close and personal to find out about industry players
recently in 2005, when I Himalayas including Tibet,
✱
UP POMPEY! gave up my job at Opodo, Bhutan, Nepal and
Q What do you do to stop thinking about work sold our house and cars, Pakistan. I wouldn’t rule
outside the office? put everything into storage out another long trip in the
A My life outside work largely revolves around football and went travelling for six future, but not for a while.
– I am a lifetime season ticket holder at (FA Cup winners!) months, mainly in the
Portsmouth Football Club. This was the best investment FOOTBALLER’S WIFE
of my life, costing just £2,000 seven years ago, so it has
Jerry Dunn is
Q Who or what is the
already paid for itself and I hope I have a few more years
distribution
love of your life?
to go. I also play a lot of squash and generally keep as A This is a very close call
fit as an old man can.
development
between Pompey and
manager for easyJet. Maggi…
AROUND THE WORLD I am a bit of an information
He joined the airline
Q What inspires you? junkie and would need to
A Undoubtedly travel. Over keep up with all the news!
in 2006 to develop
GREEN SCHEMES...
Q What one change
the years I have been lucky
new third party
would you make to
enough to have travelled to BEAUTIFUL GAME
distribution
this country?
more than 70 countries Q What did you think
channels. He helped
A I am a bit of an
around the world for you’d be when you were environment bore and
business and pleasure. I growing up?
negotiate the GDS
believe the govern-
love to go backpacking and A I wanted to be a top deals with Galileo ment should offer
experience new cultures, footballer, but my dreams
and Amadeus to
much greater
usually involving trekking in were dashed when I was
make it easier
incentives to help
the mountains and getting sent to a rugby playing people and companies
off the beaten track. school. I never forgave my
for the
choose cleaner products,
Dad! My team-mates in the corporate transport and renewable
MY BETTER HALF easyJet Heroes five-a-side
travel sector to
energy, rather than blanket
Q Who’s had the most football team do call me
influence in your life? “football genius”, though I
book with easyJet.
taxes that are not invested
in green initiatives.
A Obviously my wife Maggi, think I detect a hint of
Since graduating
I do work for an airline,
who often tells me how irony in there!
from Brighton
but at least I work for one
much she has changed me
Polytechnic in 1987
that minimises its impact by
for the better! Seriously, she THE TRAVEL BUG BITES operating a modern fleet
is my soul mate and gives Q Can you describe a
with a Business
with high load factors.
me the drive to achieve. pivotal time in your life? Studies degree,
A At the age of 22 I was
Jerry has been in
...AND CHAMPION
ONLINE PARADISE disillusioned with my first
the travel industry
DREAMS
Q What’s your desert job after college, at British Q What’s your ultimate
island must have? Aerospace, so I decided to
for nearly 20 years,
goal in life?
A Maggi and I once spent a go backpacking in South having worked at A I have never really
day on our very own desert America for seven months.
firms including
planned my life or career – I
island off the coast of On my return, having
Honduras. It was idyllic and caught the travel bug, I
Opodo, Worldspan,
am happy to hitch a ride on
the rollercoaster of life with
-BURDEN
we were quite happy to joined Trailfinders, where I
Galileo and
all its ups and downs. But
have nothing at all. But for met Maggi, and I’ve worked
Trailfinders
maybe the correct answer is NEWKEY
longer than a day I would in travel ever since. for Pompey to win the
T
AN
definitely need to have I have since taken two Champions League one day,
: TRIS
access to the internet as more career breaks, most that would be the ultimate!
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