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MAIDEN VOYAGE EXPANDS ITS ADVISORY BOARD


TRAVELLER SAFETY CONSULTANCY Maiden Voyage has expanded its advisory board, bringing “wide-ranging expertise in customer success, sales and marketing”. The new recruits to the board are Genevieve Martin, Emma Maslen and Laurence Bret-Stern. The company said the appointments were made in response to the global focus on diversity in the workplace, contrasting with the sharp increase in high-profile cases of gender-based harassment and assault often committed during business- related travel assignments. Bret-Stern has more than 20 years’ experience as a marketing executive at global organisations, including LinkedIn, AOL, Orange and Pipedrive. She also holds non-exec and board positions, and is the UK director of investment platform, OneRagtime.


From left: Genevieve Martin, Emma Maslen and Laurence Bret-Stern Martin, meanwhile, is a sales director with years of


experience in the technology industry, covering consulting, services and solutions. At Dell Technologies she leads the Global Alliances Services business for EMEA. Previously, she has held leadership and account management roles at Symantec, Charteris and Logica. Maslen, a senior technology leader, most recently worked at SAP Concur as managing director, and prior to that at Sun Microsystems and BMC Software.


Extended stay forum aims to set sector standards


AIR ASTANA TO LAUNCH PARIS-ALMATY SERVICE


AIR ASTANA IS planning a direct service between Paris-Charles de Gaulle in June with three flights a week. Flights will operate on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, departing Paris


at 1920 and arriving in Almaty at 0635 local time. The return service leaves at 1415 and arrives at 1800 local time. Services will be operated by Air Astana’s Airbus A321LR aircraft, which


entered the airline’s fleet in December, and will feature economy and business class seats. At Almaty, passengers arriving from Paris can connect to Air Astana’s


domestic flights to Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan and Shymkent, as well as international services to destinations including Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.


30 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2020


CAP WORLDWIDE HAS invited experts and stakeholders from across the extended stay industry to debate how to standardise the sector. The inaugural meeting of the Serviced Apartment Forum for Assessment and Accreditation (SAFFAA) takes place in London in January. Jo Layton, director of CAP Worldwide, is calling for a “consistent global approach to accreditation for serviced apartments and corporate accommodation alternatives”, with the goal of suppliers and operators being able to “wear their accreditation and assessment badges with pride – helping agents and bookers to identify the safest, most secure and sustainable options”. Layton added: “As professionals in


the extended stay market, agents are expected to provide access to ‘safe and secure, clean and legal’ accommodation every day.”


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