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NEWS ROUND-UP MOVERS & SHAKERS


◗ Funway Holidays head of sales Audrey Brooks-Wiggins is to leave the operator next month.


Brooks-Wiggins joined Funway in August 2017, having left Thomas Cook in June that year. She will remain in her role at Funway until mid-July.


◗ Steve Barrass, senior vice-president of dnata Travel, has been appointed chief executive of


The Appointment Group. The company specialises in the music, entertainment, film and media industries, and acts as a travel management company to private clients. It was announced in May that Barrass would leave dnata at the end of July. He starts his new role in August.


◗ Travelopia's Mathew Prior is to leave the business following a restructure. Martin Froggatt, currently managing director of expeditions and events, will be chief sales officer and will retain responsibility for sports events, adventure and US tour operating, but will relinquish responsibility for polar expedition brand Quark and private jet holiday operator TCS, which will go to chief executive Andy Duncan. Matt Hill has been appointed chief operating officer and Sally Cowdry as chief customer officer and managing director of the Tailormade division.


Michelle Laverick has been appointed to the newly created role of head of partnerships – non-cruise at Silver Travel Advisor. Laverick, who was formerly head of marketing at Collette UK, will work at the consumer travel advice site on a part-time basis and look after touring and adventure. She is also acting as head of marketing on a consultation basis for Asia specialist Transindus.


COMMENT: “Escorted touring is a gold mine and it takes confidence to challenge those who say it’s not for them” Paul Melinis, page 30


IN THE PICTURE: Get set to celebrate best of British


The Travel Brit Awards take place this weekend at Haven’s Primrose Valley Park in Yorkshire. The event will be attended by 150 agents, hosted by Bourne Leisure, Newmarket Holidays, Hoseasons, Super Break, Shearings, Airways Holidays, Condor, Guernsey and Abta. Travel Weekly is media partner. Pictured preparing for the event are, from left: (back row) Mike Bowers, Shearings; Tiffany Choules and Gemma Wilks, Bourne Leisure; Sas Rowbotham, Newmarket Holidays; Ryan Carroll, Hoseasons; (front row) Claire Dutton, Shearings; and Freya Sutcliffe, Super Break


Virgin invests £10m on revamp of A330 cabins


Ian Taylor ian.taylor@travelweekly.co.uk


Virgin Atlantic is investing £10 million to upgrade Upper Class seats and introduce a Premium Economy cabin to its fleet of four A330-200 aircraft from November.


The Upper Class seats will offer


direct aisle access, more surface area and new leather upholstery. There will be three styles of seat: love suites (side-by-side), corner suites and freedom suites. The economy-class cabins will also be refreshed, with new seats installed by January. The four former Air Berlin


aircraft were acquired by Virgin Atlantic in March to maintain its schedule. Like other carriers operating Boeing 787s with Rolls-Royce engines, Virgin was experiencing difficulties servicing the aircraft due to a shortage of engines and parts. Daniel Kerzner, Virgin Atlantic vice-president of customer


10 travelweekly.co.uk 14 June 2018 LIE-FLAT BED: Virgin will update the Upper Class seats on its A330-200s


experience, said: “It’s a new Upper Class product. The seats will be physically different to the rest of the fleet, but the attributes will be the same.” Virgin will retain the current


Upper Class seating configuration on its A330s, including the ‘love suites’ it markets to couples. Kerzner said: “Getting the


right customer in the right seat enhances the experience.” He added: “The table space


available will be almost three times the [current] tray table space, so that is very different.


“The Premium seats will be


consistent with the product we have [in the rest of the fleet] now.” Referring to the purchase of the


aircraft, Kerzner said: “We dealt with the [Boeing servicing] issue in a way that protects our flying programme and selected these A330 aircraft to deliver the best customer experience we could. We’re committed to refurbishing the aircraft to our high standards.” The aircraft will fly from Gatwick to the Caribbean and from Manchester to the US, including the new Los Angeles route next May.


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