Wendy Wu Tours appoints four ex-Cook staff for new roles
Wendy Wu Tours has recruited four former Tomas Cook employees for newly created sales roles to help the Asia specialist’s growth plans. Caroline Rennie becomes
head of inside sales and specialist business, working with the call centre and trade support teams, while Sandra Foreman joins as key account manager for Hays Travel. Caroline Burroughs has
been appointed trade support manager, tasked with developing agency sales, and Harry Ryan is a personal tailor-made consultant. Reporting to global sales
director John Warr, they will play “an integral part” in the operator’s three-year trade focus initiative. Rennie was a regional manager
Harry Ryan and Caroline Burroughs
at Tomas Cook, where she worked for 23 years, and Foreman was ‘company manager of the year’ at Tomas Cook. Burroughs spent 20 years at
Tomas Cook, where she was cluster manager for the top-two stores in Essex, while Ryan was a top-performing consultant in the southeast. “Cook had an exceptionally
dedicated and hardworking personnel and we are pleased that we’re able to open our doors to four of its top performers,” said Warr.
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Bergaliv Loft House
Expanded brochure launched by Best Served Scandinavia
Samantha Mayling
Best Served Scandinavia has added the Swedish region of Gävleborg to its summer/ autumn 2020 brochure. Te six-day self-drive Gävleborg
itinerary includes accommodation at the Hogbo Brukshotell – a collection of forest cabins – plus the Orbaden Spa & Resort and an optional stay at the Bergaliv Loſt House, where there are opportunities for bear watching.
Prices start at £1,140,
including five nights’ half-board accommodation, flights and car hire. Sue McAlinden, Best Served
Scandinavia’s general manager, said: “Just a few hours’ drive from Stockholm, this glorious wilderness is a well-kept secret where the Swedes come to relax.” Also new in Sweden is a five-day
break combining two nights in the capital Stockholm with two nights at Kabin, on a private island in Lake Fjärden.
Latin Routes to host second Travel Agent Train
Latin Routes will host 50 agents at its second Travel Agent Training Academy, in Peru next March. Agents will be able to explore
Peru, including the ancient Inca city of Machu Picchu, and participate in a four-day educational programme. As well as training and
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supplier networking, there will be entertainment and sightseeing. Jess Bain, Latin Routes’ head
of trade relations, said: “Te two things we know agents want is more training and first-hand experience of Latin America. “Our academy provides the
best way to support our agent partners and improve both sales
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