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NEWS ROUND-UP


MOVERS and SHAKERS


Z Beds With Ease has appointed


Chris Redfern as its business


development manager. Redfern moves from Palladium Hotel Group, where he held the same role. Redfern started on November 25.


Z Solmar Villas has appointed Sophie Milner as its first trade sales


executive. Milner was formerly an account manager in the company’s concierge department, having joined the business in July.


Z Scenic has appointed


Louise Mason as marketing manager.


Mason joins from Specialist Leisure Group, where she was interim head of marketing for Shearings Holidays and its other touring and accommodation brands. In the newly created role, she will report to marketing director Nichola Absalom.


Z Suntransfers. com has appointed Keith Vipan from Avis


Budget Group as global supply director. The business announced its plans to enter the B2B market earlier this year when it recruited Andy Baker from HolidayTaxis as global partnerships director, who started this month. Vipan will be tasked with boosting Suntransfers’s product range.


podcast: Hear first-hand from ‘heroes of the high street’ John and Irene Hays in our latest podcast at go.travelweekly.co.uk/podcast


Premier snaps up ex-Cook staff for two new stores


Benjamin Coren


Premier Travel is to open two branches in Suffolk staffed by former Thomas Cook employees. The stores, in Sudbury and


Mildenhall, will bring the East Anglia-based agency’s total to 23. Premier Travel had originally


hoped to take on the leases of former Thomas Cook stores in the two market towns, but has instead found alternative premises in central locations. Diane Buck will be the manager


of the Sudbury branch. Buck was at Thomas Cook for 32 years and managed numerous branches in the area, including the Sudbury store. Buck said: “I was in Portugal


visiting my parents when the collapse happened. The following day, Premier contacted me and talked about the possibility of opening a new branch with my team from the Thomas Cook shop. We all decided together that we would like to do it. “It’s a smaller company and


it felt right for all of us. I can’t wait to get started. I’m giddy – we’re going back to doing what


I can’t wait to get


started. I’m giddy – we’re going back to doing what we love and we just can’t wait


we love and we just can’t wait.” The branch will hold a soft


opening on November 29 to coincide with the Sudbury Christmas lights being switched on. The Mildenhall branch is also due to open next week.


Sudbury team: Clare Masterson, Ellie Wilson, Kirsty Habel, Diane Buck and Nicola Rolph


Paul Waters, director of Premier


Travel, said: “Premier Travel already has three branches in Suffolk so an expansion in this area was natural progression for us. “The Premier Travel team was


devastated when we heard the news about Thomas Cook. In those first few days the future for staff was very uncertain and we wanted to help them in any way we could. We immediately started recruiting.” Hays Travel has reopened the


shops in Sudbury and Mildenhall and is recruiting for both stores.


Hays plans to recruit 1,500 for head office and agencies


Hays Travel plans to recruit a further 1,500 staff in shops and head office. There are 200 posts to fill at


the head office in Sunderland, 500 jobs handling foreign currency, plus apprenticeship roles in Hays branches. Hays has already employed 2,330


former Thomas Cook employees since it took over the leases of the former travel group’s 555 shops. The independent agency has


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opened more than 470 of the former Cook shops so far. Managing director John Hays


said: “We’re further increasing staffing to ensure we have the highest customer service levels across all of our stores and our head office.


“These are fantastic permanent


career opportunities for people who want to take a step into an exciting industry where every day is different. “You don’t necessarily need travel


experience – just an enthusiasm for travel, and customer service experience would be useful.” Hays Travel employs 4,200 people


in permanent roles. The new posts would take the workforce to 5,700.


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