Head of Retailing Strategy at Travelport. Specialist in Travel Tech, CX, retailing and loyalty for airlines and other travel companies. Border Collie rescue owner. Sometimes runner.
I've been involved in Travel Massive events already, want to bring an additional technology / distribution view.
Rio de Janeiro
Greenland
VTI Ireland, working for American Express business travel (1995)
Travel technology trends
Experience, Friendship, Delight
Thanks for your thoughts. I had some similar feelings myself - but I could see why from a marketing perspective it had to be real. (By the way, we didn't fly camera crews and marketing people with Jamie - we either hired local or prepositioned key peop... show more
I know there are quite a few travel marketers and content creators here, so really interested in your professional opinions on Travelport's 7Wonders campaign. We partnered with Jamie ‘Adventureman’ McDonald to try and break a Guinness world record - t... show more
1. Along the beachfront in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil - Leblon, Ipanema, Copacabana, Leme (around the lagoon in Lagoa would be good alternative - though a lot hotter usually) 2. Around Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland
What are your top places in the world to run? 4 months ago
I looked at my predictions for last year relating to business travel and I think those trends are still going and will take multiple years to play out: More meaningful corporate travel (better planning, longer trips), and the shape of travel changed due... show more
What are your travel predictions for 2023? 9 months ago
I tried it too - very interesting - with VERY little input (I just said blog about visit to dublin, with hotel, attractions, dining) and I got the following as one option: "Dublin was a city that surprised me. I thought it would be similar to Paris, bu... show more
Could AI content generators replace travel writers? 10 months ago