Profile:
Extremely dynamic and self motivated with a proven record of success working within the travel industry, demonstrates a hands on style of approach with natural leadership ability. Offers extensive knowledge of every function within tour operating travel agents and business travel. Highly effective
marketing and promotional champion with a no nonsense approach, ensuring maximum profitability and significant growth, sharing in the success with all countries and contributing parties.

Professional Bodies:

2000-2005 Founder & First Chairman TIPTO
(Truly Independent Professional Tour Operators )

1997-2000 ABTA Board Director

2002-2005 ABTA Board Director

1997-2005 ABTA Code of Conduct Committee Member

2003-2006 ATOP Founder & Chairman
(Association of Tour Operators to Portugal)
Advisor to the Portuguese Government on Tourism & Infrastructure
Advisor to the Portuguese Government/Security/Health and Safety
Departments regarding Euro ’94(2003-2004)

Professional Career History to Present:

Travel Weekly, Travel Trade Gazette, Travel Bulletin & the Jewish Telegraph (weekly-Columnist-1998 to 2005)

UKGTA (Gibraltar Tour Operator’s Association)-Founder & Chairman-1996 to 2004
• Advisor to the Gibraltar Minister of Tourism (Minster Holiday)
• Advisor to the Gibraltar Government for the Island Games

Moroccan Tour Operators Association-Founder & Advisor to the Moroccan
Government-1996 to 1999

Rainbow International Training & Consultancy Group

Rainbow Reading language Training Centre- Centre Director & Training
Manager-2007 to 2011
• A Leading Training Group in Wuhan China, advising key tourism, hotel, agency, and government bodies on all travel related issues.
• Developed the group into profit and from 1 centre to 4 centres
• The Number One Foreign Training Director Award in Hubei Province in 2009
• The Number One Foreign Teacher in English for 2009 in Hubei Province

Cadogan-Managing Director Holidays/Travel/Aviation-1991 to 2006
• The most successful managing director in the companies 60 year history making annual profits in excess of one million pounds annually.
• A specialist tour operator which featured at between the 8th and 26th tour operator out of some 450 tour operators on an annual basis for press coverage.
• Provided strategic advice to the following sister Group companies
• Bellingham Travel-Director-1990 to 1996
• Advisor to the Rock Gibraltar
• Advisor to Hover Travel
• GB Airways –Advisor-1996 to 2005

Speedwing Holidays and All Abroad Travel-Managing Director-1989 to 1991
• Developed a small independent Israeli specialist into the largest Israeli tour operator in the UK and new programmes to Malta and Madeira
• Founder of All Abroad Travel
• Advisor ISROTEL and IBEROTEL(Israeli and Spanish Hotel Group)
• Founder of Chelsea Girl Travel Club(now River Island)
• Founder & Chairman of Israeli Tour Operators Association

Tinos Travel –Managing Director-1985 to 1989
• Chairman & Founder Malta Tour Operators Association
• Became the largest tour operator to Malta and 6 travel agencies during this period

Airtours / Pendle Travel (now My Travel)-Founder/Manager-1980 to 1985
• Tom Trickett & David Crossland, Owner Deputy Chairman
• Successfully developed from one travel agent into over 350 agencies which were