15 May 2008

Traveltek promotes Orr amid growth plans

Kirsty Orr has been promoted by Traveltek to the newly created role of deputy managing director.

She has been with the Glasgow-based technology firm for a year and was most recently operations director. Orr continues to report to managing director Kenny Picken.

Traveltek is aiming to quadruple the size of its business this year, from Ã&#pound;150 million in customersââ¬â¢ transactions in 2007 to more than Ã&#pound;600 million this year.

Picken said: ââ¬ÅâœWe are firmly already on target to reach this ambitious target after seeing dynamic packaging transactions increase by more than 350% in the first four months of 2008.

"This coupled with the launch of iBos, our fully integrated web-based agency management and selling system, at the beginning of the year, means that Traveltek is on course to significantly grow its marketshare in 2008."

He added:"Kirstyââ¬â¢s new role is a key element of our aggressive growth plan over the next weeks, months and years.

"Due to increasing pressures on my time itââ¬â¢s become imperative to have another senior person within the business who can take on the day-to-day running of the teams in our multiple locations.

"Her existing role was developing in this direction naturally, so we made the position formal at our last board meeting."

by Phil Davies

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• Congratulations!
  
  

  This promotion is much deserved by Kirsty. We wish her well in her new role! Good on you Kenny for recognising and rewarding the talent in your organisation.

  By Gail Kenny, Monday, May 19, 2008