AGTO CEO steps down
Mike Bugsgang is to step down as CEO of the Association of Group Travel Organisers (AGTO) at the end of the year.
During his three-year tenure at AGTO, Bugsgang has steered the association through a name change and rebrand, as well raising the profile of the organisation and increasing membership numbers.
He said: "My part-time role as CEO of AGTO has been tremendously rewarding. I am delighted to be leaving the association in a much a stronger position than when I joined.
"The work has included a wider use of communication channels such as upgrading of the website and social media platforms, marketing campaigns to recruit new members, the creation of a Scotland Branch and the revision of various governance controls."
He will continue to run his long-established marketing and PR consultancy Bugsgang and Associates.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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