All Leisure appoints MD
Cruise operator All Leisure Holidays has appointed Alan Murray to the newly-created position of managing director for Voyages of Discovery.
He joins from Monarch Airlines, where he was MD First Aviation and was board member and chairman of the Monarch Group Commercial Steering Group.
Before that, he was sales director at Air2000 and Viking Aviation.
Murray will report directly to All Leisure CEO Rob Bryant, who said: “The appointment of a senior industry figure such as Alan underlines our ambition.
“There are many developments planned for the Voyages of Discovery brand including new destinations, itineraries and not to mention Portsmouth becoming our new homeport alongside Harwich in 2011.
“We are sure Alan will play a key role in the future of our cruising calendar and All Leisure Holidays Ltd.”
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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