Blue Bay Travel appoints BDM
Blue Bay Travel has promoted Tasha Smith to the position of Business Development Manager, to strengthen the long-haul specialist’s relationships with its trade partners.
Smith has taken up the reins of this newly created role, moving from her previous position as Trade Support Team Leader.
She will continue to manage Blue Bay’s in-house trade support team and is tasked with maximising sales through travel agents, which is a priority growth area for the business.
"We’re delighted to have promoted Tasha to the position of Business Development Manager. Selling our Blue Bay Travel product through the trade, via an exclusive partnership with The Midcounties Co-operative’s Your Co-op Travel, Co-op Travel Consortium and The Personal Travel Agents brands, is an important area for us and Tasha will be pivotal in growing that part of the business," said Alistair Rowland, Chief Executive for Blue Bay Travel.
Smith re-joined Blue Bay Travel in March 2021, having held a sales advisor role at the company between 2014 and 2016.
She has worked in travel for over a decade, starting out, aged 17, at Co-operative Travel as a sales advisor.
Smith progressed to Manager level at Polka Dot Travel and then Business Development Manager for Palladium Hotel Group, before re-joining Blue Bay Travel.
Smith will also work closely with Abbie Heaton, Sales Manager for The Personal Travel Consultants in Partnership with Blue Bay Travel to drive recruitment for the expanding division of self-employed homeworkers.
"I am really excited to be back in the business development manager role. I love working with trade partners and am really looking forward to nurturing even stronger relationships with them," Smith said.
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