Dolphin Dynamics expands senior management team as Andy Mills joins from STA Travel

Previous STA Travel Group CIO, Andy Mills, has joined travel technology provider Dolphin Dynamics in the new position of Head of Sales and Marketing.

The appointment follows a period of rapid growth for Dolphin Dynamics in the UK and internationally, with Mills saying his remit is to "lead Dolphin Dynamics’ global commercial activities through the development of new and existing customer relationships."

Whilst at STA Travel and previously Travelbag Mills lead the deployment of several strategic on-line and off-line technologies, including Dolphin, across international markets. At STA Travel the Dolphin tour operating solution is now deployed across 13 international markets, with an in house user base in excess of 2000.

Mills is the latest recruit for the travel technology company as part of a major investment in company infrastructure and workforce, which in the last 18 months has seen Dolphin Dynamics open a new development centre in Cairo, an implementation office in Sydney and an expansion of its UK headquarters floor space by 50% to accommodate growing staff numbers.

Commenting on his move Mills said, "This is a very exciting time to be joining Dolphin Dynamics. Recent strategic investments made on the back of a large growth in sales now provide a springboard for our ambitious future growth plans. Having worked closely with the Dolphin Dynamics team previously, I have a great deal of first-hand experience of how Dolphin can help tour operators and travel agents perform better and I look forward to playing a role in conveying these benefits more widely across the industry."Roberto Da Re, CEO at Dolphin Dynamics added, "We are delighted Andy has joined the team. We are keen to continue to build on recent successes and Andy brings huge "on the ground" insight into the Dolphin customer experience, which will prove invaluable in helping us to further improve the way we communicate with the travel industry and develop our customer relationships."

About Dolphin Dynamics: Dolphin Dynamics Ltd. is a software development company that specialises in developing integrated information solutions for the travel industry. Since its first product release in 1996, Dolphin Dynamics has installed its software at over 850 client sites, large and small, for a total of over 13,000 users in 26 countries worldwide. With a combined staff of over 80 across the group, Dolphin Dynamics also provides customised solutions and consulting via its internal technical consultants and external partners.

·         Dolphin is a next generation sales and booking management solution, comprised of a browser-based reservation module providing a single user-friendly interface to suppliers of flights, hotels, car hire, transfers and insurance as well as a fully integrated advanced booking management module and sophisticated product database. Dolphin incorporates a wide range of features for tour operators, retail agencies plus, travel management companies, consolidators and call centres. As such is particularly well suited to travel companies with a mix of business.

Dolphin Dynamics’ worldwide clients include: STA Travel, Travelbag, USAirtours, Osprey Holidays, House of Travel (NZ), Profil Rejser (DK), eDreams, Opodo, Kanoo Travel and Carrier.