ITM appoints head of business development
ITM has appointed Neil Simpson as head of business development.
He replaces Diane Steed who is leaving ITM in February after eight years with the business travel association.
Simpson has been working for 25 years specialising in global event/exhibition and advertising sales.
He held senior positions at Centaur Media, including the Business Travel Show and directing Travel Technology Europe, and joined Reed Travel Exhibitions in 2011 as sales director Business Travel Market.
He moved to head of sales for its International Luxury Travel Market Portfolio in 2012.
From there he moved to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, as group exhibition director for Reed Sunaidi Exhibitions, before returning to the UK.
ITM CEO Simone Buckley said: "I’m confident he will be an asset to the association at this important stage of our evolution."
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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