Laurence Hicks joins Conrad
Former Inghams sales and marketing manager Laurence Hicks is to join Conrad Advertising as director for new busniess.
Hicks was also commercial director at Hurtigruten and more recently he was director responsible for the travel division at Avanti International Developments.
At Conrad he will lead the company’s drive to increase sales and revenue from its core travel and overseas property sectors.
“Laurence brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience from both industries particularly travel and these will be of enormous benefit to both our business and our clients” said David Goodman, managing director.
“He is a well respected individual within the travel industry and will help drive our business further into this sector with fresh ideas and a new approach to business acquisition”
Conrad Advertising has provided advertising solutions to the travel and property industry for over 18 years.
Hicks will lead the team of business development managers and will report directly into Goodman.
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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