Luxury long-haul specialist spreads its wings

Wednesday, 14 Oct, 2013 0

Long-haul specialist Exceptional Travel has make two key appointments to widen its programme.

After four years of focusing on luxury safaris and holidays to Australia and Africa, the Oxfordshire operator has expanded into Arabia and The Indian Subcontinent.

It has recruited Susie Reynolds, based in London, from Bailey Robinson where she introduced holidays to Sri Lanka in 2005, and Scott Dunn, where she managed the India and Arabia team for six years.

Laura Jeffrey, who previously managed the Asia department at Cazenove & Loyd, has been brought in to handle enquiries for the Far East.

Founder Toby Warren set up The Exceptional Travel Company in 2009, after his then employer, Tim Best, was acquired by Original Travel.

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.