New chair for HBAA
Juliet Price has been named as the new chair of the HBAA, taking over from Stephen Usher.
The association represents the interests of parties involved in the procurement and management of conference, meetings and accommodation in the UK and internationally.
Price is head of marketing and business intelligence for Hotelzon, the corporate and leisure online hotel booking company.
In 2011 she will develop the HBAA’s strategy as well as overseeing the executive committee members, who are:
Vice chair – Chris Peacock, Conference Care
Executive director – Peter Ducker
Treasurer – Stephen Usher, House of Usher
Venue chair – Ian Leat, Marriott
Venue vice chair – Ian Jones, De Vere
Academy committee chair – Ellis Salsby, Ellis Salsby
Events committee chair – Jill Fleming, Absolute Corporate Events
Technology Innovation and Environment Committee chair – Trevor Elswood, BSI
Marketing Committee chair – Andrew Deakin, Conference Care
Membership Committee chair – Chris Parnham, Zibrant
Meetings Committee chair – Jayson Hodgkinson, Venue Choice
Special Projects – Sue Burgess, Inntel and Steve Ockerby, LVS Events
Apartments Sector – Ricky Kapoor, Hotelworld
By Bev Fearis
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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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