New chairman for Portman Travel

Tuesday, 29 Sep, 2005 0

Venture capital expert Peter Smaill has become chairman of travel management company Portman Travel.

He led financing of Portman’s management buy-out nine years ago. The agency has since acquired John Cory Travel, East West Travel and Travelforce.

Smaill takes on the new role following the retirement of former chairman Tony McCann.

The independent business travel firm has 35 UK locations and is a partner of global network Radius.

Smaill said: “Providing strong custome satisfaction through successfully managing flexible products and channels has been central to Portman’s success. I look forward to continuing our customer commitmnets and continuing to increase levels of client satisfaction.”

Report by Phil Davies



 

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