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FCm North America appoints new president
FCm Travel Solutions appointed Gregory Lording as its new president North America, according to an announcement made in July.
A veteran of the corporate travel industry with more than 25 years’ experience, Gregory has held senior management positions with FCm and parent company Flight Centre Limited (FCL) for the past eight years.
He will now focus on growing FCm Travel Solutions’ network of approximately 30 corporate travel centres and 500 people across North America and Canada.
Gregory will also work closely with key partners, FCm Bannockburn in the Mid West and Garber|FCm on the East Coast, to expand the network’s service capabilities and client base throughout the region.
Gregory was formerly global leader for FCm’s entertainment travel logistics brand, Stage and Screen Travel Services, which specialises in the film/television, music, sports, performing arts, fashion, and media industries. From 2003, he led this Australasian-based brand through a period of substantial growth and recently guided its organic expansion into North America (Los Angeles) and India.
Prior to this, Gregory worked extensively in travel management for both the corporate and entertainment sectors in Australia and the US.
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