Visit London director leaves
Visit London commercial director David Hornby has left after six years to “concentrate on new projects in the events and business tourism market”.
During his time at Visit London, he re-launched London’s Convention Bureau and led the formation of the capital’s first ever major events team at Visit London, Events for London.
Hornby said: "The role at Visit London has afforded me much professional success and gratifying achievement and has provided me with some incredible experiences, including an amazing involvement with the London 2012 Bid and the opportunity to build and work with an amazing team.
“Now is an appropriate time for me to focus on some new challenges and opportunities, and I will be looking to work on a number of projects that both excite and inspire me, one of which will be working with AEG Europe.”
Sally Chattergee, interim CEO, added: "David has made the decision to leave Visit London to focus on new challenges and opportunities. We would like to thank David for his hard work and contribution to the business and wish him every success for the future."
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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