VLM gets new sales account manager for the north
VLM Airlines has appointed Paul Fletcher as its new sales account manager for Northern England, with responsibility for liaising with key business travel agents and corporate clients.
Fletcher was previously a travel and tourism lecturer at the Manchester College of Arts and Technology.
He has seven years experience in the travel industry and worked as a sales supervisor and team leader at Trailfinders from 1999-2005.
David Nye, VLM Airlines’ regional manager UK says: “Paul’s extensive experience will help us to strengthen links with our travel trade and corporate partners, raising awareness of the wide range of flights we offer from Manchester and Liverpool.”
VLM Airlines operates 220 flights per week to London City Airport, with eight return services each weekday from Manchester and three from Liverpool. It also serves Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Luxembourg and Rotterdam.
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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