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NEWS
INTREPID TRAVEL APPOINTS NEW UK & IRELAND GENERAL MANAGER
Intrepid Travel has appointed Hazel McGuire in the newly- created role of General Manager UK & Ireland.
Hazel joins Intrepid with 17 years’ experience in senior commercial, marketing and general management positions across the travel and transport industries, including roles at Flight Centre Travel Group touring brands Topdeck Travel and Back Roads Touring as well as sightseeing brand Big Bus Tours.
McGuire will report to EMEA managing director Zina Bencheikh, who is taking on an expanded remit, looking after the company’s destination management companies in the region as well as the UK business and lead expansion into new European markets.
Bencheikh said: “I’m excited to have Hazel join the team. The UK has been stronger than other markets to recover from the market – in fact it is currently our top source market globally, in no small part thanks to our agent partners. Having Hazel’s support will help us take the business to the next level in the UK and Ireland.”
Intrepid is also growing its marketing team with the addition of Jamie-Lee Abtar in the role of Marketing Manager and Angela Chen in the role of Senior Marketing Manager.
AIR CANADA AND UNITED AIRLINES ANNOUNCE CODESHARE
Air Canada and United Airlines have announced
a joint business agreement for the Canada-U.S. transborder market, providing more flight options and better flight schedules to customers travelling between the two countries.
Customers will be able to connect to 38 codeshare destinations in the U.S. and eight of the most popular cities in Canada, all while enjoying the benefits of the carriers' MileagePlus® and Aeroplan loyalty programmes.
In 2019, the U.S.-Canada transborder market was the second largest international passenger air transportation market in the world and the largest international market for both Canada and the U.S., as measured by seats.
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