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Cosmos names Jackson
Angsana Riads Collection Morocco
is offering agents 10% commission
on bookings made at
Angsana.com.
The company is also marking its first
and Maclean as its MDs
anniversary in December by offering the first night
for ¤1 on any stay of at least two nights. Bookings
must be made online between December 1 and 10.
Kay McLellan.
Jackson has been promoted to take
For more offers, see
ttglive.com/agentoffers COSMOS Holidays has split its on Cosmos’s mainstream products. He
managing director role in two with was previously product and commer-
■ Lufthansa moves into Italian market the aim of bringing greater focus to cial director for Cosmos and managing
Lufthansa is setting up an Italian airline, based at its separate brands following the director of its accommodation-only
Milan Malpensa, to serve major European cities departure of Paul Jolliffe. provider
Somewhere2stay.com.
including London. Lufthansa Italia will operate Stuart Jackson and Alan Maclean Monarch Travel Group chief
four times daily between Heathrow and Milan have been appointed managing Jackson: promoted executive Peter Brown said: “With
from the end of March. A Lufthansa spokesman directors of mainstream and specialist Paul Jolliffe stepping down from his
said it would blend the German carrier’s reputa- businesses respectively. role as managing director we wanted
tion for reliability and quality with “Italian flair”. Maclean will join Cosmos on January to take the opportunity to split the
It is battling with Air France-KLM to strike an 5, 2009, from Shearings where he is role into two in order to give greater
alliance with bankrupt Alitalia, and this move gives commercial director. He will be respon- focus to each business unit and their
it a foothold in Italy even if it loses that fight. sible for specialist products including separate brands.”
Cosmos Coach Tours, Distant Dreams Both Jackson and Maclean will
■ Benidorm cleans up its act and the Finnish Lapland programme. Maclean: recruited report to Peter Brown.
Benidorm is aiming to clean up its beaches after
applying to be a Unesco World Heritage Site.
Fines will be introduced for a range of offences,
including ¤150 for urinating in the sea or on the
sand, ¤250 for bringing an animal on to the
beach, ¤300 for drinking alcohol and ¤750 for
being on the beach between midnight and 7am.
■ Jamaican Tourist Board gains new director
John Lynch has been appointed tourism director
at the Jamaica Tourist Board, replacing Basil
Smith. Before taking on his current role, Lynch
had served as executive vice-president at
Unique Holidays for 16 years.
■ Kitts Travel launches bookable website
Independent agent Kitts Travel has set up a
booking website,
Holidaysfromluton.com. The
Potters Bar-based company, which has two high
street shops, set up the website to allow its
customers to search and book in their own time.
■ New e-commerce head at Rock Insurance
Daniela Scannella has joined Rock Insurance as
head of e-commerce and
communications. She spent
more than four years with
XL Leisure Group, latterly as
sales and communications
manager for XL Holidays,
Freedom Flights and
Daniela Scannella
Medlifehotels.com.
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