DRMumbai: Claude Blanc will take overall responsibility for all events under the World Travel Market portfolio. Arabian Travel Market (ATM), part of the WTM portfolio, boosted its executive team with the appointment of Blanc as Portfolio Director.
He has over 25 years of experience within the travel trade and hospitality industry. Blanc takes on the overall responsibility for all events in the WTM portfolio including WTM London, Travel Forward, the International Travel Tourism Awards, ATM, WTM Latin America and WTM Africa. He joins from his role as Chief Executive Officer at Paris-based Travel Co., a tour operating group which he founded in 2007.
Prior to this, he was Digital Travel Director for TUI Group and has also held senior posts with travel management company Rosenbluth International and timeshare exchange company RCI. Blanc said, “I am delighted to join such a respected brand and work with a team of seasoned travel industry professionals. Having been a sponsor, an exhibitor and a visitor at many travel trade shows, I bring a client perspective, an international network and a digital culture.”
