People Shaped Travel
WHAT IS "PEOPLE SHAPED TRAVEL" ALL ABOUT?
We’re launching a series of transformational initiatives to deliver increasingly personalised travel services to reinforce our role as a trusted travel partner rather than simply a booking engine.
At Expedia we believe that working with our customers to create the best possible tools and solutions is the key to introducing the future of travel. So the first phase of our “People Shaped Travel” campaign aims to reduce the barriers to communicating with Expedia by creating a more personal relationship with Expedia and the people who will be making your holiday happen.
ALEX SLADEN - CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE MANAGER, UK AND IRELAND
With over 10 years experience within the travel industry, Alex joined Expedia in August 2011 as Customer Experience Manager for the UK and Ireland. His primary focus is to ensure the end user experience remains an intuitive and enjoyable one. Alex strives to ensure our content is engaging and relevant at all times.
Alex developed his travel career at Trailfinders where his roles included managing teams of elite travel consultants, developing recognition and reward programmes, and more recently, managing the company’s CRM strategy.
ANDY WASHINGTON - MANAGING DIRECTOR, UK AND IRELAND
Andy joined Expedia in June 2011 as Managing Director for UK and Ireland. He has spent his career contributing to the development of domestic and global travel businesses, driving fast track scale, efficiencies and the ultimate customer experience.
As a Director and board member, Andy has extensive sales, commercial, business change, leadership and operations experience acquired with major travel, leisure and retail companies.
MEL STONIER - SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER, UK AND IRELAND
A chartered marketer with a career that spans 12 years, Mel Stonier joined Expedia in October 2010 as Senior Marketing Manager for UK and Ireland. Her responsibilities include defining, developing and executing marketing plans for Expedia.co.uk and Expedia.ie.
Reporting directly to Andrew Warner, senior marketing director for Expedia EMEA, her key objective is to build brand health in the UK and manage the brand launch of Expedia in Ireland.
Andrew Warner Joins Expedia
ANDREW WARNER JOINS EXPEDIA AS SENIOR MARKETING DIRECTOR EMEA
Expedia, Europe’s leading online travel booking website, has appointed Andrew Warner to the position of senior marketing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa with effect from 15 March 2010.
Based in London, a core element of Warner’s brief is to clearly define and articulate Expedia’s consumer brand proposition in the European market. He takes direct responsibility for brand marketing and public relations for all 12 Expedia-branded sites in Europe and has a coordinating brief across all marketing functions. He reports to Mikael Andersson, Expedia vice president EMEA.
