Robert Smart appointed as Sales Manager for Bedsonline in Ireland. Experience gained from 20-year proven track record will help with further consolidation of Bedsonline in the country.
PALMA – Bedsonline, a leading global provider of accommodation and complementary products exclusively for travel agencies, has announced the appointment of Robert Smart as the new Sales Manager who will assume the leadership of the bedbank in the Irish market.
In a career spanning more than 20 years of achievement, Smart has gained a proven track record in the travel industry, performing various management positions within the area of sales. For the last 12 years he has been working in the Irish travel market, most recently with Cassidy Travel Group – one of the leading Irish independent travel agencies – and before that with leading travel technology and travel distribution company Travelport.
Smart joins the Bedsonline team at a strategic moment for the company with a bright future ahead following the integration of GTA and Tourico Holidays businesses into the parent company of Bedsonline last year. His expertise and experience of the local market will play a key role in consolidating the Bedsonline position in Ireland; his objective is to expand not only the number of travel agencies working with the platform but also to increase the depth and breadth of exclusive product available to the travel agency subscribers of Bedsonline – which has already increased from 120,000 to 170,000 the number of hotels available following the integration of Tourico Holidays and GTA into the wider group last year.
Tom Bell, Regional Manager of Bedsonline UK & Ireland commented “Robert’s appointment comes at a strategic moment. Robert’s knowledge of the local travel industry will play a key role in the growth plans that Bedsonline has in Ireland after the integration of the three other bedbank businesses to which our company belongs, particularly in terms of product portfolio to help serve both the domestic and inbound client segments.”
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