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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based CMO’ operating in the Travel space. If you think a CMO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Claire Cronin
SVP Marketing & CMO of Virgin Atlantic Airways
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About Virgin Atlantic Airways: Virgin Atlantic Airways is a British airline serves over 30 fabulous destinations worldwide.
Roland Agambar
Chief Marketing Officer of DMG Media
Roland Agambar is Chief Marketing Officer at DMG Media.
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About DMG Media: DMG media is a consumer media company engaged in print and online newspaper publishing.
Ufuk Secgin
Chief Marketing Officer of HalalBooking
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About HalalBooking: World’s No1 search website for halal-conscious travelers
Rob Stross
Chief Marketing Officer of WeSwap
Before WeSwap I spent the bulk of my career at TNT Magazine, where I started as marketing executive and left 11 years later as MD. This included a fabulous 3 year stint managing the Sydney office. I then moved into the world of online travel as Marketing Director of Global Travel Market and Directflights.com. I’m a keen traveller myself and have worked in travel most of my career, so to me WeSwap just makes sense. I hate unnecessary charges and get a real kick knowing I’m bringing this new, disruptive brand to life.
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About Directflights.com, WeSwap: WeSwap is a mobile application that allows users to swap different types of currency with others.
Maya Poulton
Co-Founder & CMO of Safara
Co-Founder & CMO of Safara. Formerly Marketing and Partnerships @ Mr & Mrs Smith, Lyst.com, Thread.com, Spring, ASMALLWORLD, and JETSETTER. 13 years growing and scaling startups, with a focus on travel, e-comm, subscription businesses, and mobile.
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About Safara: Safara is a hotel booking platform and membership that minimizes time and cost for travelers.
Dan Burdett
Chief Marketing Officer of Tiqets
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About Tiqets: Tiqets is a ticketing platform where visitors can find, buy, and use tickets for museums and attractions.
Léa Bourratière
Co-Founder & CMO of Live2Leave
Building brands, generating impactful content and breakthrough communications, that is what I am known for, and passionate about!
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About Live2Leave: Live2Leave is a travel app where you can record your favorite spots & get recommendations from people you know.
Luca Comunian
CMO and Co-Founder of PeopleTrip
Equity Derivatives Marketer @ BNP Paribas – MSc Graduate @Bocconi University
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About PeopleTrip: Peopletrip helps travellers simplify their lives, by accessing a targeted community
Salwan Al-zyadi
CMO of Follow Alice
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About Follow Alice: We make adventure travel a truly holistic and personal client experience by blending technology with human interaction.
Leonardo Gubinelli
Co-founder and CMO of Inspired Challenge
Leonardo is a passionate social entrepreneur and marketer with a solid background in online marketing and business development. At an early age he had the fortune to go on a month-long trip in Brazil, where he immersed himself in various tropical landscapes, Rio’s inner local lifestyle, and got to know the poorest people living in the favelas, which triggered a passion for learning and discovering what the world has to offer. Hence his decision to move to the UK, where he went on studying Marketing and International Business at the London Metropolitan University. While studying, he started exploring his entrepreneurial ideas and successfully launched his first business, an online travel portal. After selling the business, he decided to join the corporate environment and started working in the advertising department of Expedia. In 2011, he could no longer restrain his passion for travel, curiosity for life and excitement for the unknown and he decided to leave his position at Expedia to go travelling all over South East Asia.
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About Inspired Challenge: Their aim is to inspire people to see and use travel differently.
Leonardo Gubinelli
Co-founder and CMO of Inspired Challenge
Leonardo is a passionate social entrepreneur and marketer with a solid background in online marketing and business development. At an early age he had the fortune to go on a month-long trip in Brazil, where he immersed himself in various tropical landscapes, Rio’s inner local lifestyle, and got to know the poorest people living in the favelas, which triggered a passion for learning and discovering what the world has to offer. Hence his decision to move to the UK, where he went on studying Marketing and International Business at the London Metropolitan University. While studying, he started exploring his entrepreneurial ideas and successfully launched his first business, an online travel portal. After selling the business, he decided to join the corporate environment and started working in the advertising department of Expedia. In 2011, he could no longer restrain his passion for travel, curiosity for life and excitement for the unknown and he decided to leave his position at Expedia to go travelling all over South East Asia.
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About Inspired Challenge: Their aim is to inspire people to see and use travel differently.
