ADVOCATE TRAVEL MARKETING - Key Persons
From the far northwest San Juan Islands, Aaron was bitten early by the travel bug through his rugby travels and teaching overseas. Aaron has now accumulated 20 years experience in the travel industry; leading, forming, managing, and training both inside and outside sales teams.
Job Titles:
- Business Development Manager
Erin comes from a background of business strategy and partnership marketing, having begun her career as a Project Manager for the Center for Social Epidemiology in Los Angeles.
She has extensive experience in fundraising, promotions, event management and digital marketing. More recently, Erin joined the Advocate Travel Marketing team as a BDM for our leading South Pacific resort clients, where she has excelled in driving new business.
Prior to joining our team, Fahmid held roles across sales, marketing, and business development within the USA travel industry. Most recently, Fahmid served as a Corporate Account Manager with Virgin Australia based in New York City, where he was responsible for leading the airline's sales efforts with joint venture partner Delta Air Lines. Prior to this, Fahmid held sales and marketing roles at Etihad Airways in Los Angeles and Washington, DC.
Fahmid is an avid globetrotter and has recently checked off the 33rd country on his list. Some of his memorable journeys have taken him off-roading in the dunes of Qatari desert and island hopping in the Gulf of Thailand.
With over 25 years of experience in tourism marketing and management, Luke Jones is a specialist in destination development through the implementation of effective consumer and distribution programs.
Over a successful tenure at Tourism Australia, Luke held several positions, including Manager Canada, Insights and Planning Manager, and Partnership Marketing Director, the Americas.
Luke's experience covers the full spectrum of tourism management and marketing, from consumer communications, distribution development, MICE, strategic planning and partnership building with Government and commercial sector interests.
Luke left Tourism Australia in 2011 to found Advocate Travel Marketing. Luke holds an Honors Degree in Marketing from Monash University of Melbourne (Australia) and a double degree in Arts and Business Management from Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand).
Job Titles:
- Account Executive
- Specialist
Sabrina fell into the travel industry 6 months out of university, and travel has been a big part of her life ever since. She starting work at Flight Centre USA as their Product Development Manager, then transferred to their wholesale team as a Reservations Supervisor at Infinity Holidays.
Sabrina is a specialist in hotel/resort customer service and reservations management. She holds a Degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Pepperdine University, California.
Job Titles:
- Account Director Asia / Pacific
A key member of the Advocate Travel Marketing team, Sam Davies brings a wealth of travel experience in retail sales and distribution development. Being a critical thinker and high-level communicator, Sam can easily converse and liaise at all levels with confidence offering tailored solutions that strengthen business relationships. Sam has worked closely with our clients on building strong sales teams and launching new travel products in the United States. She has extensive experience in the digital B2B space and working on training programs for travel advisors.
A distribution development specialist, Sandy has over 35 years experience in the North American travel industry, developing successful trade engagement programs for destinations such as Sydney, Western Australia and Queensland. Sandy has built co-op partnerships with leading travel consortia and tour operators, and brought destination brands to life through impactful activations at all the major US trade event forums. She has in-depth knowledge of the travel sales process through her previous roles at Newmans Vacations and ATS Pacific.
Job Titles:
- Leader
- Consulting Director
Vito Anzelmi is a dynamic leader with over 20 years of international travel and tourism experience and has a proven track record of bringing big ideas to life while maintaining focus, strategic orientation, and ability to lead sales teams. Formerly Vito was Vice President, Sales - Americas, UK & Europe for Virgin Australia Airlines based in Los Angeles. This role was responsible for the development of sales business plans in line with the Virgin Australia Group long-haul strategies, delivering revenue growth in USA through OTA, TMC, Cruise, retail and tour operator accounts, and driving sales and co-op marketing plans for the market. Vito managed a sales team of 7 staff and implemented CRM for contract management and sales pipeline opportunities.