Yalago Retail expands UK-based team as travel demand grows in 2024
Kyle Donald joins in newly created Sales Executive role for the UK and Scandinavia, as client base grows 100% between 2023 and 2024
London, UK, 26th March 2024: Yalago Retail, Yalago’s brand focused on supporting travel agencies across the UK and Scandinavia with a growing portfolio of market-leading hotel rates, is expanding its UK-based team at a time of high demand.
Yalago, part of the Emirates Group based in Dubai, is one of the world’s fastest-growing leisure accommodation wholesale specialists. The number of agents trading with the business in the UK and Scandinavia has more than doubled between 2023 and 2024, and its UK-based team is revealing ambitious growth plans to offer additional partner support. Kyle Donald has been appointed in a newly created Sales Executive role, and several additional positions are to be announced across the region, designed to offer local client support.
Starting with the business on March 18, Kyle Donald joins Yalago from Ramsay World Travel in Aberdeen. He will report in to Colin Currie, Yalago’s Head of Retail – UK and Scandinavia, and be based alongside Colin in Scotland, with regular travel anticipated across the UK and Scandinavia.
Colin Currie, Head of Retail – UK and Scandinavia at Yalago, commented: “Due to the record expansion of Yalago Retail over the last year, we are increasing the team with the addition of Kyle to allow us to work even closer with our new agents, and to support with expansion further across the UK and Scandinavia in 2024. Kyle brings a wealth of retail experience and enthusiasm to the role, and I am excited to bring him on board and join me on this exciting journey.”
Yalago Retail launched in 2020 to make directly contracted rates at more than 12,000 worldwide hotels available to the UK and Scandinavia markets and further broaden the scope of the B2B products and services already available for agents, tour operators and OTAs.
Yalago has operated globally since 2017, and in this time its team has built a strong reputation for high-quality service levels and travel expertise, offering market-leading hotel rates across in-demand destinations to travel agents, to provide top savings to their customers.
Yalago continues to grow its portfolio, teams, and customer-base across the world, with extensive plans underway for 2024. To find out more, access www.yalago.com, email sales.support@yalago.com or visit the Yalago team at 2024’s major trade events, including WTM Latin America, ATM Dubai, IPW Los Angeles, ITB China, FIT Argentina, and WTM London.