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Who We Are

Experience matters. We've assembled a team of travel industry experts to address your North America marketing challenge.

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Meet the Team

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Luke Jones

SVP Global Accounts

Luke uniquely combines destination marketing expertise with deep insight into both consumer behavior and travel distribution. A former Tourism Australia executive and founder of Advocate Travel Marketing, he bridges government and commercial interests to create strategic partnerships, compelling communications and effective programs that turn destination potential into measurable tourism growth.

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 28 years in travel

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Sandy Nerlich

Account Director

Sandy is a North American travel distribution specialist known for turning destination brands into productive trade partnerships and memorable industry activations. Her experience spans destinations, consortia marketing, tour operators and travel sales, giving her an unusually complete view of the travel distribution process. She also supports voluntourism projects and nonprofits such as Habitat for Humanity.

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32 years in travel

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Haryanti Jones

Account Director

Haryanti combines CRM and database management expertise with a strong background in FMCG sales and marketing. Having managed leading local and international consumer brands, she brings a valuable data-driven perspective to travel marketing, helping corporate clients strengthen customer relationships, improve engagement and turn audience insights into effective, measurable sales strategies.

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12 years in travel

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Kylie Robertson

Consulting Director, Comminications

Kylie creatively blends travel and lifestyle brand expertise with agency, public relations and political communications experience. Her career spans campaigns for destinations, luxury hotels and cruise brands, from Tourism Australia and Singapore to Mandarin Oriental. Beginning in Perth Australia, she later worked in Chicago and on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

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35 years in travel

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Yanick Dalhouse

Director Media Planning

Yanick is a strategic marketing leader with extensive media planning experience. She guides integrated media strategies, manages internal and external communications teams, and builds influential public-private partnerships. Her work across leading U.S., Caribbean and international destinations gives her a nuanced understanding of diverse markets and audiences.

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22 years in travel

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Vito Anzelmi

Consulting Director, Trade

Vito combines airline sales leadership with destination marketing expertise across the Americas, Europe and Australasia. A former Virgin Australia and Tourism Australia executive, he develops high-performing sales strategies, trade partnerships and co-op campaigns across travel channels. His distinctive strength is turning ambitious ideas into genuine sales conversion.

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25 years in travel

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Barry Brown

Strategic Advisor

Barry brings together Caribbean destination expertise, luxury travel insight and senior media leadership. He has created award-winning campaigns and partnerships for tourism boards, airlines, hotels and global brands. A longtime Caribbean Tourism Organization leader, Barry offers exceptional credibility, relationships and cross-platform publishing experience to destination marketing strategy.

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37 years in travel

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Aaron Kuehn

Director of Sales

Aaron is a sales development specialist with extensive experience building, leading, and training high-performing sales teams. He is known for his consortia and host agency relationships, engaging presentations, and strategic business development. His experience with Qatar Tourism, Inside Travel Group, Rocky Mountaineer, and Flight Centre has given him deep insight into retail travel and premium tourism.

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26 years in travel

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Fahmid Kamal

Account Director

Fahmid is a commercial tourism strategist whose expertise spans destination marketing, aviation data and global airline sales. His experience with Qatar Tourism, Cirium, Virgin Australia, Delta and Etihad enables him to connect market intelligence with revenue growth. He is skilled at developing partnerships and exceeding ambitious forecasts. His international education and travels across 36 countries add a genuinely global perspective.

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22 years in travel

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Branson Heinz

Aviation Analyst

Branson is an aviation analytics specialist and airline industry veteran. His talent is to make complex aviation data accessible, practical and easy to understand. His expertise spans revenue management, data analytics, business development, account management and sales training, enabling him to translate market intelligence into clear insights that support commercial decision-making across the aviation and tourism sectors.

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18 years in travel

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Steve Farrelly

Business Development Canada

Steve is a travel industry executive with more than 20 years of experience building commercial partnerships, growing distribution networks, and leading transformational initiatives across the travel, tourism, rail, and travel technology sectors. Based in Canada and originally from Australia, Steve brings a unique combination of deep travel trade relationships, rail tourism expertise, and commercial leadership experience across the North American market.

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21 years in travel

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Sam Davies

VP South Pacific Accounts

Sam is an OTA travel sales and distribution specialist with expertise in retail, digital B2B marketing and travel advisor training. A critical thinker and confident communicator, she develops tailored solutions that strengthen partnerships, build effective sales teams and successfully launch new travel products across the United States. Her talent for teaching extends beyond tourism as an accredited driving instructor and tester in Australia.

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29 years in travel

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Angela Berardino

Media Relations Specialist

Angela has marketing and communications experience crafting unique campaigns and partnerships for some of the more compelling brands in the travel, including Kimpton, Four Seasons and the Bermuda Tourism Authority. Angela served as the Chief Strategy Officer at award-winning public relations and social media agency TURNER, working as a senior level strategist and advisor to notable global brands and luxury resorts including Tourism Australia.

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25 years in travel

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Candy Andrus

Operations Manager

Candy oversees daily fulfillment, customer service and sales support for ATM clients. She excels at managing remote teams, coordinating workflows and ensuring enquiries are handled accurately. Combining operational discipline with an understanding of booking processes, partner needs and the North American market, Candy helps clients improve response times, strengthen service standards, increase conversions and deliver seamless customer experiences.

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39 years in travel

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