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lastminute.com appoints Drew Robinson as Head of Country Distribution
Online travel and leisure retailer lastminute.com has appointed former Hotel Reservation Services Partnership Manager Drew Robinson as Head of Country Distribution (UK).
Published: 22 Aug 2008
Online travel and leisure retailer lastminute.com has appointed former Hotel Reservation Services Partnership Manager Drew Robinson as Head of Country Distribution (UK).
Robinson reports directly into Group Vice President of Distribution Vic Darvey.
Robinson started his travel career at HotelConnect and joined the German HRS in 2005, where he played a key role in launching it into the UK market.
lastminute.com Partner Network, launched late last year, sees lastminute.com wholesaling parent company Sabre's complete hotel inventory – which comprises of 40,000 hotels from its global distribution system and a further 40,000 merchant rate properties from Travelocity, lastminute.com and medhotels.com. Partnership Network distributes deals include leading social networking site WAYN and Irish Flag Carrier Aer Lingus.
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