Tourico Holidays Hires Next Generation of Leaders from Within

Tourico Holidays, the world’s fastest growing travel wholesaler, based out of Orlando, has announced new promotions in the past month, as the company looks to build off of a momentous 2015. Tourico has promoted eight company veterans, Stephen Skidgel, Lauren Volcheff Atlass, Neil Emerson, Grant LeBlanc, Ellen Forrest, Morna Sanoy, JC Andrade, and Kieran LePetit to leadership positions within its organization.

Steve Skidgel, formerly the Executive Vice President of Operations for Tourico Holidays, will take on a new role as Executive Vice President of Global Product Development. Mr. Skidgel has over 26 years of experience in the travel industry and, for the last decade, has served as Tourico’s Executive Vice President of Operations - leading Tourico to “best in class” service.

Lauren Volcheff Atlass, a veteran of Tourico Holidays for nearly nine years, has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Global Sales, where she will lead an international sales team, servicing clients in more than 100 countries.

Neil Emerson has recently relocated from Orlando to London to assume the role of President of Business Development for the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) region. A 30-year veteran of the travel industry, and most recently the Senior Vice President of Global Product Development for Tourico Holidays, Mr. Emerson will now be responsible for overseeing multi-million dollar deals with both distribution clients and supplier partners across the EMEA region.

Grant LeBlanc, formerly the Vice President of Operations for Tourico, will now serve as the Executive Vice President of Operations. Mr. LeBlanc has over 12 years of experience in the hospitality industry and has been with Tourico since 2013.

Ellen Forrest, formerly the Director of Training and Development for the Tourico Holidays Travel Academy, has been promoted to Vice President of Product Development for North America. .

Morna Sanoy, formerly a Human Resources Manager for Tourico, will take over as the Director of Global Human Resources. After nearly two years as a Tourico HR Manager and with over 20 total years of human resources experience, Ms. Sanoy will now lead the company’s global HR department. Tourico has 30 local locations and 720 employees spread out across 5 continents, making strong leadership within human resource a priority for the company.

JC Andrade has been named the Director of Training and Development for the Tourico Holidays Travel Academy. Mr. Andrade was formerly the Director of Training and Global Operations for Tourico, where he was responsible for hiring and training new agents, clients, and internal employees.

Kieran LePetit has been named the Director of Global Recruiting for Tourico Holidays. Mr. LePetit’s recruiting efforts over the past several years have resulted in the substantial growth of the Tourico Holidays Travel Academy, which received more than 7,200 applicants, including 1,550 from Ivy League graduates, in just two years of operation. Kieran will now lead the charge in doubling the size of the Academy by 2018 and continuing to hire qualified, outside professionals.

“Over the past decade, Tourico has seen unprecedented growth and success in the travel industry,“ Uri Argov, Founder and CEO of Tourico Holidays explains. And with the new promotions and leadership, Argov says, “we’re supremely confident in the future performance of our organization.”