Joe Ponte, CEO Hotelplan UK [Bonus Episode #12]
Joe Ponte is CEO at Hotelplan UK, the company that own the Inghams, Esprit, Flexiski and Ski Total brands.
During our conversation Joe and I talked about a wide range of subjects including:
- His first experience of the travel industry at Flight Centre in Australia
- Joe was previously MC at Explore Worldwide
- Joe joined Hotelplan in November 2020
- The challenges of this unusual season
- Optimism bias
- The Save Our Summer travel lobbying group
- 60% of Hoteplan customers carried over their cancelled bookings to next winter
- Year on year bookings are 100% up
- Iain went to Crans Montana in December
- Hotelplan will be offering 32 chalets for winter 2021/22
- Find out more about the SBIT campaign here
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