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Nadine Rankin
Joint CEO
As a graduate of Salford University, Nadine started her career in tour operation at Intasun Holidays, before moving to Kuoni Travel as the Product Executive for the Caribbean and Florida. She joined AMG in 1993 in an account management and new business development role, and became the company MD in 2005.
She now oversees the team of directors and managers, and continues to have day to day involvement in the relationships with AMG’s clients, and the sales and marketing activities, carried out on their behalf.
Nadine is a trustee of the CHTA Education Foundation and sits on the board of the CTO Chapter UK & Europe and the Association of National Tourist Offices & Representatives.
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Darren Pearson
Joint CEO
Darren is a former contract negotiator at TUI UK and brings with him a deep understanding of the commercial imperatives of our clients and the big tour operators. He drives rate strategy for some of our hotels and manages a number of our tour operator and client relationships.
Seeing an opportunity in the market to vastly improve access to travel agents in the UK, Darren masterminded the build of MyBookingRewards.com, our global online travel agent sales incentive management tool.
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Sangita Makwana
Marketing Director
Our Marketing Director, has over 24 years of destination and hotel promotion experience having worked for Kimpton Hotels, Arizona Office of Tourism, Oman Tourism and Dubai Tourism.
Sangita started her career in aviation, with Ethiopian Airlines and BWIA, and went on to work for almost 10 years for Air Jamaica. Being Tanzania- born and bred, Sangita has a great love of southern and east Africa.
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Anders Sparkhall
Commercial Director
Following a six-year stint in product management with The Holiday Place, Anders joined AMG’s commercial team in 2019 where he is now the lead in managing key commercial relationships with the major tour operator producers to our hotels in the Caribbean and Mexico. In his spare time Anders is a Football Association-registered football coach.
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Silvia Catena
Senior Commercial Manager
Originally from Italy, Silvia studied Foreign Languages at the University of Bologna before moving to London in 2015. During the past 9 years in the UK, she has gained invaluable experience working in the hospitality industry to then move to the travel industry working at Tripadvisor and latterly representing Hyatt Inclusive Collection. Her work experience allowed her to implement revenue management strategies for All-inclusive hotel resorts in the Caribbean and Mexico to increase revenue, maximize ADR and grow share in the UK & European markets; furthermore, she had the opportunity to look after the relationships with Italian tour operator partners, sourcing and securing the best possible opportunities in this market.
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Stephen Smith
Sales & Marketing Manager
With over 30 years of travel industry experience, Stephen has worked for a variety of companies, including The Cayman Islands Department of Tourism, Beachcomber Tours and Maritim Hotels. He has worked in Sales and Marketing as well as Business Development, and this has enabled him to forge long lasting business relationships across the travel industry.
This experience is a key asset in working for the destination of Tobago, as Account Manager.
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Jade Calver
Key Account Manager
Key Account Manager – Jade comes to AMG following ten years in Caribbean and USA product management for tour operators Funway and Kenwood. Her role as Key Account Manager involves building and maintaining key relationships with tour operators and travel agents on behalf of our small hotels portfolio which includes True Blue Bay Grenada, Calabash Cove St Lucia, Sonesta Maho Beach and Sonesta Ocean Point in St Maarten.
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Lucy Abdul
Commercial Manager
Lucy joined AMG’s commercial team in 2023, with a decade of experience in Travel Industry. Lucy’s role in the industry started as a Travel sales consultant for 6 years, before changing roles and taking on a new challenge as a Product and Commercial executive. Lucy is now managing commercial accounts in the UK & France to all our hotels in the Caribbean and Mexico.
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Paulina Grzelka
Country Manager - GASP
Business Development Manager for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Poland, Paulina has over 10 years international experience in the travel industry. After graduating from law at Free University in Berlin she started her career at TUI in May 2014 where she gained proven expertise in all aspects of tourism management, from managing reservations to tours, events, recruitment, staff training and business development. In the last 10 years she has lived in Greece, Turkey, and Sri Lanka. In 2021 she moved to London. Paulina speaks German, Polish, English, and Turkish. In her spare time, she loves travelling, practicing yoga and surfing. She tells us she starts her day with a double espresso and finishes the day with a glass of Valpolicella!
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Nicola Francis
Country Manager UK & Spain
As Country Manager across the UK, Ireland and Spain, Nicola’s focus is on boosting agent engagement on behalf of clients through the rewards programmes and face to face events, delivering on marketing strategies for our client portfolios, as well as strengthening key partnerships with operators.
Nicola brings more than 17 years of industry experience to the role having previously worked with an impressive portfolio of hotels across the Caribbean and the UK. Boasting a wealth of destination and on-property expertise with brands such as Hyatt Inclusive collection (formerly AMR Collection), Nicola holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Spanish and International relations, which included an immersive work placement in Latin America.
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Sylvie Le Bot
Country Manager France
Business Development Manager France, Spain & Benelux
Sylvie came to AMG with 30 years of tour operating experience in France, specialising particularly in product management in the Caribbean and Latin America region. Sylvie is also a qualified product trainer
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