About Us
Nadine Rankin - 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.
Stephen Smith - 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.
Jade Calver, Commercial & Partnerships Manager - Jade comes to AMG following ten years in Caribbean and USA product management for tour operators, Funway and Kenwood.
Syvie Le Bot, 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
Darren Pearson – 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. Email
Sangita Makwana, 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.
Anders Sparkhall, Commercial Manager. 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.