What was your first job? And how did you get into travel? My first job was as a trainee reservations clerk for a North London based short break Tour Operator (Stallard Holidays) run by the father of my sister's boyfriend…
Photo: Mark Douet By Carlie Newman GTO Take your group to Hampstead theatre to see REYKJAVIK (until 23 November). Although concerned with one particular incident, the sinking of a trawler off the coast of Iceland in February 1975, the play…
What is the best thing about being a (G)TO? I have always been the family travel organiser, as I’ve always been passionate about travelling. While we did a lot of sightseeing as I was growing up, and even had regular…
If you were not doing your current job, what would you be doing? That’s a difficult question because I truly love my job at English Heritage. It’s a perfect blend of my love for history and working within the tourism…
Why Am I So Single. Danny Kaan The two new shows this week are both looking at platonic friendships. The big new musical at the Garrick Theatre, London is WHY AM I SO SINGLE? **** (booking until 13 February 2025)…
Photo: Marc Brenner It’s very difficult to write a musical and also more expensive than putting a play on, so it has to be a brave writer, an adventurous theatre and even braver producers to mount a new musical theatre…
Three things I can't live without my diary - I still keep a paper copy (don't trust the computer as it has a habit of breaking down when I most need it) and my diary keeps all the information…
If you were not doing your current job, what would you be doing? This is a tough question to start with. You see, I love my job. It has taken me all over the UK, Europe and beyond, broadened…
My Advice for GTO's: This may sound arrogant which I am sure I am not! But in terms of advice and over a huge number of years of organising.. I have rather learned “on the hoof”! Above all.. as with…
