Travo@10: Travelport – meet the team

Claire Osborne: Solutions sales director Claire’s 20-plus years’ experience in the industry spans many sectors. Her previous roles have included managing UK agency sales for STA Travel, commercial and marketing manager at Resorthoppa and business analyst at Tui, where she defined change across the main tour operator and retail businesses. Claire joined Travelport almost five … Continue reading Travo@10: Travelport – meet the team

Claire Osborne: Solutions sales director

Claire’s 20-plus years’ experience in the industry spans many sectors. Her previous roles have included managing UK agency sales for STA Travel, commercial and marketing manager at Resorthoppa and business analyst at Tui, where she defined change across the main tour operator and retail businesses.

Claire joined Travelport almost five years ago, working initially as director of product support (Europe). In her current role as solutions sales director, she leads the team of solutions experts throughout northern Europe, providing support and direction to customers utilising the wide range of Travelport products and services.

Heli Salmons: Head of new business development

Heli has worked in the UK travel industry for 25 years. Before joining Travelport, she held sales and business development positions at Stena Line and Virgin Media. Previously, Heli lived in Sweden where she worked for Iberia, Sabena and Silja Line. Heli joined Travelport four years ago.

She now develops new business opportunities with her team across all sectors including leisure, travel management and OTAs. Heli is responsible for providing customers with the tools to grow their businesses, giving them access to Travelport’s Travel Commerce Platform which offers unrivalled travel content via the award-winning agency point-of-sale solution, Travelport Smartpoint.