The Irish Travel Agents Association has appointed former ITAA President Clare Dunne as its new CEO.
Clare Dunne's appointment follows the retirement of Pat Dawson and she will take up her new role at the start of July.
After starting her career as a reservations agent with Aer Lingus, she commenced her agency experience with International Travel Bureau, and then went on manage Griffin Travel in Dublin’s Dawson Street before opening her own travel agency, The Travel Broker, in 1994.
She acted as the ITAA's first female president from 2012 to 2014.
Clare Dunne said the significance of being named the organisation's first female CEO is not lost on her and she said she looks forward to building on the great work of her colleagues to grow the industry at home and abroad.
"As The Travel Broker moves on to a new chapter I will look back on my many years there very fondly and I look forward to the exciting challenges and opportunities afforded to me in this new position," she added.
