Katie Daniels leaves First Class Holidays for new Maldives DMC

The head of national sales for First Class Holidays has left to work for a new company.

Daniels has been with First Class for five years and prior to that he worked at Funway and Kuoni.

Koveli Travel's portfolio will be launched to the travel trade in the UK and around the world.

Daniels has been on maternity leave this year. I would like to thank the team at First Class Holidays for five years of great work. She said it was difficult to leave.

Daniels will be using an industry-leading system to promote Koveli Travel bookings.

Daniels said she was excited to have the chance to work at Koveli Travel to develop their sales teams worldwide and launch their business to the UK travel trade.

She said that the new company offered the ease of an online travel agency, the service of a high-end concierge, and the experience of a DMC.

Craig Barnett, chief executive of Koveli Travel, said: "We are thrilled to be introducing Koveli Travel to the UK travel market."

She has a lot of experience in the industry. We are looking forward to working with more travel agents and tour operators to show them what we can do for them.