Joe Ponte, CEO Hotelplan UK (Bonus Episode #12)

Joe Ponte is CEO at Hotelplan UK, the company that own the Inghams, Esprit, Flexiski and Ski Total brands.

During our conversation Joe and I talked about a wide range of subjects including:

• His first experience of the travel industry at Flight Centre in Australia
• Joe was previously MC at Explore Worldwide
• Joe joined Hotelplan in November 2020
• The challenges of this unusual season
• Optimism bias
• The Save Our Summer travel lobbying group
• 60% of Hoteplan customers carried over their cancelled bookings to next winter
• Year on year bookings are 100% up
• Iain went to Crans Montana in December
• Hotelplan will be offering 32 chalets for winter 2021/22
• Find out more about the SBIT campaign here

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