Wills to leave Virgin Holidays
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Amanda Wills has announced she will leave Virgin Holidays in September to pursue some independent commercial and charitable interests.
Wills will leave the tour operator on 1 September after 13 years as managing director, under which the company has doubled its turnover and profits four-fold and bookings have grown to half a million passengers a year.
She joined Virgin Holidays from Airtours days after the 9/11 attacks and has since expanded its programme into Travel City Direct, Bales Worldwide, Virgin Holidays Cruises and Virgin Holidays+HIP Hotels.
“This was obviously a very tough decision to make, but after 13 fantastic years in the best job in travel it feels like the right time to hand the reins to someone else. I shall miss my amazing team around the world, but I leave a very talented leadership group who will continue growing our business and changing the game for good in our area of the travel industry,” said Wills. “I’m very proud of everything we’ve achieved together in this unique and ever-changing industry, and will look back on my years at Virgin Holidays as amongst the happiest of my life.”
Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group added: “It’s no exaggeration to say that AW is a legend within the industry. Virgin Holidays would not be the strong, innovative company it is today without her leadership.”
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