This week, I had the pleasure of spending time with John Bevan, CEO of DNATA Travel.

John’s been a great friend of mine for while. He’s been living in Miami for the past couple of years with his wife Jo, enjoying the sunshine and now he’s back in the UK.

Years ago, when I was first brainstorming about the idea of Connections, I remember bouncing so many ideas off John and at the time – he asked me so many good questions, which really helped me shape the Connections concept.

And, when he was heading up Spafinder Wellness, it was also John who introduced me to Stella Photi, MD of Wellbeing Escapes, – our content partner for Connections Wellbeing. He’s really been a key influencer, mentor and supporter of us from the start.

We had a fantastic catch-up over lunch, before hanging out again later that day at the British Travel and Hospitality Hall of Fame Awards at the Dorchester in London for our latest Connections Social Dinner.

John seems to be thriving in his new role at DNATA. He’s so proud to head up an organisation with such a strong agent base. And he’s always been such a people person, it’s clear that he’s bringing his personable approach to the organisation.

We’re really hoping to have John at an upcoming Connections event to give a ConnecTed Talk, so watch this space!