Connecting Travel appoints News Editor

Kate Birch brings 20 years’ experience to the role 

Connecting Travel is thrilled to announce the appointment of Kate Birch as News Editor.

Kate Birch comes to Connecting Travel with 20 years of diverse international experience as an editor on lifestyle consumer and B2B publications in the UK, the UAE and Singapore.

Birch joins Connecting Travel from Audley Travel, where she worked within the marketing department as an Editor and Content Writer.

Prior to this, Kate spent more than a decade working on trade titles within retail, hospitality and sustainability, developing razor-sharp news reporting skills.

Connecting Travel Editorial Director Sarah Hedley Hymers said: “Connecting Travel is entering a new phase of growth and Kate is integral to that development.

“With superior journalism skills and a keen understanding of the region and the market, she brings essential vast experience to the role, guaranteeing our readers are getting the best quality content possible. I have absolute confidence that Kate will help CT realise its goals.”

Kate added: “I am thrilled to join the business at such an exciting time in Connecting Travel’s journey and am committed to helping it reach new heights.

“Having already spent more than 15 years working in the Middle East and two decades in consumer and B2B publishing, more recently with a focus on travel, I’m looking forward to diving deeper into sector, and particularly during these exciting times of change and growth in the region and beyond.”

For more information, visit www.connectingtravel.com and www.jacobsmediagroup.com. To meet with the Connecting Travel team during ATM 2025, email nadine.bridi@connectingtravel.com

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