Stuart Parish

The Travel Weekly Group is the UK’s number 1. travel media business, encompassing the market leading brands of Travel Weekly, Aspire, gazetteers.com and Travolution. It uniquely connects the travel industry with a portfolio of brands and products which expand across print, digital media and events. Acquired in mid-2009 the business has been been transformed to reflect its position as a modern, independently owned company.

No-nonsense marketing conultancy specialising in developing and revitalising established online vehicles which have reached a crossroads in their business cycle. Heavy emphasis on business planning and marketing metrics giving partners an insight into where they could take their business in the future.

Management of leading classified site with emphasis on business strategy, planning, traffic generaton, and analytics. Ownership of finance unit with responsibilty for P&L, cashflow management and business projections. Freeads Classifieds grew within 24 months from 20th to 2nd in the UK classified market with traffic figures of 2m per month. At peaks the business showed 80%+ year on year growth in visitors and 160%+ since the aquisition of the business in early 2007.

Managing both online and offline marketing teams across travel and lifestyle brands under the lastminute.com banner. Established and managed search, affiliate and Meta-search teams within marketing function. Oversaw marketing team of 60+ heads across 10+ brands from October 2006 with total budget responsibility across all brands in excess of £25m

Marketing, Economics, Accounting, Business