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PUREists Spreading the Word.....
We strongly believe in personal contact so we welcome the opportunity to discuss PURE Life Experiences with you in more detail. Our main contact details are below so please feel free to contact us about anything even if you just feel like a chat!
Leadership
Serge Dive - Founder & CEO
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CEO of Beyond Luxury Media Ltd. and PURE Life Experiences, Serge Dive was the Founder and former CEO of ILTM (International Luxury Travel Market) in Cannes. He sold the business to Reed Exhibitions in 2005 and launched with them the award winning Asia Luxury Travel Market in Shanghai. Serge is on the Advisory Board of IC Bellagio, a leading Italian DMC.
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Sarah Ball - Co-Founder & COO
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Director of Beyond Luxury Media Ltd. and COO of PURE Life Experiences, Sarah Ball firmly established her reputation in the travel industry handling all the marketing and PR for International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM). Here she was largely credited for successfully masterminding the presence of the world’s top luxury buyers during the first 5 years of the show. She then went on to lead the marketing drive for luxury adventure watch brand, Linde Werdelin, before joining Beyond Luxury Media Ltd. to Co-Found PURE Life Experiences.
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Experience Supplier Relations
Ryan Wallace - Head of Sales
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As a tourism management graduate, Ryan started his career with the V&A Waterfront Company in Cape Town followed by a fun foray into the private aviation sector. He moved to London in 2001 to broaden his horizons and quickly became immersed in the international travel exhibition landscape. From 2002 until 2006 Ryan primarily worked on World Travel Market however he soon realised his heart was in the high-end sector of the travel business and from 2006 worked on International Luxury Travel Market and Asia Luxury Travel Market searching the globe for relevant travel suppliers. He continues to be passionate about creating leading and forward thinking marketplaces for the travel industry and we're excited to have Ryan on board.
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Emma Squire - Senior Sales Executive
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Emma began working for PURE Life Experiences at its launch in 2009 and has recently rejoined the company to be part of the sales team once again. Having begun her sales career at Conde Nast Publications, as a key member of the sales team for Vogue Magazine, Emma went on to work in PR and marketing at Ogilvy PR and Stuart Higgins Communications. At Stuart Higgins Communications she gained an insight into working and organising trade events through working with one of their key clients, Grand Designs Live. During the past few months Emma has set up a small enterprise of her own nurturing her passion and interest for loose leaf tea which stems from spending six months in India and Nepal. As part of the PURE sales team, Emma will be happy to answer any of your queries and talk you through the exhibiting process so don't hesitate to give her a call.
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Private Travel Designer Relations
Sarah Falconer - Travel Relations Manager
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Having been elected onto the Snow-Boarding Society whilst at University, Sarah is a keen skier which has led to her passion for travel. After doing work experience for the Observer Newspaper she spent some time travelling around India, China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the USA and Europe before joining the team at PURE Life Experiences to take up the position of Travel Relations Manager. Sarah is in charge of exploring the various distribution channels available to Travel experience suppliers and to foster the relationship between PURE and Private Travel Designers as well as media personalities.
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Katie Wood - Travel Relations Executive
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Having studied History at Bristol University, Katie became fascinated by the history of culture and the diversity of civilisations across the world. She perceived Experiential Travel as a means of connecting with the customs and traditions of other societies, and a way of embedding oneself on a deeper level in the world of today. Upon graduating, Katie resolved to turn her passion into a reality, embarking on an experiential adventure of her own. She spent four months travelling around South-East Asia and South America, partaking in voluntary work and exploring the myriad experiences on offer in each diverse country, before returning to England. She joins the PURE team as a Travel Relations Executive and will be responsible for researching and locating prospective Experience Creators, honing close relationships, and ultimately encouraging the development of new business.
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Event Marketing & Creative Inspiration
Carrie Hainge - Marketing Manager
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Having grown up in Munich for eleven years, and working in Alpe d'Huez, France for a ski season in 2002/03, Carrie is a passionate skier and has a love of the mountains and outdoors. This led her to work for the Ski Club Of Great Britain in 2004 where she established herself as Marketing Manager in 2009. Over the course of her career at the Ski Club, she managed all marketing activities, sponsorship, partnerships, communications and events. She worked with ski resorts and locations across the world to establish the Ski Club as the independent voice of snowsports in the UK. She joined the PURE Life Experiences team in January 2012 to manage our marketing and PR activities so do get in touch with any potential opportunities.
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James Sprawson - Graphic Designer
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James works on the design based elements for PURE. When not doing this he can be found in his natural environment or planning his next adventure to some far flung wilderness either photographing exotic wildlife or on some kind of extreme trek or adventure the further off the track the better. Having swum with Great Whites, survived in the wild of Alaska with Brown Bears and conquered various mountains he has a clear passion for travel well on the experiencial side rather than sitting on a beach. (Plus he burns like a peach) The skills developed from his extensive design background and always being up for a challenge have seen him fit snugly into the PURE team.
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Charlotte Stebbings- Marketing Executive
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Having graduated from Leeds University in 2009 with a BA in Spanish and Portuguese, Charlotte grew fascinated with Hispanic and Latin American history and culture. Aside from travelling around the world for six months during her gap year, Charlotte has lived in Lisbon and Madrid and has learnt what it is to experience life abroad and to immerse oneself into the culture and customs of a new society. Charlotte went on to use her language skills in the leading UK wine PR company, Westbury Communications, where she worked for a year and a half liaising with foreign clients, organising wine tastings and attending wine exhibitions. She joins PURE as a Marketing Executive and is very excited for the year ahead.
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Ceri Morris - Event Coordinator
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Ceri brings to PURE a huge wealth of experience in event coordination which she gained at Reed Midem, one of the world's most prestigious event companies. She studied in France and in Italy via the Erasmus programme and can speak English, French, Spanish and Italian. Ceri is also a keen traveller and has spent 6 months in 2010 travelling around Australasia with the view to broaden her horizon and to know more about what the world has to offer. She has now recently joined us at PURE and will take over the administration and logistic coordination of the company.
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Global Agents
Andrés Brosou - Latin America
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Andrés has developed his career in the tourism and hospitality industry,
working at TAM Brazilian Airlines and South African Airways before founding
The Marketing Collection in 2001, a highly successful company,
dedicated to representing international high end hotels and properties to the
Latin America marketplace through sales, marketing and public relations.
Today Andrés divides his time between Cape Town, where he lives with his
family and heads up different businesses and the Latin American countries,
where he has developed strong commercial ties. Since the launch of
Pure Life Experiences, Andrés has worked together with our team analysing
this emerging market and offering expert advice and recommendations.
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Jessica Hudson - Middle East
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Growing up in Dubai and South Africa, Jessica caught the travel bug at an early age and is now a seasoned traveller. After graduating from Bristol University with a degree in French and Spanish, Jessica joined Abercrombie & Kent followed by Exsus working in London and New York designing bespoke holidays for the rich and famous. In 2006, Jessica moved back to Dubai and joined Emirates Group working for Emirates Hotels & Resorts and DNATA Holidays. Realising a gap in the market for specialist travel, she co-founded boutique hotel concierge Chic Collection Travel in 2009. Jessica has tried and tested her way around the world's most luxurious hotels and beautiful hideaways, and continues to design tailor-made travel experiences for her private clients.
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Debra Taylor - Antarctic and Arctic regions (including small expedition cruising)
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Debra Taylor specializes in marketing expedition cruises, wildlife holidays and unique adventures around the world, with her company toucanmoon, and especially enjoys the polar extremes! She is fortunate to have stood at both Poles; most recently having experienced an adventure to the South Pole flying by twin otter from an Antarctic base camp, whilst only a few years earlier sailing on a powerful icebreaker from northern Russia all the way to 90 degrees North. Debra brings a wealth of first hand, specialist knowledge to PURE Life Experiences and it's great to have her on the team.
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Daniel Brown - Sub Sahara Africa
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Born in London, England, Daniel spent his formative years in Tanzania, where his love of Africa was nurtured. Daniel then moved, with his family, to the Seychelles, where he spent a number of years before returning to England to complete his education. In 1995 Daniel returned to Africa and in 1997, after time as operations manager for a large inbound tour operator based in Johannesburg, dmAFRICA was launched with his business colleague. Offering luxury services throughout Southern Africa, East Africa & Indian Ocean Islands dmAfrica offers a clear dedication for customer service, with the aim to always exceed client expectations, demonstrating creative flair and a 'can do' attitude. Daniel has travelled extensively in Southern & Eastern Africa, building up a vast and in-depth product knowledge of this exciting region.
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Rhys Arrowsmith - Australia & New Zealand
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From the early age of 20, Rhys has been involved in the hospitality trade and was successful in acquiring, growing and selling seven restaurants in seven years! After being headhunted by cooperates in Australia he moved on to his next challenge as ambassador for prestigious brands such as Dom Perignon, Moet and Glenfiddich in hotels, luxury lodges and major events throughout New Zealand, Australia, Asia and Europe. But, the keen outdoorsman yearned to bring his family back to New Zealand where he now lives in Tauranga. Here as Managing Director, he created Black Label Retreats, his own exclusive collection of private villas and retreats in New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific. Rhys' no compromise attitude and pride in providing exceptionally high levels of client focus and service makes him the perfect ally to have on the PURE Life Experiences team.
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Unit 306
Westbourne Studios
242 Acklam Road
London W10 5JJ, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 203 176 4623
Fax: +44 (0) 207 657 3235
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