Sitting within the group’s leadership team, Gambling will take up the role on 22 May, bringing with him a wealth of experience in travel including 32 years at Saga Travel where he held a variety of marketing roles.

After Saga, Gambling moved onto Travelopia before joining Fleetway Travel as chief marketing officer and director of customer experience. He joins from Real Response Media where he is currently chief marketing officer.

Reporting directly to JG Travel Group’s chief executive Chris Simmonds, who was formerly chief executive of Saga Holidays, Gambling will have day-to-day responsibility for the management of the marketing, digital and studio departments, plus the trade sales team and partnerships team.