Abta's Victoria Bacon to step down

Bacon will depart in mid March. She joined Abta’s executive leadership team in January 2011 and has led its brand, communications, business development, events, education and engagement work.

She will focus on consultancy and advisory work in the short term, alongside spending more time with family, before considering options in the longer term.

During her time with Abta, Bacon was responsible for the design and implementation of Abta’s Travel with Confidence brand repositioning and the roll-out of the organisation’s conference and events business.

Bacon said: “It’s been an incredible nine years. I feel proud and privileged to have contributed to Abta’s development and progress and to have had the opportunity to work in such a fantastic industry.

“I’ll be sad to say goodbye to my colleagues but I’m excited about the future, and the opportunities that lie ahead.”