Former Tui graduate trainee named new First Choice boss

Quinton-Smith, who joined Tui as a graduate trainee 12 years ago, was most recently its UK director of digital marketing and CRM. 

Tui said Quinton-Smith, a member of TTG’s 30 Under 30 scheme in 2014-15, would be tasked with “delivering an exciting strategy” for the First Choice brand and leading its development “in a new direction”.

Prior to joining the travel sector, he studied business and economics at Exeter University and has worked across a range of commercial, digital and marketing roles during his time at Tui.

Quinton-Smith also spent two years as a travel industry manager at Google, working with a range of businesses across the sector helping them leverage the digital ecosystem and Google solutions.