Alfa Travel Appoints New Operations Director

April 10, 2013 - PRLog -- Alfa Travel, leading operator of quality coach holidays, tours and short breaks throughout the UK, Ireland and Western Europe, is pleased to announce the appointment of Alan Scoles as Operations Director to head up the coaches division of the group.

Alan brings over 20 years of coaching experience with him and is well known within the industry having held a number of senior positions including Operations Planning Director for Shearings for more than a decade and President of the Confederation of Passenger Transport UK in 2007. Most recently Alan played a key role as part of the transport planning team with the 2012 Olympics Delivery Authority.

Paul Sawbridge, Managing Director said “We had a wide ranging and well qualified choice of applicants for this post but Alan stood out as the best candidate. His previous experience at Shearings is very relevant to our operation. We are delighted we have been able to appoint such a high profile candidate with a reputation for thorough professionalism. On a personal note, I am very pleased to be working with Alan again after an interlude of more than 23 years!”

This new appointment allows current Head of Operations Neil McMurdy to move his focus on to the Central Systems and IT aspects of the business.

Alfa is famous for providing quality coach travel and runs a large operation which covers most major population centres in England and Wales by means of four separate operating areas: North West England and North Wales, North East England, the Midlands and the South East of England carrying over 100,000 passengers a year. http://www.alfatravel.co.uk/