David Stone
Head of Global Sales
My Super Power:
Making sure the Sales team are all happy and have all they need to offer an unforgettable experience to all our customers.
Meet the Team
Here you can meet the faces behind the Unforgettable Travel family. We are a small team with a passion for all things travel, wildlife, conservation, and culture. We have a strong work ethic and each of our travel experts are dedicated to curate your perfect itinerary, whether that’s a romantic European break, a memorable African safari, or a family adventure to Asia. You will find us in either our London, Split, Athens or New York offices, working hard to perfect your itinerary.
Our travel experts really are travel experts. Mario has traveled to Sicily 19 times, Graham has traveled to over 100 countries, Muno describes his job as “selling dreams”, Gemma published a book about safari guides, Luke has traveled across every country in Asia, Nichol has lived in Rome where she learnt Italian and adores Italy… the list goes on. We are experts but we are also passionate people with the same love of travel as you.
Our Travel Specialists
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Perian Johnson
European Travel Specialist
My Super Power:
Being based in Milan, I am the go to specialist at UTC for luxury trips to Italy and Greece.
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Gemma D'Souza
Africa Travel Specialist & Magazine Editor
My Super Power:
Creating bucket list trips for clients to track down the Big 5 at safari lodges across the plains of Africa.
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Luke Stapylton-Smith
Head of Asia
My Super Power:
They call me Asia Luke and for good reason. Japan, South East Asia, Korea, Sri Lanka, India…the list goes on.
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Ally Lewing
European Travel Specialist
My Super Power:
Designing intricate trips for clients looking to travel multiple destinations across Europe.
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Evelin Végi
European Travel Specialist
My Super Power:
Assisting our UK and Australian clients in finding the perfect cruise in Europe.
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Muno Mandizha
Luxury Cruise & Yacht Charter Specialist
My Super Power:
Knowing everything there is to know about small ship cruising and luxury yachting around the world.
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Natalie Jurcic
European Travel Specialist
My Super Power:
Designing customized itineraries throughout Croatia and beyond.
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Michela Molinari
European Travel Specialist
My Super Power:
I would describe myself as a citizen of the world and being able to plan complex tailor-made trips to Greece, Italy and Turkey.
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Sanja Kunic
European Travel Specialist
My Super Power:
Designing custom itineraries for clients looking to visit Italy, Greece, Croatia and Montenegro.
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Nora Frohberg
European Travel Specialist
My Super Power:
Based in Athens, I know everything there is about the Greek islands, Turkey and Italy.
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Nichol Lomison
European Travel Specialist
My Super Power:
Having lived in Rome, I’m a European specialist with a flair for sales, business development and adore everything about Italy.
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Stephen Lee
European Travel Specialist
My Super Power:
Originally from the US, I now live in the beautiful Cotswolds and I design intricate custom trips around Europe.
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Chelsea Marquart
European Travel Specialist
My Super Power:
I’m based in New York and love designing trips to Ireland, Scotland, England. I also specialize in curating private tours to France and Switzerland.
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Daniel French
European Travel Specialist
My Super Power:
Crafting personalized adventures and using my experience to curate intriguing itineraries across Central Europe.
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Phil Hammond
Asia Travel Specialist
My Super Power:
Designing personalized itineraries for clients looking to visit the wonders of South East Asia and beyond.
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Pietro Molica Lazzaro
Partnerships Manager
My Super Power:
I’m responsible for building commercial relationships with travel agents and group organisers. Everyone knows the name Pietro!
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Julian Pearl
Head of Client Services
My Super Power:
I manage the team that goes the extra mile and ensure that every detail matters.
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Karen Powell
Client Relationship Manager
My Super Power:
When it comes to international travel, I’m your first point of contact to connect you with the appropriate travel specialist. Looking forward to hearing where in this beautiful world you would like to go!
Our Marketing & Product Team
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Luke Harvey
Head of Marketing
My Super Power:
Coordinating all of our online and offline marketing activities for 4 brands and counting..
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Rebecca Gawley
Head of PR
My Super Power:
I’m responsible for developing the Unforgettable brand and liaising with journalists around the world.
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Heather Witten
CRM & Social Media Manager
My Super Power:
Managing our social media channels and ensuring our clients are kept up to date with our weekly email campaigns.
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Emma Hookway
Content & SEO Manager
My Super Power:
Ensuring website content is informative and inspirational across all the Unforgettable brands.
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Grace Young
Marketing Coordinator
My Super Power:
Managing all print marketing activity and assisting with marketing strategies across the brands
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Charlotte Brophy
Digital Marketing Executive
My Super Power:
Keeping a close eye on all of our websites and making sure they are unforgettable for the right reasons.
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Isabel Norman-Butler
Head of Product
My Super Power:
Maintaining a high standard of product across all brands and overseeing supplier relations.
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Si Leeming
Cruise Product & Commercial Manager
My Super Power:
I maintain relationships with the best luxury small ship cruise operators to ensure our guests can have the best experiences and service while exploring our great destinations.
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Shannon Breytenbach
Product Executive
My Super Power:
Hi! I’m Shannon. I work in the cruising section of UTC, creating itineraries, sourcing new products and further developing our cruising product alongside my Product managers. Exciting times ahead.
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Kate McGarel
Product Coordinator
My Super Power:
Keeping our databases up to date with the most up to date supplier information and prices.
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Iuliia Nunney
European Product Manager
My Super Power:
Empowering the sales team to create unforgettable travel experiences by fostering collaboration and strong relationships with local suppliers, ensuring everyone has what they need to inspire amazing journeys for our customers.
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Lisian Gianni
European Product Manager
My Super Power:
Responsible for the product development in Italy and Greece, I work closely with our partners to create and deliver unique experiences for unforgettable journeys.
Our Operations Teams
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Jelena Peršen
Croatia Operations Manager
My Super Power:
Managing our Split operations office and overseeing over 4,000 bookings to Croatia, Slovenia & Montenegro each season.
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Kalliopi Bermperi
Greece Operations Manager
My Super Power:
Being based in Athens and managing our fast growing Greece division covering bookings to both Greece and Turkey.
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Carol Furtado
European Operations Manager
My Super Power:
I’m responsible for managing UTC’s growing Italy and Western Europe operations division.
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Antonija Buntak
Tour Director Coordinator
My Super Power:
Managing our 20 tour directors who lead our 120+ guaranteed small group tours each season.
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Francesca Bell
Travel & Client Services Coordinator
My Super Power:
Arranging unforgettable experiences to our clients’ holidays whether it’s croissant making in Paris or cooking classes in Italy.
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Tihana Simuncic
Travel Coordinator
My Super Power:
I’m responsible for coordinating hundreds of bookings each year and making sure our transfers arrive on time.
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Goran Perkovic
Travel Coordinator
My Super Power:
I’m responsible for coordinating and executing hundreds of tailor-made bookings our sales team do each season.
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Elpida Kakka
Travel Coordinator
My Super Power:
Speaking both fluent Greek and Croatian, I’m responsible for finalizing bookings across multiple European destinations.
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Natara Clarke
Travel Coordinator
My Super Power:
I’m based in the London office and work closely with the operations teams on dealing with new bookings.
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Katica Beslic
Travel Coordinator
My Super Power:
Assisting clients from the US, UK and Australia with finalizing their travel arrangements and helping to answer any questions they have.
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Kallia Tsourakaki
Travel Coordinator
My Super Power:
I work within one of the busiest and fastest growing teams to ensure that clients travel plans are seamlessly organized.
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Natalia Georgiadou
Travel Coordinator
My Super Power:
From a luxury hotels and yachting background, I’m responsible for ensuring clients trips are perfectly executed.
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Maddie Dunn
Travel Coordinator
My Super Power:
Based in the London office, I’m responsible for coordinating clients trips to multiple European destinations.
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Manuela Guarnieri
Travel Coordinator
My Super Power:
Based in Rome, I work within our European operations team and coordinate private tours for clients for destinations around Europe.
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Beatrice Nicolae
Travel Coordinator
My Super Power:
Ensuring our clients’ trips run seamlessly, where it becomes natural to immerse in each destination and culture, from the people, the food and local traditions that Europe has to offer.
Our Finance Team
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Irfan Kaleem
Finance Manager
My Super Power:
Managing all finance activities across the company.
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Dawn Jordan
Finance Coordinator
My Super Power:
Working closely with our operations team to ensure all of our suppliers are paid on time.
Why book with Unforgettable Travel
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100% Financial Protection
We are a licensed and fully bonded tour operator financially protected by both the Civil Aviation Authority (ATOL) and the Association of Bonded Travel Organisers Trust (ABTOT). All clients that travel with us are fully financially protected.
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Destination Experts
Our travel experts live and breathe the destinations they specialise in. This shows in their passionate to create hand crafted trips for our clients. We don’t offer cookie cutter trips, just truly unforgettable journeys unlike any other.
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The Best Guides
What makes our trips extraordinary is the unique immersive experiences we include. We pride ourselves in our black book of sought after expert guides, game rangers and local contacts who believe in our philosophy, unforgettable.
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We Care
From the moment you book your trip, we are on hand 24/7 to assist you throughout your journey. With regional offices around the world, we have ground logistics teams on hand to help you every step of the way.
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