New Routes Structure Announced

Manchester, England (ots/PRNewswire) -

UBM Live strengthens Routes business through recent restructure

UBM Live has strengthened its Routes business by making some
structural changes which have put Katie Bland and Nigel Mayes at the
forefront of the future growth of the business. The recent changes
were announced by Adrian Newton, Group Director, Transport and
Technology, UBM Live: "I am delighted to announce promotions for two
of UBM's brightest rising stars. Katie Bland will move to the
position of Director of the Routes business and Nigel Mayes will take
on the position of Commercial & Relationships Director. Katie has
almost 20 years' experience in the events industry, having worked for
a range of exhibition and media organisations. Joining Routes in
2005, Katie spent the first five years leading the Sales Team
followed by a move into her most recent role as Future Hosts
Director, where she was responsible for securing future hosts for
nine annual events in the Routes and Airport Cities portfolios."

Newton continued: "In his current role, Nigel has been responsible
for driving the commercial success of Routes, customer engagement,
airport and airline attendance and developing the conference. He has
over 15 years of aviation industry experience, having previously
worked for Birmingham International Airport before joining ASM as an
aviation consultant in 2002. Katie and Nigel's complementary skills,
experience and knowledge will combine to form a powerful leadership
team capable of steering Routes through its next exciting period of
development."

Further announcements followed, including promotions and changes
within the organisation for several members of the team. Ged Brown
moves into the Head of Future Hosting position with responsibility
for leading the team to deliver global host partners, whilst Mark
Gray will lead the Airline Relations & Scheduling team as Head of
Airline Relations.

Sallyanne Collins will become Head of Commercial with
responsibility for leading the commercial team to attract attendees
from the world's airports, tourism authorities, other stakeholders
and suppliers across all Routes events. Natasha Peck takes on further
responsibility for the Airport Cities and Aerotropolis brands as Head
of Marketing - Routes and Airport Cities. Natasha has been a driving
force behind the Routes brand for the past 10 years and will now take
this experience into the Airport Cities events, together with other
brands within the business.

Notes to Editors

About Routes

- Routes organises world-renowned airline and airport networking events
through its regional and global Route Development Forums. Each year, there is one
global event and one regional event in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas and CIS
respectively. http://www.routesonline.com
- Routes was founded in 1995 as part of the Manchester UK-based ASM Ltd., a
consultancy specialising in the field of route development for airports.
http://www.asm-global.com
- Routes and ASM were acquired by UBM Aviation Worldwide Ltd in August 2010.
From 1st August 2012 Routes, ASM and the Airport Cities Conference and Exhibition
become part of the UBM Live division of UBM plc.
- UBM Live connects people and creates opportunities for companies across five
continents to develop new business, meet customers, launch new products, promote their
brands and expand their markets. Through premier brands such as MD&M, CPhI, IFSEC,
TFM&A, Cruise Shipping Miami, the Concrete Show, the Routes portfolio of events,
Airport Cities and many others, UBM Live exhibitions, conferences, awards programs,
publications, websites and training and certification programs are an integral part of
the marketing plans of companies across more than 20 industry sectors.
http://www.ubmlive.com

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Contact:
For further press information please contact: Victoria Jones, PR
Executive, Routes, T: +44-(0)161-234-2730, E: pr@routesonline.com