New Routes Structure Announced

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MANCHESTER, England, Dec. 5 /PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

    - 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

    Follow us on Twitter: @Routesonline, @TheHUBRoutes, @VictoriaRoutes,

@NLPROU, @airlineroute

    About UBM plc

    - UBM plc is a global events-led marketing services and communications

company. We help businesses do business, bringing the world's buyers and

sellers together at events and online, as well as producing and distributing

news and specialist content. Our 5,500 staff in more than 30 countries are

organised into expert teams which serve commercial and professional

communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively

and efficiently.

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SOURCE: UBM Live Routes Ltd