Ian Benjafield

Head of Communications, Ambassador Cruise Line

Purfleet, England, United Kingdom

About

A travel and leisure PR professional with 25+ years experience of working in large complex businesses and as a self-employed consultant. Specialties include: brand, product and corporate communications; public relations strategy; media relations; campaign management; promotions; team management and development; press releases, scriptwriting and presentations; event management; content direction; reputation management and crisis communications.

Experience

  • Head of Communications at Ambassador Cruise Line
    Sep 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

  • Corporate Communications at Travelodge Hotels Limited
    Aug 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Associate - crisis, issues and reputation management, Deloitte Crisis and Resilience Advisory at Deloitte
    Nov 2020 - Jul 2021 · 9 mos

  • Public Relations / Communications Director at Brandstands
    Jun 2016 - Jul 2021 · 5 yrs 2 mos

    Communications professional specialising in consumer and B2B media relations, strategic PR planning, team management, reputation and crisis management, copywriting, broadcast, product launches and event management. Clients included Dellar Davies, the live event management company, working with the Institute of Travel and Tourism, Travel Marketing Awards, Subsea7 on Conference production, marketing and PR; UK travel trade association ABTA, producing its annual conference; Head of PR for icelolly.com, successfully promoting the business as the UK’s leading holiday price comparison and deals website. Project clients included Saga Group (internal and external comms audit, holiday division including Saga Holidays, Destinology, and Titan); and collaborations with various communication agency partners on support functions and new business pitches.

  • Content Director at Dellar Davies Ltd
    Jun 2016 - Jul 2021 · 5 yrs 2 mos

    Retained as Director of Content for Dellar Davies, the live event management company, on PR & Marketing, conference production, copywriting and speaker management (ABTA Travel Convention, ITT, Travel Marketing Awards, etc).