ONE of Ireland s most experienced travel and tourism ?gures Diane Poole has launched her own consultancy to provide strategic advice and support to the industry as the Covid-19 recovery process starts to kick in.
Diane Poole
Diane Poole MBE, one of the country s most experienced travel and tourism figures, launched DP Consultancy earlier this year.
The business offers a wide range of services to companies working in the tourism, travel and leisure industry including strategy development, networking and lobbying, mentoring individuals and teams and crisis management.
Diane has been an active member of the travel sector for over 40 years since joining NI Railways in the 1970s, during which time she has gained a wealth of experience across a
number of industry sectors including ferry travel, destination marketing and strategic partnership development.
She has also held a number of Board advisory positions including Chair of Causeway Coast and Glens Tourism Partnership for over 15 years and in 2009, she was awarded an OBE for
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TRUSSVILLE The Trussville Rotary Daybreak Club has announced its Hewitt-Trussville High School scholarship recipient for 2021.
Alex Jones, a senior at HTHS, was presented with a $5,000 scholarship from the club. Jones is the President of the Peer Partner Program at HT, a program serving students with intellectual disabilities, a member of the Chick-fil-A Leadership Academy, training students worldwide to become leaders he is in the National Honor Society, and he is an outdoor and indoor HT Track and Field team member.
Jones was also selected as one of 30 members of the HT Leadership Team, whose mission is to make an impact through servant leadership. He has been accepted into the Shackouls Honor College at Mississippi State University (MSU) and will also serve as an AFROTC Cadet at MSU.
From The Tribune staff reports
TRUSSVILLE SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey spoke to the Trussville Rotary Daybreak Club through a Zoom call on Wednesday, May 19.
The Auburn, New York, native shared some thoughts about how the conference was affected by the pandemic as well as some updates on current topics within the conference.
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. Submitted photo
“The phrase ‘sports builds character’ is accurate in many situations,” said Sankey. “However, ‘sports reveals character’ is sometimes the case as well.”
Sankey touched on the intra-conference transfer rule, which requires an athlete to sit out for one full academic year upon a transfer to another SEC institution. This was initially instated to prevent programs from recruiting from other programs. The rule has been challenged lately by argument that other student groups can transfer and immediately be eligible for participation.