Julian Burrell OBE Tributes have been paid to a leading tourism figure in Wales who championed the industry for more than 40 years, who died at the weekend. Julian Burrell OBE, 76, was a founder member and former chair of the Wales Tourism Alliance (WTA), which represents the nation’s tourism industry. In 2006, he was awarded an OBE for his services to tourism and received a National Tourism Award in 2010 for his outstanding contribution to the tourism industry. Julian was senior partner in Wales Holidays, a letting agency for more than 500 self-catering cottages, from 1978 to 2013, recognising tourism’s wider value and benefit to Wales.
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