Arabain Travel Mart (ATM), part of the World Travel Market portfolio, has boosted its executive team with the appointment of a new Portfolio Director Claude Blanc, who has over 25 years of experience within the travel trade and hospitality industry. Claude Blanc takes on the overall responsibility for all events in the World Travel Market portfolio including, WTM London, Travel Forward, the International Travel & Tourism Awards, ATM, WTM Latin America and WTM Africa. Prior to this, he was Digital Travel Director for TUI groupand has also held senior posts with travel management company Rosenbluth International and timeshare exchange company RCI.