Lina Slater, the newly appointed COO of Real Response Media – who was Head of Digital Trading at TravelSupermarket.com for more than eight
years, working across commercial, partnerships, advertising, business development and
onsite trading and LastMinute.com for 3 years – will focus on strategic partnerships to build
the business and deliver additional growth streams over the next few years primarily in the
digital arena but also in print.

She will work alongside James Gambling, who worked at Saga where he was Brand
Communications Director for Cruise and Travel and also worked at Fleetway Travel as CMO.
Gambling has played an integral role in the expansion of World of Cruising website and has
been with RRM for 18 months in the role of Marketing Director, implementing the new
digital strategy. Gambling has been promoted and will now move to the newly created role
of Chief Marketing Officer working alongside Slater.

Real Response Media founder and CEO Chris Pitchford said: “The appointment of Lina is
another sign of our ambitious growth plan and underlines our commitment to the cruise
market. We are delighted to welcome Lina to the RRM family and cannot wait for her to get
started. We know that she will bring so much to the team and will add to what is already an
innovative, forward-thinking business.”

Slater said: “I'm delighted to join RRM and really looking forward to working with the team,
meeting the partners, and driving growth for the cruise market.”