TRBusiness is delighted to announce that it has appointed Luke Barras-Hill as Deputy Editor with effect from today.

 

With more than seven years’ journalistic experience, Barras-Hill has held editorial positions across a variety of B2B publications covering the international luxury goods markets, in addition to public realm and built environment sectors.

 

Most recently, he was Managing Editor of African Review of Business Technology. Here he was responsible for overseeing strategic content delivery for the continent’s leading technical magazine dedicated to business, finance, construction, power and mining.

 

Barras-Hill previously served as Business and Finance Editor and Acting Editor for Frontier magazine, playing a pivotal role in enhancing its business coverage across all channels, in addition to re-launching Frontier Buyers’ Guide (formerly Frontier Brands) and co-hosting the Frontier Awards.

 

He has a BA (Hons) in History and Anthropology and a NCTJ preliminary certificate in newspaper journalism.

 

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He will report to Managing Editor Charlotte Turner. Both Barras-Hill and Turner report to Editorial Director Doug Newhouse.

 

“I’m delighted to be joining TRBusiness and excited to be re-entering travel retail at a time of profound change in the global macroeconomic landscape, which continues to affect travel habits, spending and competition,” commented Barras-Hill.

 

“Alongside contributing to TRBusiness’ authoritative, timely and hard-hitting reporting, I look forward to reigniting friendships, forging new contacts, and helping support the magazine’s strong industry engagement, to ensure TRBusiness remains the indispensable source of market intelligence for travel retail.”

 

Editorial Director Doug Newhouse commented: “The quality of Luke’s writing and reporting is impressive and he clearly has integrity which is highly valued at TRBusiness. I would like to welcome him to the team where I am confident he will make an important contribution.”

 

Managing Editor Charlotte Turner said: “I’m very much looking forward to welcoming Luke back into travel retail; an industry for which he has a strong passion and in-depth knowledge. Having known him for several years now I am sure he will be a fantastic asset to the company and a great addition to our experienced team.”

 

Luke Barras-Hill can be contacted at the following:

[email protected]

Office Tel: +44 (0)207 6102782

Skype: LukeBH