Noel Josephides
Noel Alex Josephides
Date of birth: 18th January 1948 (Nicosia, Cyprus)
EDUCATION
1952 – 1959 Junior School, Nicosia, Cyprus
1959 – 1965 Ratcliffe College, Leicester (Boarding School)
1965 – 1968 Leeds University
Attained: B.Comm (Hons)
CAREER HISTORY
1968 – 1971 C&A Modes – Management trainee, buyer and
merchandiser
1971 – 1973 A&P Paraskevaides – International trader, electrical
contractor
Set up London office and created citrus fruit importing
section
Sold property being developed in Cyprus
Electrical components buyer
1973 – Present Sunvil Holidays (Tour Operator and Retailer) –
Managing Director and Founding Partner
1990 – July 1993 Chair of AITO (The Association of Independent Tour
Operators)
1990 – 1994 Director of AITO Trust from its inception in 1990
(AITO’s Government-approved bonding scheme)
1994 (May) – 1998 (April) Chairman of AGTA (Association of Greek Cypriot
Travel Agents and Tour Operators)
1994 (October) – Present Chairman of AITO Trust
1995 (September) Awarded Gold Medal Merit Award by Portuguese
Government for contribution to their country’s tourism
1996 (November) Honoured by the Cyprus Government for contribution
to the island’s tourism over the last 25 years
1999 (July) Honoured by the Greek and Cypriot tourism industries
at the Greece and Cyprus Achievement Awards 1999
2000 – Present Representative of the Association of Independent Tour
Operators on ATIPAC (Air Travel Insolvency Advisory
Committee)
2001 – 2003 (April) Deputy Chair of AITO (Association of Independent
Tour Operators)
January 2003 – Present Trustee for the new travel industry environmental
initiative, The Travel Foundation
March 2003 – Present Deputy Chair of AGTA (Association of Greek Cypriot
Travel Agents and Tour Operators)
Issued: April 2003
