Brian Barton

Brian Barton

Executive Chairman

Brian Barton

Executive Chairman

Having been at the helm of Turquoise Holidays since its inception in 2002, I finally decided to let my friend, business (and golf!) partner, James Bell, take complete day to day charge of running Turquoise from the summer of 2016 as I became Executive Chairman. Having invested so much time, effort and everything else in the business, its continuing success is still very close to my heart though I am trying (not always successfully) to take more of a back seat. Travel has been my life after a brief foray into University life and a “gap decade” (every parents’ nightmare) that took me to six of the seven continents (not Antarctica – yet) and working in the industry since 1986 has yet to dampen my enthusiasm. So I continue to travel and plot my next adventure with renewed vigour now that my three children have (almost) flown the nest. I look forward to bumping into you along the way.


Review of Tahiti and her islands

20th November 2014
by Brian Barton

I have just returned from a short but very sweet trip to Tahiti and her islands. Although It’s a long journey, that can seem daunting at first, I always feel that if it’s difficult to get to a destination… then there’s usually something special at the other end! I visited four different islands during my […]

Burma 34 years later

7th November 2014
by Brian Barton

The few travellers who were lucky enough to have seen Burma in the 1980’s will notice on their return today, many startling changes. When I first flew into Burma, more than 30 years ago, I was armed with a 7 day visa, a bottle of Johnny Walker Red Label whisky and a carton of 200 […]


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