Gobble

Gobble is a UK-based travel trade representation business run by Mark Young — the person, not a department. The proposition is exactly as advertised: "the man who shouts for you in rooms you're not in." Mark spent fifteen years inside the UK travel industry, seven of those as a product manager for UK tour operators making contracting decisions about which DMCs and lodges to work with. That perspective is the entire foundation of how Gobble runs.

Because Mark has been the buyer, he knows exactly what a UK product manager needs to see when they're assessing a new property: which information is actually relevant, how it should be presented, what tone of pitch lands and what gets ignored, and the timescales and procedures of UK contracting. Gobble brings that operating system to every client — lodges, hotels, camps, DMCs and activity providers across Africa, plus a parallel portfolio in South and Central America.

Gobble works to three deliberate values: Constant (your messaging consistently in the market), Continuous (always promoting your business), and Consistent (the same message put out the same way). In practice that means regular meetings with UK agents, ongoing training sessions, FAM trip planning, attendance at the right trade events, PR collaborations and being the UK point of contact for whatever a property needs day-to-day. Gobble is a member of ATTA and a partner of Tanzania Tourism UK.

At AATE 2026, Mark will be at Pall Mall to introduce his Africa portfolio and talk through what Gobble can do for properties looking for a UK presence without opening a UK office.