Jack Coronna

Jack Coronna was educated at the French Lycee in London and read Law at King’s College, London University. He was called to the Bar in 1969 but left the legal profession to pursue a career in Travel and Tourism.

Jack can best be described as a ‘serial entrepreneur’. He is the founder of JAC Travel Ltd (1975), one of the UK’s major inbound tour operators; JAC Travel International Ltd (1985), a licensed IATA/ABTA retail travel agency; French Travel Partners (1988), an inbound tour operator in France; Irish Travel Partners (1988), a major inbound/outbound Irish tour operator; and Eurojob Ltd (1985), a company specialising in recruitment and placement of au pairs and nannies into and out of the UK.

He is a co-founder of NETC Inc (1991), the fourth largest outbound USA high school tour operator, and CAPA Inc (1992), an operator of semester and study abroad programmes for USA colleges operating in Britain, France, Italy, Spain, and Costa Rica. He is an appointed chairman of Twin Education Training (1995) and Hostelworld.com (2000).

Mr Coronna is a co-founder and ex officio board member of the International Au Pair Association (IAPA), the Association of Language Travel Organisations (ALTO), and the Global Work Experience Association (GWEA).

Mr Coronna serves as President of ETOA, the European Tour Operators Association.