Phil Cameron (born 14 November 1972) is a British

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, the founder of No.1 Traveller, and a former Tony and

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-winning theatre producer.

Personal life

Cameron was born on 14 November 1972 in

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. He read English and

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at the

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before becoming a theatre manager and ultimately a producer.

Career as theatre producer

Cameron’s first major play was Top Girls, in 2000. He went on to produce Another Country, Mother Clap's Molly House,

This Is Our Youth ''This Is Our Youth'' is a play by American dramatist and screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan. It premiered Off-Broadway in 1996 and since been produced all over the world, including the West End, Broadway, Sydney, and Toronto. Plot The play takes ...

King Lear ''The Tragedy of King Lear'', often shortened to ''King Lear'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his ...

, Why the Whales Came, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, As You Like It,

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and Journey’s End, which won a Tony Award on Broadway in 2007. In 2005, he won a

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for Best Revival for his production of

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No.1 Traveller

After initially attempting to set up an

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which would cater exclusively for business passengers, he founded No.1 Traveller in 2006. The company specialises in

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s and other pre-flight services, the first lounge was opened at JFK International Airport, Terminal 4 and was branded, "The Lounge". Since then, the company has opened eight UK airport lounges: a Flagship lounge at Heathrow Terminal 3, the North and South Terminals at

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, the company’s first lounge outside London, at

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, and

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, which opened in 2015 and three others. It plans to open 24 by the end of 2020. The company also provides chauffeur driven airport transfers to its London airports and operates Travel Spas at Gatwick and Heathrow airports. In September 2011 it opened 12 airside bedrooms at Heathrow Terminal 3 and has recently introduced a wide range of ‘Driveway to Runway’ products, including airport parking, express trains, a VIP departure service, and a range of associate lounges around the world. In October 2015, the company opened up Clubrooms, a collection of four VIP lounges available for private bookings at Gatwick South. This followed the July 2014 launch of My Lounge, a lower-price alternative to their main lounge at Gatwick North.

References

External links

No.1 Traveller website

Phil @PhilatNo1
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, Phil Living people Businesspeople in aviation English theatre managers and producers Laurence Olivier Award winners 1972 births Businesspeople from the City of Westminster Alumni of the University of Exeter People from Paddington