Phil Cameron (born 14 November 1972) is a British

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

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and

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-winning

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Personal life

Cameron was born on 14 November 1972 in

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. He read

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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

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, in 2000. He went on to produce Another Country,

Mother Clap's Molly House ''Mother Clap's Molly House'' is a 2001 play by Mark Ravenhill with music by Matthew Scott. It is based on an essay in the book of the same name by Rictor Norton. The play is a black comedy and explores the diversity of human sexuality. It is s ...

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 pla ...

King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane an ...

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

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and

Journey’s End ''Journey's End'' is a 1928 dramatic play by English playwright R. C. Sherriff, set in the trenches near Saint-Quentin, Aisne, towards the end of the First World War. The story plays out in the officers' dugout of a British Army infantry co ...

, 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

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, Terminal 4 and was branded, "The Lounge". Since then, the company has opened eight UK airport lounges: a Flagship lounge at

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, 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

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
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