About
CharlotteJames
Incentive

About
CharlotteJames
Incentives

We put our passions to
work for you

Charlene and Cathy of CharlotteJames are experienced bespoke luxury travel designers, globetrotters and incentive planners. They pride themselves in their exceptional ability to design program incentives, event plan, select destinations, and manage related logistics such as organizing hotel stays and transportation.

Meet the CharlotteJames Team!

Meet the CharlotteJames Team!

CATHY

Before creating and co-founding my dream company, CharlotteJames Travel, with my sister and business partner I organised and managed corporate events within the retail sector. My role as Retail Operations Manager, UK with Laura Ashley enabled me to run and implement events from 20 people to over 500 people which also included booking all hotels. I also gleaned the following skills as an event manager; creativity, flexibility, communication, problem solving, multi-tasking and people skills—all of which transferred very easily to my passion for organising and implementing unparalleled travel itineraries for our clients.

CHARLENE

I have had the great fortune to work with luxury corporate incentive groups for 20+ years in Hawai’i and internationally. These projects included groups as small as 20 and as large as 4,000 and working often entailed working with clients from around the globe. Creativity, design, destination, site selection and logistics are all integral parts of creating a successful incentive event. These varied elements to travel design speak to my sweet spot; I am solution oriented, caring and passionate above all else! I have lived abroad for many years, from growing up in Italy and the U.K. to Egypt, Israel and Japan. My love of travel led me to co-found CharlotteJames Travel and CharlotteJames Incentives with my business partner and sister Cathy who lives in the U.K. We are two lucky gals!

Leanne

Leanne Banna has been a business strategist and a marketing communications executive for over 30 years. She is highly experienced in overarching business strategy, elevating brands, leading teams, executing events, devising campaigns, developing collaborations, forwarding experiential projects, handling public relations, media relations and crisis management. She has served a wide variety of national and regional clients and markets including but not limited to entertainment, retail, healthcare, utilities, education, political, non-profit, construction & accounting services. She has founded several non-profits & coached many, won several awards & recognition for such, but she is most proud of her only son and favorite travel buddy, Chase, who is a marketing executive in his own right.

Leanne has enjoyed travel since she was 5 years old when she took her first international trip to visit family. She loves creating joy for others. Both of which is why she’s chosen to partner with CharlotteJames in what she calls “her 4th quarter” of life adventure!

With her creativity, good taste & attention to detail, she can plan the most extraordinary, dreamy niche vacations of your wildest imagination. Whether it’s a private trip, business incentive program, board meetings, retreats for corporate or coaching groups, or any other niche, Leanne will tailor to your discriminate needs.