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SPECIALIST Holidays Group staff have expressed shock at the sudden departure of managing director Kevin Ivie.

Ivie, who started at SHG, part of TUI Northern Europe, in March 2001, is now on gardening leave.

Officially TUI said he would leave in 2003 to develop "other business interests".

Ivie, previously managing director of specialist businesses at First Choice, was hired to reorganise the specialist brands under the one division.

TUI Northern Europe chief financial officer Will Waggott stands in for Ivie until a replacement is found.