Two new board of directors are appointed for easyjet Holidays. Paul Ablin, easyJet’s current Group Finance director will join the holiday’s business as Chief Operating Officer in September. Paul will be responsible for the delivery of the corporate strategy and business model and will lead Holiday’s program delivery capability, IT delivery, market expansion and distribution. […]
Lavinia Lau is appointed as the Director Commercial of Cathay Pacific Airways. She is responsible for the passenger functions of Revenue Management and Sales and Distribution, together with planning for both the passenger and freighter fleets and networks. Previously, Lavinia was General Manager, Planning, while formulating and executing strategy for both Cathay and Pacific and […]
Amer Ammar is appointed as the new General Managers for three of the Avani Hotels and Resorts – Avani Seychelles Barbarons Resort, Avani Luang Prabang in Laos and the upcoming Avani Ibn Battuta Dubai in UAE. Amer began his career in hospitality in his native Jordan in 1994. In 2001, he moved to Dubai where […]
Andrea Obertello has been named as General Manager for Four Seasons Hotel Milano. Graduated from Glion Institute of Higher Education, Andrea Obertello began her professional career in hospitality a decade ago with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. Native from Argentina, it is her Florentine experience that made her fall in love with the Italian hospitality […]
Peter Wong has been appointed as the Head of Operations for Berjaya Hotels and Resorts (‘BHR’). In his role, he will focus on developing strategies to increase the hotels’ operational efficiency and improve guest satisfaction of all the hotels and resorts owned and managed by Berjaya Hotels and Resorts. He is also in charge of […]
Jean-Baptiste Papin has been appointed as new Commercial Director for Hilton Pattaya. He most recently served as senior cluster revenue manager of the Hilton Revenue Management Consolidated Center, Asia Pacific. A 10-year hospitality veteran, Jean-Baptiste Papin began his career as Front Office Supervisor position at Beachside 5-star Guest House & Self Catering in Cape Town, […]
Nathaniel Pieper will join Alaska Airlines from Aug. 1 as senior vice president of fleet, finance and alliances. With more than 20 years in the airline industry, Pieper brings a wealth of aviation finance and global airline alliance experience.Prior to joining Alaska, Pieper worked for 20 years in aircraft, commercial, financial and strategic roles at Delta Air Lines […]
Martin R. Smura takes the helm as new Chief Executive Officer of the Kempinski Group on 1st July. The 50-year old brings a vast amount of management experience and expertise from top international hotel Companies on five continents: his most recent remit was that of Executive Chairman of the Board of the Dorint Hotel Group. […]