This is a roundup of product news and announcements for people moves in tourism and hospitality for June 2015:
Monday 22 June 2015:
Amex GBT means business
- American Express Global Business Travel has appointed of Kasey Chapelle as global privacy officer and director of commercial compliance. Chapelle has responsibility for GBT's privacy programme as well as marketing and commercial product compliance. She joins from Vodafone where she was global privacy counsel.
Friday 19 June 2015:Bedsonline boosts team
- Mark Hopper has been appointed country manager for UK and Ireland for hotel and ancillaries provider Bedsonline. He replaces Peter Jones who is joining another division within the Hotelbeds group.
Thursday 4 June 2015:HSMAI chairs its digital marketing board
- The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association (Europe) has a new chair for its digital marketing advisory board - Niklas Schlappkohl, who is senior director of e-commerce at Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group. Terri Scriven, industry head of hospitality at Google UK, has been named as vice chair.
Wednesday 3 June 2015:Uber is presidential in India
- Uber has named Amit Jain as president for the company inIndia. It is the first time it has created a senior role for someone to oversee all its operations in one country. Jain joins from rent.com in the US, where he was president.
Tuesday 2 June 2015:Ixigo gets a VP for marketplace division
- Indian mobile travel marketplace Ixigo has named Manivel Kulandaivelu as vice president for its travel marketplace. He joins from HolidayIQ where he was vice president of revenue and special projects. It has also appointed Parivartan Kukreti as Parivartan Kukreti as national head of ad sales
Monday 1 June 2015:Sabre appoints UK and Ireland boss
- Sabre has named Eric Hallerberg as its country director for the UK & Ireland. He joined Sabre in 2004 and his most recent role was the UK-based regional managing director of global accounts Europe, Middle East and Africa. He replaces Elisabeth Martins, who is taking a new European-focussed role as director of business development for online, land and sea.
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