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Christine Ourmieres-Widener has been appointed as Chief Global Sales Officer at American Express Global Business Travel (“GBT”)

American Express Global Business Travel (“GBT”) today announced the appointment of Christine Ourmieres-Widener as Chief Global Sales Officer. In this role, Ms. Ourmieres-Widener, who was previously Chief Executive Officer of CityJet, will be responsible for GBT’s Global Sales organization and Global Client Group, which work with GBT’s largest prospective and existing customers globally, as well as its Global Business Consulting division. Ms. Ourmieres-Widener, who will officially start with GBT in June, will report to GBT’s Chief Commercial & Technology Officer, Philippe Chérèque.

American Express GBT
London, United Kingdom
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Guillaume Thevenot has been appointed as Head of Vacation Rentals at Voyage Privé

Guillaume THEVENOT ESSEC IMHI 2000 has recently been appointed Head of Vacation Rentals to lead a new Business Unit within the French travel group Voyage Privé. Guillaume was previously working for HouseTrip as their Director of Business Development. Prior to that, Guillaume held different positions with Amadeus, TripAdvisor, Booking.com and Priceline.

Voyage Privé
London, United Kingdom
Opinion Article Sales & Marketing

Technology and today’s hotel guest

Whilst there has been a continued investment into increasing the hotel guest experience, the UK hotel industry's general lack of investment in technology and gaining insights from business' data – as well as in its online marketing to potential and existing guests – could become one of the most significant stumbling blocks to the sector capitalising on the current upturn in the UK economy.

Kevin Edwards
By Kevin Edwards, Managing Director, Avenue9
London, United Kingdom
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Chris Roe has been appointed as Vice President Sales, Distribution & Loyalty UK & Ireland at Accor

Roe has an accomplished career in sales and e-commerce roles for a variety of high profile brands, including Virgin Holidays, Expedia, BskyB and Opodo. He brings a wealth of valuable sales and distribution experience to the position, which sees him take responsibility for strengthening the business’s leisure, business and MICE sales. In addition, Roe will lead Accor’s loyalty programme, Le Club Accor Hotels, which now has 14 million members worldwide and offers a range of benefits for regular customers of all Accor hotel brands. Roe will be a member of both the UK & Ireland HotelServices Executive Committee and the UK & Ireland Executive Committee.

Accor
London, United Kingdom
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Philipp Weghmann has been appointed as Executive Vice President of Europe at Preferred Hotel Group™

Preferred Hotel Group™a global provider of sales, marketing and distribution services to independent luxury hotels, has announced the appointment of Philipp Weghmann to Executive Vice President of Europe, effective immediately. In this position, Weghmann drives the company’s efforts in the region at a time of exponential growth, ensuring the retention of nearly 200 member properties, overseeing the strategic direction and evolution of the company in Europe, and managing a team of 35 associates based in offices across 6 cities.

Preferred
London, United States