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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) has named Chris Crowley, Senior Vice President Sales Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, BCD Travel, as President-Elect effective January 1, 2009. Crowley will become President following the end of Richard Crum's term in May 2010. An 18 year veteran of the travel management profession, Crowley served as a Sales Director with hotel companies including ACCOR & Concorde before joining BCD Travel in 2005 since then he has overseen global and local sales across the key regions of EMEA & APAC. He also served as an ACTE At-Large Board member from 2005 to 2007 and helped champion ACTE's global expansion and local market development in Europe and Africa. Crowley will be ACTE's first European president.
Wizz Air, the largest low fare – low cost airline in Central in Eastern Europe announced that Chris Collins will join the airline as Chief Operating Officer based in Budapest, starting from November 2009. Chris comes from the United States where he has developed his airline operations career. After working for People Express, Continental Airlines and its subsidiaries in various managerial roles for more than 15 years he entered the new generation low cost airline sector with Jet Blue in a senior operations manager position as one of the airlines first employees in 1998. Following his 7 year Jet Blue career Chris has been the Chief Operating Officer of Frontier Airlines over the past 4 years.
Jayne Pester, Executive Director and Group General Manager of Ocean Hotels and Tourism has appointed Lachlan Rentell to the position of Domestic Leisure Sales Manager to initiate a forward focused approach in increasing business opportunities for Long Island Resort, Whitsundays and Club Crocodile, Airlie Beach. Lachlan Rentell brings a wealth of world class experience to the two resorts following a strong and successful decade working in management and executive roles with retail and travel wholesalers both domestically and internationally. In addition to overseeing new business development for Long Island Resort and Club Crocodile, Rentell says he will also draw on his vast industry experience for his sales strategy and innovation implementing responsibilities.
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