New expanded leadership role to bring extensive technology and operational experience to customers
ATHENS, GREECE – Sabre Corporation announced that Andreas Syrigos will take an expanded role to lead its Travel Solutions business in Italy and Iberia, including Spain and Portugal. This new role is a natural evolution of the successful, ongoing leadership Syrigos has already demonstrated in Greece, Cyprus and the Nordic region since joining the company in 2016.
Syrigos will be responsible for growing Sabre’s footprint and leading all sales efforts for Sabre’s travel agency business in Italy, Spain and Portugal, replacing Marco Benincasa, who decided to leave the company to pursue personal entrepreneurial projects after eight years of successful leadership and guidance within the Southern Europe area and after 30 years in the travel industry. Syrigos will also deliver ongoing technology insights and support to Sabre’s existing agency customers.
“Andreas has more than 20 years of technology industry experience and a track record for helping travel agencies succeed in today’s highly competitive marketplace,” said Antonella Vecchio, vice president, sales and distribution – Europe & Africa, Sabre Travel Solutions. “He is a strong commercial leader, is passionate about technology and has an eye for helping agencies grow their businesses through getting the best out of technology. Andreas will now also focus on spearheading our business in Italy and Iberia, having already achieved tremendous growth during his leadership of Greece, Cyprus and the Nordic region.”
Sabre has recently realigned its airline and travel agency-focused businesses. With this realignment, the company aims to serve its customers in both areas more efficiently.
"I am very much looking forward to building on the successful work Marco Benincasa has done in the Southern Europe region over the past eight years," said Syrigos. "There is no doubt: the current market environment presents Sabre, as well as many of our customers and partners, with enormous challenges. However, I am convinced that every crisis also brings opportunities and that our new structure will enable us to support our customers even better".
With this appointment, Sabre renews its commitment to support travel agency business in the region and looks forward to continually working with the industry to keep its travellers moving.
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