Matias Elisavetsky.
Matias Elisavetsky appointed to lead Sourcing team for the Americas. Regional management team under Elisavetsky also confirmed.
ORLANDO, FLORIDA – Hotelbeds Group has provided an update on the appointments of senior management across its Group in the Americas. Matias Elisavetsky will now be taking the role of Regional Director of Sourcing for the Americas market, reporting to Sam Turner, the Wholesale Sales & Sourcing Director for the Group globally.
Elisavetsky will be responsible for managing relationships with existing hotels across the Americas whilst also driving contracting for new properties using insight and intelligence from the Commercial Strategy team.
Prior to this role, Elisavetsky had been with Tourico Holidays, which became a part of Hotelbeds Group during summer of last year, since 2006, and was most recently the Executive Vice President of Global Product Development.
Additionally, the Group has confirmed the individuals who will report to Elisavetsky, combining existing internal talent from across the three bedbanks, Hotelbeds, GTA, and Tourico Holidays.
Renata Cenni will be the Regional Manager for California & Nevada; Alex Hugh Jones becomes Regional Manager for North East US; Alice Kilpatrick takes on the role of Regional Manager for South West US; Bill Chambers changes to Regional Manager for Rest of US & Canada; Gisela Blok will be the Head of Mexico & Caribbean; Marcus Simoes is set to be Regional Manager for Brazil; Gaston Nacimento is placed as the Regional Manager for Rest of South America.
Sam Turner, Wholesale Sales & Sourcing Director at Hotelbeds Group said, “Since the beginning of this year, our Group has been in the process of selecting the best profiles from across the great and varied pool of talent we have in our three bedbank brands, Tourico Holidays, GTA, and Hotelbeds. Today, I am very pleased to see Matias take on this role as the Regional Director of Sourcing for the whole Americas. His experience in the market, both in North and South America, along with his drive to grow our hotel offering in terms of variety and exclusive deals, will be vital to partners everywhere.”
Matias Elisavetsky, Regional Director of Sourcing in the Americas said, “I am very excited about the integration of our bedbanks and what it means for our supplier partners – now, we are able to offer them access to over 60,000 travel sellers globally, including niche buyers such as points redemption schemes and incentives managers as well as the traditional tour operator and OTA channels. Equally, I am very happy to have the honor of working with such a strong combined team coming from our three leading brands, Tourico Holidays, GTA, and Hotelbeds. Together, we are looking forward to partnering with more hotels for exclusive and unique deals.”
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