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Barbara Ackermann of the Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) in Düsseldorf has received the CTC’s President’s Award; she is in charge of travel trade promotion. 2/03
Michael Adams, see: Frederik Pénot is new Manager Germany of Disney Parks & Resorts in Munich; he follows Michael Adams, who left the company. 2/03
Sebastian Ahrens, a McKinsey Partner, will take over as head of the managing board of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, January 1, 2003. 10/02
Hans Albrecht joined the board of LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG where he will be in charge of Human Resources; he follows Horst Bültmann. 3/02
Khalifa N. Al-Rayes took up responsibilities as new Area Manager of Gulf Air in Frankfurt. 12/01
Jorge Altagracia was appointed head of the Frankfurt branch of the tourist office of the Dominican Republic. 4/02
Thomas Altenhain, see: Neal Maglaque is new CEO of American Express Germany and Austria; he follows Thomas Altenhain, who left Amex. 8/02; Thomas Altenhain will leave American Express Int., Inc. as president in Frankfurt June 30. 4/02
Johannes J. Althapp is new GM for Sales, Marketing and Operations of Rewe Touristik - Hotels & Investments. 9/02
Michael Ammerlaan is new Marketing Manager Continental Europe of P&O Ferries. 7/03
Herman Anbeek is new Senior VP Marketing & Sales of LSG Lufthansa Service Europa/Afrika GmbH. 5/02
Denise Angellotti, see: Wolfgang Streitboerger in Bielefeld will control all marketing activities of Tennessee Tourism in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, starting in July. The Travel Industry Sales Office in Munich will close down, former Tennessee rep Denise Angellotti will return to the USA. 6/03
Sam Appadurai is new Director of Tourism Malaysia in Frankfurt; he follows M.D. Razali who returned to KL head office as Director of Research & Planning. 3/03
Doris Arnaschus is new CRM/Direct Marketing Coordinator & Marketing Analyst of Expedia in Munich; she comes from Deutsche Bank. 10/02
Ibrahim Asim is new Director of the Maldives Government Tourist Information Office (MGTIO) in Frankfurt. 2/03
Kaveh Atrak is new GM & VP Corporate Travel of American Express in Frankfurt, being responsible for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Greece; he reports to Kim Lewis in London. 5/02
Joe Auer now is authorized signatory of cruise specialist Vivamare in Seeshaupt. 7/02
Tanja Auer is Holiday Autos’ new regional sales manager for Baden-Württemberg. 2/02Birgit Aust will become director franchise of Thomas Cook and GM of Holiday Land in November, she follows Petra Sikorsky who goes to Aldiana. 9/02
Christian Badenhop is new Director of Sales & Marketing for the German-speaking markets of SRS-WorldHotels in Frankfurt; he comes from Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts, Central Europe, and follows Alexandra Schuhmann who is on maternity leave. 8/03
Zeni Bakalova is new head of the Bulgarian Tourist Office in Frankfurt. 4/02
Michael J. Ball is new CEO and Managing Director of SRS-WorldHotels Steigenberger Reservation Service. He was Group Director Sales & Marketing of Shangri La Hotels & Resorts and succeeds Reinhard Przybilski. 1/02
Ludger Bals is new Senior Director Business Development of GetThere in Germany, he comes from i:FAO. 5/03
Mike Barclay is new country manager Germany of Singapore Airlines in Frankfurt; he follows Pee Teck Tan who returns to Singapore as Senior VP Ground Services. 4/02
Winfried Barczaitis, see: Dieter Zuempel will be group director travel of Karstadt Quelle, starting April 1; he comes from TUI Deutschland and follows Winfried Barczaitis, who returns to American Express as new VP Strategic Growth in Frankfurt. 3/03; Winfried Barczaitis, formerly with American Express in Frankfurt, is new head of the travel division of the Karstadt Quelle group (Karstadt Reisen, Neckermann Urlaubswelten, Reise Quelle). 3/02; see: Marcel van de Wal is new American Express Vice President Corporate Travel Operations Germany, Switzerland and Austria; he follows Winfried Barczaitis. 1/02
Thomas Bartsch is new managing director of Global Tele Sales, a Lufthansa call center, in Melbourne. 9/02
Dieter Bauer, see: Fritz Dreesen (Rheinhotel Dreesen in Bonn) was elected President of Hotelverband Deutschland (IHA), he follows Dieter Bauer. 7/02
Harald Bayer is new Funcar & Event Manager of Avis, Oberursel. 10/02
Nigel P. Beckett was promoted to Director Travel Industry Sales & Marketing Europe of Ritz-Carlton in Frankfurt. 10/02
Susann Beeh, see: Anke Blecher now looks after the diving market at the Bahamas Tourist Office in Frankfurt; she follows Susann Beeh. 9/02
Sandra Behrendt is new head of hotel procurement and distribution of BTI Central Europe. She comes from SRS/Cordira. 3/02
Wilhelm Bender, CEO of Fraport AG, and his deputy Manfred Schoelch are new board members of the Airports Council International (ACI). 7/03; see: Klaus Laepple ... the 12-head-strong BTW board now consists of eight other members: Wilhelm Bender (Fraport AG), Richard Eberhardt (RDA), Peter Fankhauser (Thomas Cook AG), Michael Kirnberger (VDR), Hans-Gustav Koch (DB Reise&Touristik AG), Jürgen Linde (DTV), Hanns Peter Nerger (BTM) and André Witschi (ACCOR). 5/02
Jean-Philippe Benoit, see: Rüdiger Koenig has left the head position of the German team of Swiss; new country manager of the airline will be Jean-Philippe Benoit. 12/02
Michael Bentele is new Director Central Europe for South African Airways in Frankfurt; he follows Hans-Peter Fraembs who returns to Johannesburg. 4/02; Michael Bentele will be SAA’s Director Central Europe, starting January 1, 2002; his Frankfurt collegue Christof Hueckelheim adds marketing to his previous sales portfolio. 12/01
Doris Berendes, see: Christoph Haustein has left Accor Germany as Sales Director MICE, he is followed by Doris Berendes , formerly Director of Sales Coporate & Seminar of Dorint. 5/03
Julia Berg is new Director International Sales & Marketing of Alamo Rent a Car in Mörfelden-Walldorf. She also looks after National Car Rental’s business. 2/02
Alica Berktold now is head of the European Voucher Program of Best Western in Eschborn. 10/02
Dieter Beth, see: Norbert Rohde was re-elected president of the Bundesverband Deutscher Omnibusunternehmer (BDO). Serving in the board of the tour bus association are Dieter Beth, Lothar Kastner and Wolfgang Steinbrueck. 11/01
Frank Berweger is new Director of Marketing and Sales of Lufthansa Flight Training GmbH (LFT), he comes from Expeditors International. 9/02
Stefan Bettens is new product manager for USA, South America and the Caribbean at Berge & Meer, he comes from FTI. 7/02
Max Biegel will be Managing Director of the new German-Swiss-Austrian TEE Rail Alliance. 1/03
Hans-Ingo Biehl is new Managing Director of VDR-Service GmbH in Bad Homburg, the service arm of VDR The Business Travel Association of Germany. 8/02
Michael Biermann: Reinhard Brunner, Managing Director of TUI Incoming Europe, is new President of the Germany Chapter of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). Other Board members are Angie Heinkel, General Manager Europe Flag Choice Hotels, Martin Brueckner, editor of “inAsien”, and Michael Biermann, Sales Manager China Airlines in Frankfurt. 8/03
Franz Josef Biesel, see: Wolfgang Diels will follow Jürgen Sabass January 2003 as CEO of Europäische Reiseversicherung AG in Munich. September 1, 2002, Franz Josef Biesel will join the board, he comes from Winterthur International (Deutschland) Versicherung. 5/02
Ulrike Birner is new Director of Public Relations of ArabellaSheraton Hotelmanagement GmbH in Munich; she comes from lebensart global networks AG (Design Hotels Inc.) in Augsburg and follows Barbara Radomski. 9/02
Konstantin Bissias is new managing director of Air-Maritime cruises. He comes from Club Valtur. 12/01
Anke Blecher now looks after the diving market at the Bahamas Tourist Office in Frankfurt; she follows Susann Beeh. 9/02
Tony Boehmer has left Hapag-Lloyd Cruises as Managing Director Sales and Marketing. 10/02
Walter Boenig now heads the tourism department of Peter Deilmann Cruises, he comes from the Karstadt travel agency group. - Rainer Goerg, Director Infrastructure Corporate Travel Operations Austria, Germany and Switzerland of American Express in Frankfurt, is new chairman of the Start Amadeus Advisory Board in Bad Homburg; he follows Walter Boenig. 8/03; Walter Boenig, long-serving head of the Karstadt travel agency chain, will leave the group. Karstadt owns 50% of Thomas Cook. 3/03
Christian Boergen, Head of Communication of the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV), now also is Head of Communication of the Federal Association of the German Tourism Industry (BTW); he follows Jutta Lieneke-Berns, who leaves for private reasons. 10/02
Volker Boettcher is TUI AG’s divisional director of Source Market Central (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland) and managing director of TUI Deutschland GmbH. 6/03; Volker Boettcher of TUI Deutschland GmbH will manage the German tour operators airtours, Wolters Reisen, OFT Reisen, GeBeCo, 1-2-FLY and L‘TUR. 1/03
Gudrun Borgards, see: Kirsten Feld-Tuerkis is TUI’s new product manager for the Western Mediterranean region, including Spain, from January 1; she will replace Gudrun Borgards who will retire by the middle of 2003. 10/02
Philippe Boucard, who heads the Guadeloupe Tourist Office in Frankfurt, was elected new chairman of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Karibik, the trade association specialized on the Caribbean. He follows Rüdiger Knewitz, who remains in the board. 10/01
Volker Brand is new Director of Sales & Marketing Central Europe of Sol Meliá in Bochum. 12/02
Katja Anette Brandt, Manager Marketing, Communication & Sales, will leave Europcar in Hamburg for private reasons. 2/02
Jürgen Branse is new Director Sales and Marketing of Berlin low cost carrier Germania; he comes from TUI. 3/03; Jürgen Branse has left 1-2-Fly, part of the TUI Group, after six years as director; he is followed by Ralf Horter. 12/02
Annemie Brackx: TUI’s destination activities within the Tourism I executive department headed by Ralf Corsten are to be reorganised. David Harper, Annemie Brackx and Wolfgang Bremer will form the new management board for destination activities (the Destination Board). Annemie Brackx will be responsible for TUI’s long term and short term contracting of hotel bed allocations worldwide for all tour operators. 12/02
Anna Brechtel, see: Lawrence Nell is new CEO of online travel agency T-Online Travel, jointly owned by t-online, Thomas Cook and TUI. Former board members Christel Anna Brechtel, Wolfgang Butenschön and Jörg Gerhardt left the company. Nell comes from Expedia Deutschland. 6/02
Wolfgang Bremer: TUI’s destination activities within the Tourism I executive department headed by Ralf Corsten are to be reorganised. David Harper, Annemie Brackx and Wolfgang Bremer will form the new management board for destination activities (the Destination Board). Wolfgang Bremer in his position as a member of the Destination Board continues to be responsible for the operative management of destination activities. 12/02
Manfred Brennfleck has left the Board of the Dorint hotel group in Mönchengladbach. 3/03
Guido Brettschneider, see: Huiyang Li and Guido Brettschneider have been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to the Board of TUI China, in which TUI AG has a 51% share. Spokesperson for the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) remains Martin Buese. 5/03
Martin Brueckner: Reinhard Brunner, Managing Director of TUI Incoming Europe, is new President of the Germany Chapter of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). Other Board members are Angie Heinkel, General Manager Europe Flag Choice Hotels, Martin Brueckner, editor of “inAsien”, and Michael Biermann, Sales Manager China Airlines in Frankfurt. 8/03
Reinhard Brunner is new Managing Director TUI Incoming Europe in Hamburg. 7/03 Reinhard Brunner is new President of the Germany Chapter of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). 8/03
Frank Bsirske, Chairman of the Union ver.di, was re-elected as Deputy Chairman of the Lufthansa Supervisory Board. 8/03
Anna-Renate Budde: The Advisory Council of ITB Berlin has three new members: Klaus Laepple, President of the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV) and the Federal Association of the German Tourism Industry (BTW), Naceur Mani, Director of the Tunisian Tourist Office in Frankfurt, and Anna-Renate Budde, Director Marketing of Siemens Business Services. 6/03
Berquis Budecker was appointed new director of the Dominican Tourist Office in Frankfurt. 12/01
Horst Bueltmann, see: Hans Albrecht joined the board of LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG where he will be in charge of Human Resources; he follows Horst Bueltmann. 3/02
Volker Buering is new President of the Board of the Dorint hotel group in Mönchengladbach. 3/03
Martin Buese, see: Huiyang Li and Guido Brettschneider have been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to the Board of TUI China, in which TUI AG has a 51% share. Spokesperson for the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) remains Martin Buese. 5/03; TUI China in Beijing, a joint venture between TUI AG, China Travel Service and Martin Buese, is scheduled to start up in June. 5/03; TUI Deutschland GmbH now holds 50.1% of the shares of Kiel long-haul tour operator Gebeco. Gebeco founder Martin Buese left the company to become GM of CTS. 12/02; TUI AG will be the first European tourism group to establish itself in China. An agreement was signed November 13 at the tourism fair in Shanghai on setting up a joint venture company involving TUI AG, China Travel Service (CTS) and the third shareholder Martin Buese. He will manage the new company directly from China as its executive board chairman. 12/02
Sascha Buesseler is new Product Manager North America of Neckermann Reisen, he follows Birgitt Wolber. 6/03
Bettina Bunge is new head of sales of DZT in Frankfurt, she follows Ewald Meister, who retired. 6/02
Manfred Busche left the board of AUMA - Association of the German Trade Fair Industry. 7/02
Wolfgang Butenschoen, see: Lawrence Nell is new CEO of online travel agency T-Online Travel, jointly owned by t-online, Thomas Cook and TUI. Former board members Christel Anna Brechtel, Wolfgang Butenschoen and Jörg Gerhardt left the company. 6/02
Marion Buttler, see: Bob Gogan is new Manager Europe of the Australian Tourist Commission (ATC) in Frankfurt; he comes from British Airways and follows Marion Buttler. 4/03
Peter Cassalette now is in charge of FTI’s special operators and heads the IATA department of the Munich-based company. 11/01
Detlef Christgau will leave the post as director of sales at Wolters Reisen in Bremen and set up his own business. 9/02
Michael Clemm, see: Jörg Eichler will be new director sales for TUI Germany, starting July 1; he comes from Sony Music Entertainment as sales director account management and follows Michael Clemm. 5/02
Susann Coels has startet in Munich as FTI’s new division manager IATA, she comes from Swissair. 2/02
Ralf Corsten will join the supervisory board of Steigenberger Hotels, he comes from TUI. 8/03; Ralf Corsten and Charles Gurassa have stepped down from the TUI executive board. All central and Group-wide platform functions will now be run by the TUI AG central executive board consisting of four instead of seven directors. 6/03; Ralf Corsten, see: Klaus Laepple heads the BTW managing board with Ralf Corsten (Preussag AG), Robert Salzl (Arabella Hotel Holding AG) and Ernst Fischer (Dehoga) as other members.
Jean-Pierre Courteau: Delegates of international tourist offices in Germany have formed a new committee within the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV). Speaker of the group is Jean-Pierre Courteau (French Tourist Office, Frankfurt). 12/02; see: Italo Somarriello, Director of Enit in Germany, is new president of Corps Touristique (CT). Andreas Sakkas (Cyprus) and Jean-Pierre Courteau (France) are Vice Presidents of CT. 7/02
Platon Davakis will leave as Director of the Greek Tourist Office in Frankfurt for a new post with the EU. 12/02
Eric Debry is TUI AG’s divisional director of Source Market West (France, Belgium, Netherlands) and president of Nouvelles Frontières. 6/03; Eric Debry now serves on the board of Nouvelles Frontières, in which Preussag holds a minority interest. 11/01
Horacio Díaz Del Barco now heads the Munich branch of the Spanish Tourism Office Turespaña, he follows Luis Martos. 2/02
Peter de Jong is the new CEO of PATA, effective November 1, 2001. For the past 10 years, Mr. de Jong has served as the Director General of the Federation of International Youth Travel Organisations (FIYTO), the global travel trade association for the youth and student travel industry. 11/01
Ilona De March: VDR The Business Travel Association of Germany has elected a new board. At the AGM April 3 in Berlin Michael Kirnberger, travel manager of Merck KGaA in Darmstadt, was reelected as President. Ilona De March (Managing Director of TQ3 Travel Solutions in Bremen) was newly elected as representative of the supplier members. 5/03; Ilona de March, so far VP Sales, Account Management & Marketing Germany/Alpine of Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), will change to TQ3 April 1, 2002, where she will replace Hans-Jürgen Dost, who goes to the British TQ3 organization. De March will be replaced at CWT with Martina Eggler, starting March 1. 2/02
Godwin Demicoli has left Munich operator FTI, he was member of the managing board. 6/02
Walter Deuss, see: Jürgen Weber, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, was elected Chairman of the Thomas Cook AG Supervisory Board; he follows Walter Deuss, former Chairman of the Board of KarstadtQuelle AG. 12/02
Maxim Dewulf joined the hotel procurement department of Alltours, concentrating on the Canaries and the Caribbean, he comes from Jetair in Belgium. 10/02
Zlatko Dezeljin: Delegates of international tourist offices in Germany have formed a new committee within the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV). Speaker of the group is Jean-Pierre Courteau (French Tourist Office, Frankfurt); Zlatko Dezeljin (Croatia Tourism, Frankfurt) is a member. 12/02
Maurizio di Domenico, see: Alfredo Spadon is new Manager Germany of Alitalia in Frankfurt, he follows Maurizio di Domenico, who returned to Rome. 6/02
Heike Diefenbach left Norwegian Cruise Line in Frankfurt as Manager Marketing & Sales. 2/03
Wolfgang Diels will follow Jürgen Sabass January 2003 as CEO of Europäische Reiseversicherung AG in Munich. September 1, 2002. 5/02
Patrick W. Diemer will join the managing board of Lufthansa AirPlus, he then is in charge of sales and customer services; he was General Manager of VISA Germany. 1/03
Theodora Dimopoulou, see: Hans Günter Korts will become new Country Manager Germany and Austria for Worldspan in Frankfurt in July; he follows Theodora Dimopoulou who changed to Dertour. 6/02
Christa Dietrich, founder and president of Wiechmann Tourism Service in Frankfurt, has died. She was a prominent personality in German-American tourism. 2/03; Christa Dietrich, President of Wiechmann Tourism Service in Frankfurt and the Visit USA Committee Germany, has received the “Certificate of Appreciation for Achievement in Trade” of the U.S. Commercial Service. 1/03
Olaf Dlugi has left troubled Augsburg Airways as president, he is followed by Manfred Scholz. 5/02
Bernhard Doerfel now reps the Pousadas de Portugal in Germany, he has been with tap Air Portugal for many years. 9/02
Peter Dorner is new President und CEO of New World Travel in New York, the US-incoming operator which is owned 100% by Dertour. He follows Wilfried Niederkofler. 3/02
Simone Dorscheid is new Merchandising Travel Coordinator for expedia.de in Unterschleissheim. 2/03
Hans-Jürgen Dost, see: Ilona de March, so far VP Sales, Account Management & Marketing Germany/Alpine of Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), will change to TQ3 April 1, 2002, where she will replace Hans-Jürgen Dost, who goes to the British TQ3 organization. 2/02
Thomas Drechsler is the new marketing manager for the Las Vegas Convention & Visitor Authority at the Munich office of Mangum Group. He follows Lars Schubert who left Mangum. 1/02
Fritz Dreesen (Rheinhotel Dreesen in Bonn) was elected President of Hotelverband Deutschland (IHA), he follows Dieter Bauer. 7/02
Michael Drengenberg is new Area Manager America & Pacific of tour operator Gebeco in Kiel. 6/03
Torsten Dressler is new Managing Director of Kempinski Resort Hotel Bel Air on Rügen Island in the Baltic Sea, he comes from Hotel Adlon in Berlin. 9/02
Thomas Drexler is new Managing Director of Lufthansa E-Commerce GmbH in Frankfurt, a subsidiary of Lufthansa und Thomas Cook AG. He follows Markus Orth who changed to last-minute specialist L’Tur Tourismus AG. 3/02
Hans Driesen is new General Sales Manager Germany of P&O Ferries. 6/03; Hans Driesen is new sales manager Germany and Holland for P&O Stena Line. 2/02
Max-Peter Droll joined the board of Robinson Club GmbH, he follows Karl-Heinz Fath, who went to Miltours in Portugal. 6/02
Marcel Druey, see: Italo Somarriello, Director of Enit in Germany, is new president of Corps Touristique (CT). Marcel Druey (Swiss Rail) is a member of the board.
Sebastian Ebel is responsible for Tourism Platforms in TUI AG’s central executive board. 6/03; Sebastian Ebel is new ordinary member of the TUI AG Board of Management. 2/03
Richard Eberhardt from Pforzheim was elected as new President of the Internationaler Bustouristik-Verband RDA, he follows Norbert Grein who quit after 18 years office as the bus operators’ number one. 5/02; see: Klaus Laepple ... the 12-head-strong BTW board now consists of eight other members: … Richard Eberhardt (RDA). 5/02
Herbert Ebertz: Accor has signed a binding pre-agreement with Dr. Herbert Ebertz, the primary shareholder of German hotel-industry leader Dorint AG. Under the terms of the agreement, and following a capital increase approved by Dorint AG shareholders at a Shareholders’ Meeting on August 16, in Hamburg, Accor will hold a 26% interest in the German group. 9/02
Hans Eckermann, founder and CEO of Travel Commerce AG, Dortmund, has left the company. 9/02
Anke Eckstein now heads the department for air ticket purchases at Lufthansa City Center in Frankfurt. 6/02
Stefan Eiche is new Director of Passenger Sales of SAS Scandinavian Airlines in Frankfurt. 7/02
Jörg Eichler will be new director sales for TUI Germany, starting July 1; he comes from Sony Music Entertainment as sales director account management and follows Michael Clemm. 5/02
Martina Eggler, see: Ilona de March, so far VP Sales, Account Management & Marketing Germany/Alpine of Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), will change to TQ3 April 1, 2002. De March will be replaced at CWT with Martina Eggler, starting March 1. 2/02
Anja Emig acts as new adviser for legal affairs, environment and culture of the Deutscher Reisebüro und Reiseveranstalter Verbands (DRV) in Berlin; she also looks after the associated members of the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association. She follows Annette Frohn and Silke Barten. 10/02
Sandra Enders ist new Director Sales and Marketing of the Frankfurter Hof, flagship of Steigenberger Hotels AG. 10/02
Johannes Endler, see: Stefan Schulte will be new Chief Financial Officer of Fraport AG in April; he follows Johannes Endler, who retires. 1/03
Peter Engelen is responsible for Human Resources in TUI AG’s central executive board. 6/03
Jörg Englerth is new head of FIT and group travel of Best Western Germany. 10/02
Manfred Ernst, see: Walter Vill from Munich Airport is new Chairman of the Board of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen (ADV), the grouping of German airports. He follows Manfred Ernst from Bremen Airport. 12/02
Antje Ernstmeier, see: Kai Werner is new Account Manager for Great Lakes of North America and British Virgin Islands at rep Travel Marketing Romberg (TMR) in Mettmann, he follows Antje Ernstmeier. 7/02
Herbert Esser is new President Germany of hotel organization Minotel. 5/02
Jackie Ewing and Ellen Persons are new general managers of FTI’s incoming agency in North America, they follow Stephan Franck. 5/03
Peter Fankhauser, see: Klaus Laepple ... the 12-head-strong BTW board now consists of eight other members: … Peter Fankhauser (Thomas Cook AG). 5/02
Hana Farahi is new country manager Germany of Royal Air Maroc. 10/02
Karl-Heinz Fath, see: Max-Peter Droll is new member of the managing board of Robinson Club (TUI group), he follows Karl-Heinz Fath who will become managing director of incoming operator Miltours in Faro, Portugal. 5/02
Bettina Fees is new Director Marketing of Choice Hotels Germany & Central Europe in Munich. 1/03
Kirsten Feld-Tuerkis is TUI’s new product manager for the Western Mediterranean region, including Spain, from January 1; she currently is in charge of the tour operator's long-haul and city trips business. She will replace Gudrun Borgards who will retire by the middle of 2003. 10/02
Rainer Feuerhake is responsible for Finance in TUI AG’s central executive board. 6/03
Olaf Feuerstein: The Hoteldirektorenvereinigung Deutschland e.V. (HDV) with seat in Bad Honnef has reelected the board. Olaf Feuerstein (Freizeit In, Göttingen) remains as president of the association of German hotel GMs. 6/02
Christian Fiederer is new Vice President Sales & Marketing EMEA of SRS-WorldHotels in Frankfurt; he comes from Le Meridien. 5/03
Ernst Fischer is the new president of DEHOGA, the German hotel and restaurant association; he follows Erich Kaub. 12/01; see: Klaus Laepple heads the BTW managing board with Ralf Corsten (Preussag AG), Robert Salzl (Arabella Hotel Holding AG) and Ernst Fischer (Dehoga) as other members. 12/02
Erwin Flathmann is now in charge not only as product manager for vessels "Astor" and "Astoria" of Transocean Tours, but also for river cruises, transfers and excursions. 10/02
John Fleming is new Sales & Marketing Manager Germany of Gulf Air, he comes from Cathay Pacific. 2/03
Michael Fley is new Director Central Europe of the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) in Frankfurt. He comes from the Australian Tourist Commission (ATC) in Frankfurt and follows Dorothée A. Wendorff who left for private reasons. 5/02
Sandro Florin is new Director Quality Assurance, Europe, of Hertz. 1/03
Karl Foerster is new GM of Radisson SAS resort Schloss Fleesensee. 6/02
Manny Fontenla-Novoa is new Chief Executive Officer of Thomas Cook UK Ltd., he follows Alan Stewart. 3/03
Karen Forbes now is responsible for meetings, incentives and honeymoon travel at the Bahamas Tourist Office in Frankfurt. 8/02
Hans-Peter Fraembs, Director Central Europe of South African Airways, will return to South Africa at the end of the year. 11/01
Marcus Frank is head of the new Lufthansa division domestic key account management, travel agency chains, touristic services and SME. 6/02
Stephan Franck, see: Jackie Ewing and Ellen Persons are new general managers of FTI’s incoming agency in North America, they follow Stephan Franck. 5/03; Stephan Franck left his post as Managing Director of FTI North America. 4/03
Claudia Freimuth is new managing director of Skandinavische Reisebüro GmbH and Reisebüro Norden GmbH in Berlin, Stuttgart, Hamburg and Düsseldorf, she comes from TUI. The travel agent offices are part of the NSA group. 7/02
Michael Frenzel, CEO of TUI AG, and Stefan Pichler, CEO of Thomas Cook AG, are new members of the committee of BDI, Germany’s top business organization. 12/02
Henning Fries, see: Theo Pauly is new GM of the Forum Hotel Munich; he comes from the Crowne Plaza Heidelberg and follows Henning Fries. 9/02
Uwe Frommhold, formerly with Kempinski hotels, will be the GM of Hamburg’s new multi-functional hall for show, sport and entertainment, to be opened at the end of the year. Norwegian ferry operator Color Line has bought the name rights for the venue which is thus called Color Line Arena. 2/02
Dirk Fuehrer is Hilton International’s new Area Director of Sales in Frankfurt. 2/03
Manfred Gabriel is new GM of the Radisson SAS Hotel Schwarzer Bock in Wiesbaden; he follows Florian Meyer-Thoene. 10/02
Michael Gabrielli has died June 30 at the age of 42; he was for many years Director of Sales & Marketing of Cathay Pacific in Frankfurt. 8/02
Wolfgang Gallas is new Head of National and Regional Sales of Queens Hotel Group Germany in Frankfurt, he comes from Galileo.
Hans-Joachim Gante, see: Gerhard Puttfarcken will be Chairman of the Board of Management und General Manager of Airbus Deutschland GmbH, starting January 1, 2003. He follows Hans-Joachim Gante, who changed to the Bundesverband der deutschen Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie (BDLI). 12/02
Michael Garvens, see: Jochen Kroehan is new GM Administration of Globeground, a Berlin airport servicing company; he comes from Mexicana and follows Michael Garvens, who went to Cologne/Bonn Airport. 9/02
Ruurd van Geene, see: Norbert Stiekema will take over as GM Germany for KLM, February 1; he follows Ruurd van Geene who returned to Amsterdam. 1/03
Wolfgang Gehring, see: Klaus Scheer is new Country Manager Germany of Qatar Airways in Frankfurt; he follows Wolfgang Gehring. 2/03; Wolfgang Gehring is new Country Manager of Qatar Airways in Germany. Formerly he has been Country Manager of Continental Airlines in Frankfurt. 10/02
Helga Geistanger was appointed managing director of TUI Service AG in Altendorf, Switzerland, TUI AG's global tour guide organisation. 12/02
Hans Gemmer, see: Richard Moore is new Managing Director of Queens Hotels Germany, he follows Hans Gemmer.
Bernd Gensichen is new Sales Manager Germany of Air Seychelles, he follows Oliver Hill and comes from America West Airlines. 6/03; Bernd K. Gensichen left the Frankfurt office of America West Airlines. 1/03
Eric Georges, see: Stéphanie Parisot is new country manager of Club Med Germany in Frankfurt, she follows Eric Georges. 4/03
Dirk Gerdom: VDR The Business Travel Association of Germany has elected a new board. At the AGM April 3 in Berlin Michael Kirnberger, travel manager of Merck KGaA in Darmstadt, was reelected as President. Dirk Gerdom (travel manager of SAP in Walldorf) was newly elected to the board as representative of the corporate members. 5/03
Jörg Gerhardt, see: Lawrence Nell is new CEO of online travel agency T-Online Travel, jointly owned by t-online, Thomas Cook and TUI. Former board members Christel Anna Brechtel, Wolfgang Butenschön and Jörg Gerhardt left the company. 6/02
Lars Gericke is new Director of Sales Corporate & Consortia of Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts in Wiesbaden, he comes from Six Continents. 5/02
Bernd Geyer, Presiding Member of the Board of the Hotelverband Deutschland (IHA), was elected Vice President of HOTREC, the Confederation of National Associations of Hotels, Restaurants, Cafés and Similar Establishments in the European Union and European Economic Area. 10/02
Werner Giersch, see: Italo Somarriello, Director of Enit in Germany, is new president of Corps Touristique (CT). Werner Giersch (Antigua & Barbuda) is a member of the board. 7/02
Cordula Glasmacher is new head of Marketing Services of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises in Hamburg. 6/03
Rainer Goerg, Director Infrastructure Corporate Travel Operations Austria, Germany and Switzerland of American Express in Frankfurt, is new chairman of the Start Amadeus Advisory Board in Bad Homburg; he follows Walter Boenig. 8/03
Petra Goetting is new VP Sales and Marketing Europe, Middle East and Mediterranean of Raffles International. 4/02
Bob Gogan is new Manager Europe of the Australian Tourist Commission (ATC) in Frankfurt; he comes from British Airways and follows Marion Buttler. 4/03
Teresa Gomez-Zimmermann is new Sales & Marketing Manager of Cathay Pacific Airways in Frankfurt. 1/03
José Gonzales will be responsible for the Finance and IT departments of TUI Espana S.A. 3/03
Thomas Goosmann left Meier’s Weltreisen, where he was in charge of packages to Asia and Africa, and joined Kuoni Travel. 3/03
Robert Grader: Klaus-Peter Roeding is new General Manager of the Heidelberg Marriott Hotel; he follows Robert Grader, who changed to the Copenhagen Marriott Hotel. 8/03
Frank Grafenstein from Terra Trends is speaker of the newly formed German marketing alliance Go Asia. 8/03
Dieter Grathwohl will leave insurance broker Touristik Assekuranz Service (TAS) in Munich as General Manager in April next year. 9/02
Margaretha Grattenthaler: Delegates of international tourist offices in Germany have formed a new committee within the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV). At DRV headquarters Margaretha Grattenthaler coordinates activities. 12/02
Eberhard Graupner, see: Mathias Hansen joined the managing board of Aldiana as director operations, controlling and expansion; he follows Eberhard Graupner, who went to IFA Hotels. 9/02
Udo Grebe, head of the German National Tourist Office in New York, will take over the London GNTO branch in September 2002. 1/02
Norbert Grein, see: Richard Eberhardt from Pforzheim was elected as new President of the Internationaler Bustouristik-Verband RDA, he follows Norbert Grein who quit after 18 years office as the bus operators’ number one. 5/02
Thomas Grether is new head of PR of Thomas Cook Travel in Munich; he was editor of trade magazine “tm” in Darmstadt before. 6/03
Katrin Greve is new Regional Director of Sales and Marketing of Ritz-Carlton in Frankfurt.; she follows Nigel P. Beckett, who was promoted to Director Travel Industry Sales & Marketing Europe. 10/02
Diana Grohs is new Director Marketing and Sales of Warner Bros. Movie World in Bottrop, she comes from Aer Lingus. 9/02
Tim Guelicher is new Key Account Manager Conference & Seminars of Queens Group Germany in Frankfurt. 8/02
Martin Garcia Guerra, see: Matthias Sommer now heads marketing of Finnair in Germany. New in his team is Martin Garcia Guerra. 1/02
Dietmar Gunz, founder and long-time CEO of FTI Touristik in Munich, made his open come-back now. As new managing director of low cost tour operator BIG X-tra he will push multi-channel sales including TV shopping, Internet and travel agents. Gunz follows Detlef Hoffmann who will leave the company end of October. 10/02; Dietmar Gunz, founder of FTI Touristik in Munich, has re-entered the German tourism industry with stakes in tour operators, travel agencies, hotels and restaurants. After the sale of FTI to Britain’s Airtours (now MyTravel), Gunz was forced to stay passive for a year. His main travel platform now is a 70% stake in Creative Reise and Informations Systeme (Cris) which operates under the Reise.de brand. He also owns 100% of operators Monorama Touristik GmbH & Co. KG in Berlin and Big X-tra in Munich. 5/02; Dietmar Gunz, founder of FTI, will take over Monorama Touristik in Berlin in March who is specialized on tours for the elderly. 1/02
Charles Gurassa, see: Ralf Corsten and Charles Gurassa have stepped down from the TUI executive board. All central and Group-wide platform functions will now be run by the TUI AG central executive board consisting of four instead of seven directors. 6/03
Hüsnü Günüs is new director of the Turkish Tourist Office in Frankfurt; he follows Raci Karaca, who was promoted to Ankara. 3/02
Reinhard Haas, see: Wolfgang Mueller (Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Eschborn) was voted Director Germany of the Guild of European Business Travel Agents (GEBTA), his deputy is Reinhard Haas (TQ3, Frankfurt). 4/02
Arlette Hagedorn will follow Matthias Rotter as Neckermann’s head of long-haul travel, USA, city and group travel, she comes from ADA Guest Supplies. 10/02
René Halla is the new director of international sales at Maritim Hotels who cooperate with Millennium & Copthorne Hotels worldwide. 2/02
Peter Hamburger: The associated members of the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV) have their own offial group now. Peter Hamburger (TAS Touristik Assekuranz Service GmbH, Frankfurt) was voted speaker of the so-called Column 5 at the 52nd Annual DRV Conference in Dubrovnik. He is also deputy board member of the Group of National Travel Agents' and Tour Operators' Associations within the EU (ECTAA) and chairman of the ECTAA legal committee. 12/02
David Hamilton, see: Gary White will be new Manager Central Europe of the British Tourist Authority in Frankfurt; he follows David Hamilton, who goes to Paris. 3/03
Claudia Hammerstein is new Vice President Operations of SRS-WorldHotels in Frankfurt, she comes from Trust International and Accenture. 8/02
Juan Carlos Hanhausen: Nicole Felix is new Director of the Mexican Tourist Office in Frankfurt, she comes from CT America in Orlando/Florida and follows Juan Carlos Hanhausen. 7/03; Juan Carlos Hanhausen left as head of the Mexican Tourist Office in Frankfurt. 10/02
Spencer Hanlon is new Managing Director for the UK of AirPlus International Ltd, he comes from British Airways. 7/03
Bob Hannah is Delta Air Lines’ new Regional Director for Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands and Russia, he follows Roland Weil. 4/03
Mathias Hansen joined the managing board of Aldiana as director operations, controlling and expansion; he follows Eberhard Graupner, who went to IFA Hotels. 9/02
Sven Hansen, see: Raija Seppälä is new director of the Finnish Tourist Office in Frankfurt, he follows Sven Hansen who returned to Helsinki. 12/01
Richard Hanson in Laufach near Frankfurt now reps Trek America. 6/03
Inge Hanser from CPO Hanser Service GmbH in Berlin, Hamburg and Dresden was elected new president of IAPCO International Association of Professional Congress Organizer. 4/02
Albert Happ, see: Richard Eberhardt from Pforzheim was elected as new President of the Internationaler Bustouristik-Verband RDA. VPs are Albert Happ and Thomas Schumann. 5/02
Eduardo Hardessen is the new country manager of Lan Chile for Germany and Austria. 10/01
Philip Harland will leave e-commerce specialist E-Sixt in Munich; he is followed by Stefan Mecha who comes from the fleet management of Daimler-Chrysler Services. 8/02
David Harper: TUI’s destination activities within the Tourism I executive department headed by Ralf Corsten are to be reorganised. David Harper, Annemie Brackx and Wolfgang Bremer will form the new management board for destination activities (the Destination Board). The chairman, David Harper, is responsible for the further development of systems supporting central hotel bed contracting as well as the coordination of destination services between the tour operators. 12/02
Sören Hartmann, TUI Deutschland GmbH’s new tourism managing director, will also be responsible for TUI Polska. 1/03
Mohammad A. Hasib is the new country manager of Biman Bangladesh Airlines; from Frankfurt he directs activities in Germany, Austria and Eastern Europe. 1/02
Henry Hasselbarth, Manager Europe of Emirates, was elected new chairman of the Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (Barig). He follows Jörgen Möllegaard from SAS, who retired. 1/02
Kerstin Hatje is new key account manager of Thistle Hotels Germany; she comes from TQ3 Travel Solutions. 1/03
Kevin Hatton, managing director at Britannia Airways Ltd., now also is the new CEO of TUI Airline Management; he succeeds Wolfgang Kurth who will concentrate on his responsibility as CEO of Hapag-Lloyd Express. 12/02
Beatrix Haun will be head of the Paris office of the German National Tourist Board (GNTB), starting January 1, 2003. 6/02
Christoph Haustein has left Accor Germany as Sales Director MICE, he is followed by Doris Berendes , formerly Director of Sales Coporate & Seminar of Dorint. 5/03
Christiane Heck is new Director Strategic Sales of American Express Corporate Travel in Frankfurt, starting October 1; she comes from Deutschen Bank where she was travel manager. 9/02; Christiane Heck left as travel manager for Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt; the travel department will be restructured. 6/02
Petra Hedorfer will follow Ursula Schoercher as Chairperson of the Board of the German National Tourist Board (GNTB) in November. 6/03
Stefanie Heiman will be responsible for hotel room procurement for Thomas Cook’s long-haul destinations. Formerly with DER, she starts in February 2002. She reports to Lothar Buss. At Dertour she is replaced by Per Illian. 12/01
Kerstin Heinen is new head of press and PR of tour operator Thomas Cook. 10/02
Angie Heinkel: Reinhard Brunner, Managing Director of TUI Incoming Europe, is new President of the Germany Chapter of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). Other Board members are Angie Heinkel, General Manager Europe Flag Choice Hotels, Martin Brueckner, editor of “inAsien”, and Michael Biermann, Sales Manager China Airlines in Frankfurt. 8/03
Andreas Heinze left the board of Sixt AG in Munich; his last post was Paris, from where European activities are planned. He is followed by Michael Schneider from Sixt Switzerland. 8/02
Rainer A. J. Heneis is new head of marketing plannnig of German Rail. 12/02
Harald Henning, head of the Madrid office of the German National Tourist Board (GNTO), was additionally named European Coordinator South America. 8/02
Willi Hermsen, Senior Managing Director of Munich Airport, will retire May 17. His successor is Michael Kerkloh, presently Managing Director of Hamburg Airport. 3/02
Lars Herrif, see: Klaus Scheer is new Director of Marketing of Costa Cruises in Germany, he follows Lars Herrif. 9/02
Dietmar Hertel: Hartmuth Posner is new Director Human Ressources of Thomas Cook AG; he comes from Lufthansa and follows Dietmar Hertel, who continues as Commercial MD of Thomas Cook Travel Germany in Munich. 8/03; Thomas Cook AG is to replace its up-market tour operator brands Terramar and Kreutzer as well as Condor with a single brand "Thomas Cook". The new Thomas Cook unit is based in Munich, being led by Dietmar Hertel and Gisela Soekeland. 7/02
Susith Hettihewa is new Marketing Manager Germany of Qatar Airways in Frankfurt. 2/03
Ruth Hettwer now heads the key account management of Thomas Cook; she comes from Rosenbluth International. 10/02
Gabriele Heyne now heads all marketing and sales activities of Hamburg Tourismus (HHT), she comes from Norwegian Cruise Line in Frankfurt. 4/03; Gabriele Heyne left Norwegian Cruise Line as Manager Germany. 2/03; GM Germany of NCL is Gabriele Heyne. 9/02
Marc Hildebrand, Chairman and CEO of TQ3 Travel Solutions in Germany, was voted one of the 25 most influential personalities in business travel management worldwide by US publication „Business Travel News“. 3/02
Oliver Hill, see: Bernd Gensichen is new Sales Manager Germany of Air Seychelles, he follows Oliver Hill. 6/03
Rita Hille from Wiechmann Tourism Services in Frankfurt is new President of the Visit USA Committee Germany. 2/03
Ernst Hinsken (CSU) was reelected as chairman of the Tourism Committee of the German Parliament. 10/02
Rolf G. Hinze: The AsianOriental Collection in Neu-Isenburg near Frankfurt is a new rep for top hotels and resorts in South-East Asia and the Middle East, founded by Rolf G. Hinze. 10/02
Ulrike Hipp will leave the post of GM at TUI Leisure Travel to pursue private interests at the end of the year. 9/02
Detlef Hoffmann, see: Dietmar Gunz, founder and long-time CEO of FTI Touristik in Munich, made his come-back as new managing director of low cost tour operator BIG X-tra. Gunz follows Detlef Hoffmann who will leave the company end of October. 10/02
Kai Hollmann from Gastwerk Hotel in Hamburg, Klaus Wenzel and Horst Rahe, both from Hotel Neptun in Warnemünde, have been named Hoteliers of the Year by NGZ magazine. 3/03
Henrik Homann, commercial managing director and head of controlling of TUI Deutschland GmbH, will in addition to his key responsibilities also look after the Austrian companies GTT Holding AG, TUI Reisecenter Austria/Tiroler Landesreisebüro, TUI Austria, and in Switzerland, TUI Suisse. 1/03
Christoph Hommerich now is in charge of Investor Relations of Fraport AG; he followed Wolfgang Kniese, who went to T-Mobile International AG. 10/02
Ralf Horter is Managing Director of Discount Travel GmbH, TUI AG’s new discount brand in Germany. 6/03; see: Jürgen Branse has left 1-2-Fly, part of the TUI Group, as director; he is followed by Ralf Horter. 12/02
Raimund Hosch (Messe Berlin GmbH), Jochen Witt (KölnMesse GmbH) and Michael von Zitzewitz (Messe Frankfurt GmbH) have been reelected as board members of AUMA - Association of the German Trade Fair Industry. 7/02
Christian Hribar is the new Senior Sales Manager Central Europe in Munich of IndeCorp Corporation, better known through its brands Preferred Hotels & Resorts, Summit and Sterling. 11/01
Volker Huber is new Director of Sales Germany and Central Europe of Lufthansa AirPlus in Neu-Isenburg. 9/02
Meinhard Huck is new Managing Director of the Raffles brand Swissotel Hotels. 8/03
Christof Hueckelheim, see: Michael Bentele will be SAA’s Director Central Europe, starting January 1, 2002; his Frankfurt collegue Christof Hueckelheim adds marketing to his previous sales portfolio. 12/01
Norbert Huege, see: Heike Pabst is new Senior Product Manager for modular holidays of FTI in Munich; she follows Norbert Huege. 3/03; Norbert Huege has left FTI in Munich as product manager for modular holidays USA, Canada, Alaska and Hawaii. 2/03
Veit Huertler: Martin Ulrich is new Manager Marketing & Sales Germany of DFDS Seaways, he follows Veit Huertler. 7/03
Tom Hulton, formerly with ICCA, is new Director International Relations of the new exhibition imex in Frankfurt. 10/02
Joachim Hunold, President-Owner of Air Berlin, is new President of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Luftfahrt-Unternehmen (ADL), the association of German holiday airlines; he follows Dieter Schenk. 7/03; see: Gerhard Rybicki (TUI, Hanover) was voted chairman of the holiday airline committee of the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV); deputy is Joachim Hunold (Air Berlin). 8/02
Adrian Hunt, see: Martin Wyatt is new CEO of dba (Deutsche BA) in Munich, he follows Adrian Hunt, who retired. 2/03
Edith Hunzinger, see: Italo Somarriello, Director of Enit in Germany, is new president of Corps Touristique (CT); he follows Edith Hunzinger (Seychelles). 7/02
Alexander Huschka is new GM of the Inter-Continental Leipzig. Formerly he was Director Operations for HPI Hotel Property Investor. 6/02
Wahid Ibrahim, see Naceur Mani will be new manager of the Tunisian Tourist Office in Frankfurt, starting September; he follows Wahid Ibrahim who goes to Madrid. 8/02
Günter Ihlau, TUI AG and chairman of DRV’s foreign committee, was elected chairman of the Tourism Security Task Force at the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), London. 12/02
Per Illian, see: Stefanie Heiman will be responsible for hotel room procurement for Thomas Cook’s long-haul destinations. Formerly with DER, she starts in February 2002. At Dertour she is replaced by Per Illian. 12/01
Helge Jans is new Director of Marketing of NSA, the GSA of Norwegian Hurtigruten in Germany and Austria. 10/02
Rainer Jansen left Nazar Holiday as director of sales and marketing. 11/01
Steve Jeffrey, IT director of TUI Espana, leaves the management board. 3/03
Denise Jentzsch is new Key Account Manager Germany Corporate of Queens Group Germany in Frankfurt. 9/02
Gunnar Joachimsohn is new member of the managing board of TUI Business Travel Deutschland GmbH, where he heads Operations and IT; he comes from T-Mobile and the Kirch Group. 10/02
Wolfgang John will join the Managing Board of holiday airline Hapag-Lloyd, May 1; he comes from Aero Lloyd and replaces Dieter Schenk, who retires in the second half of 2003. 3/03; see: Wolfgang Sacher will chair the managing board of Aero Lloyd GmbH & Co KG in Oberursel, starting in June; he comes from GlobeGround Servisair Group (Frankfurt/Manchester) and follows Wolfgang John. 4/03
Walter Junger will be General Director of the new Ritz Carlton Berlin; he will also serve as Area Director Germany. 6/02
Regine Kalka, see: Klaus Wellmann is new division head home, garden and leisure exhibitions of Koelnmesse GmbH in Cologne, he follows Regine Kalka. 3/03
Rolf Kaptur: Andreas Kretzschmar is new Vice President and General Manager Germany and Central Europe of ANA in Frankfurt; he comes from Lufthansa and follows Rolf Kaptur, who retired. 8/03
Raci Karaca, see: Hüsnü Günüs is new director of the Turkish Tourist Office in Frankfurt; he follows Raci Karaca, who was promoted to Ankara. 3/02
Heinrich L. Kapfenberger was appointed GM of the Millenium Hotel and Resort Stuttgart, the former Copthorne Hotel. 4/02
Mara Kaselitz: Delegates of international tourist offices in Germany have formed a new committee within the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV). Speaker of the group is Jean-Pierre Courteau (French Tourist Office, Frankfurt), Mara Kaselitz (Government of Dubai, Frankfurt) serves as deputy. 12/02
Lothar Kastner, see: Norbert Rohde was re-elected president of the Bundesverband Deutscher Omnibusunternehmer (BDO). Serving in the board of the tour bus association are Dieter Beth, Lothar Kastner and Wolfgang Steinbrück. 11/01
Norbert Katheder, see: Heike Salver now reps Gran Caribe Hotels in Germany with B&G Tourism Sales and Consulting in Frankfurt; she follows Norbert Katheder. 9/02
Erich Kaub, see: Klaus Laepple, President of BTW Bundesverband der Deutschen Tourismuswirtschaft and DRV Deutscher Reisebüro und Reiseveranstalter Verband, was elected Deputy President of the Board of travel insurer Europäische Reiseversicherung AG in Munich; he follows Erich Kaub. 6/02; see: Klaus Laepple was voted new President of the Bundesverband der Deutschen Tourismuswirtschaft (BTW), Germany’s tourism umbrella organization. Laepple follows Erich Kaub; see: Ernst Fischer is the new president of DEHOGA, the German hotel and restaurant association; he follows Erich Kaub. 12/01
Steffen Keese is new Product Manager for South Europe of Gebeco in Kiel. 6/02
Michael Kerkloh, see: Willi Hermsen, Senior Managing Director of Munich Airport, will retire May 17. His successor is to be Michael Kerkloh, presently Managing Director of Hamburg Airport. 3/02
Monji Khiari is new head of sales of Bentour International in Frankfurt. 6/02
Norbert Kickum will be Thomas Cook’s new CFO, starting October 15; he comes from Siemens Financial Services as managing director. 10/02
Susanne Kiedaisch is new Director of Marketing of Seetours product Arosa Line. 7/02
Masayuki Kifuji is new Director Germany of Japan Air Lines, he follows Tetsuya Takenaka. 8/03
Dieter Kindermann: Jan-Hendrik Koehler is new Director of Marketing of Color Line in Kiel, he follows Dieter Kindermann. 7/03; Dieter Kindermann will retire as marketing manager of Color Line in Kiel end of this year. He already left the office of chairman of the German ferry association VFF. 6/03
Michael Kirnberger: VDR The Business Travel Association of Germany has elected a new board. At the AGM April 3 in Berlin Michael Kirnberger, travel manager of Merck KGaA in Darmstadt, was reelected with 87% of the votes as President. 5/03; see: Klaus Laepple ... the 12-head-strong BTW board now consists of eight other members: … Michael Kirnberger (VDR). 5/02
Thilo Klante is new Sales Manager Leisure & Pricing of Finnair in Frankfurt. 8/03
Michaela Klare will be head of the New York office of GNTO, starting in October. 6/02
Gunther Klein from Tourism Ireland in Frankfurt was promoted to Manager Central Europe. 4/02
Winfried Klein, who had been in leading positions with airtours and American Express in Frankfurt, has died at the age of 67. 8/03
Ralf G. Kleinhenz: SevenCenters is the name of a new marketing organization through which the leading German congress centers with exhibition opportunities want to draw large events. Members are the ICC Berlin - Internationales Congress Center Berlin, the CCD - Congress Center Düsseldorf , the Congress Center Messe Frankfurt, the CCH - Congress Centrum Hamburg, KölnKongress, the ICM - Internationales Congress Center Munich and the Messe Congress Center Stuttgart. Speaker is Ralf G. Kleinhenz. 7/02; Ralf G. Kleinhenz, Director Congresses of Messe Berlin/ICC, is chairman of the new congress council of Berlin Tourismus Marketing GmbH, the BTM-Kongress-Beirat. 6/02
Thomas Klippstein will be GM of the new Kempinski Grand Hotel Heiligendamm, to open March 2003. 6/02
Rüdiger Knewitz, see: Philippe Boucard, who heads the Guadeloupe Tourist Office in Frankfurt, was elected new chairman of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Karibik, the trade association specialized on the Caribbean. He follows Rüdiger Knewitz, who remains in the board. 10/01
Wolfgang Kniese, see: Christoph Hommerich now is in charge of Investor Relations of Fraport AG; he followed Wolfgang Kniese, who went to T-Mobile International AG. 10/02
Hans-Gustav Koch, see: Klaus Laepple ... the 12-head-strong BTW board now consists of eight other members: … Hans-Gustav Koch (DB Reise&Touristik AG). 5/02
Jan-Hendrik Koehler is new Director of Marketing of Color Line in Kiel, he follows Dieter Kindermann. 7/03
Jürgen Koehler is new country manager Germany and The Netherlands of Mövenpick Hotels. 3/03
Lore Koenig is new Director of Sales for the new Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai, due to open March 2003. She was Director of Sales – Germany, Austria and Switzerland, based in the Regional Sales Office, London. 7/02
Rüdiger Koenig has left the head position of the German team of Swiss; new country manager of the airline will be Jean-Philippe Benoit. 12/02
Christian Koetter is new Director of Transportation of Gebeco in Kiel; he had been Area Manager America of the tour operator before. 6/03
Astrid Koppers now is in charge of charter business at Deutsche BA (dba) in Munich. 9/02
Anna-Katharina Korte now is director of marketing Central Europe for Hyatt International and heads marketing of the Grand Hyatt Berlin. She comes from the Frankfurt Intercontinental. 2/02
Hans Günter Korts will become new Country Manager Germany and Austria for Worldspan in Frankfurt in July; he comes from RCI and follows Theodora Dimopoulou who changed to Dertour. 6/02
Sebastian Kraemer is new Director Sales & Marketing of the Kempinski Hotel Bristol Berlin. 10/02
Sonja Kraemer was appointed new marketing manager of National Car Rental for Continental Europe. 12/01
Peter Kranich is new Senior VP and Accountable Manager of Eurowings Luftverkehrs AG in Dortmund; he was COO of Deutsche BA (dba) in Munich. 6/02
Christiane Krause is new head of the tourism division of bus operator TRD-Reisen in Dortmund. She follows Claus Lange who retired. 4/02
Janka Krauss is new Managing Director of the Tourist-Information Kiel, the capital of Schleswig-Holstein. 4/02
Jörn Krausser from Dertour, in addition to looking after the South American markets, is now also product manager for the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean. 12/01
Jan Kreke is new product manager long-haul travel of Neckermann, part of Thomas Cook AG. 2/03
Andreas Kretzschmar is new Vice President and General Manager Germany and Central Europe of ANA in Frankfurt; he comes from Lufthansa and follows Rolf Kaptur, who retired. 8/03
Edmund Krieger is new head of Center Marketing and Strategy of Düsseldorf Airport, he comes from Deutsche Aero Consult in Frankfurt. 5/02
Jochen Kroehan is new GM Administration of Globeground, a Berlin airport servicing company; he comes from Mexicana and follows Michael Garvens, who went to Cologne/Bonn Airport. 9/02
Marianne Krohn is new VP Operations Delivery EMEA of TQ3 Travel Solutions in Bremen. 10/02
Walter Krombach, Managing Director of Ameropa-Reisen GmbH in Bad Homburg and DRV Board member, was unanimously elected new President of the Group of National Travel Agents' and Tour Operators' Associations within the EU (ECTAA). 7/02; Walter Krombach will take over as president of European travel agency association ECTAA in May 2002. 12/01
Christopher Krull is new Managing Director of Schwarzwald Tourismus, the organization which promotes the Black Forest. 6/02
Thomas Kube now heads the tourism and business travel department of Flughafen München GmbH; he follows Martin Pundt, who left Munich Airport after eleven years. 10/02
Gunter Kuechler will join the managing board of Lufthansa Systems, being responsible for sales and marketing. 10/02; see: Bernd Voigt is new Managing Director of Lufthansa Systems Infratec, he follows Gunter Kuechler. 12/02
Wolfgang Kurth, see: Kevin Hatton, managing director at Britannia Airways Ltd., now also is the new CEO of TUI Airline Management; he succeeds Wolfgang Kurth who will concentrate on his responsibility as CEO of Hapag-Lloyd Express. 12/02; Wolfgang Kurth, TUI AG divisional director Airlines, took up the position of CEO of Hapag-Lloyd Express, TUI AG's low cost carrier. 10/02; see: Dieter Schenk now serves as CEO for Hapag-Lloyd Flug. He follows Wolfgang Kurth who took up responsibility for all air carriers within the Preussag group. 2/02
Edgar Lacke from Aviareps is new country manager of Estonian Air. 6/03
Klaus Laepple, President of the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV) and the Federal Association of the German Tourism Industry (BTW), is new Honorary Citizen of Antalya in Turkey. 7/03; The Advisory Council of ITB Berlin has three new members: Klaus Laepple, President of the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV) and the Federal Association of the German Tourism Industry (BTW), Naceur Mani, Director of the Tunisian Tourist Office in Frankfurt, and Anna-Renate Budde, Director Marketing of Siemens Business Services. 6/03; Klaus Laepple, President of BTW Bundesverband der Deutschen Tourismuswirtschaft and DRV Deutscher Reisebüro und Reiseveranstalter Verband, was elected Deputy President of the Board of travel insurer Europäische Reiseversicherung AG in Munich; he follows Erich Kaub. 6/02; Klaus Laepple was voted new President of the Bundesverband der Deutschen Tourismuswirtschaft (BTW), Germany’s tourism umbrella organization. Laepple, who follows Erich Kaub, continues to serve as President of Deutscher Reisebüro und Reiseveranstalter Verband (DRV). He also heads the BTW managing board with Ralf Corsten (Preussag AG), Robert Salzl (Arabella Hotel Holding AG) and Ernst Fischer (Dehoga) as other members. 5/02; Klaus Laepple, President of the Federal Association of the German Tourism Industry (BTW) and the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV), was also elected President of the Board of the German National Tourist Board (DZT) and Board Member of the powerful BDI, Germany’s top business organization. 12/02
Michael Lambertz, see: Tobias Schloemer is new Director Marketing of TUI Germany in Hannover; he follows Michael Lambertz who became Director Marketing of Preussag AG. 4/02
Claus Lange, see: Christiane Krause is new head of the tourism division of bus operator TRD-Reisen in Dortmund. She follows Claus Lange who retired. 4/02
Pedro Macedo Leao: José Manuel Nogueira Ramos has left the Portugese Trade and Tourism Office Icep in Frankfurt and moved to Paris; he is followed by Pedro Macedo Leao. 8/03
Thorsten Lettnin, see: Thomas Mueller left Qantas in Frankfurt; marketing and sales are now headed by Thorsten Lettnin. 4/02; Thorsten Lettnin takes over as Qantas Regional Manager for Germany and Austria, January 2002. 12/01
Pawel Lewandowski: Delegates of international tourist offices in Germany have formed a new committee within the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV). Speaker of the group is Jean-Pierre Courteau (French Tourist Office, Frankfurt), Pawel Lewandowski (Polish Tourist Office, Berlin) is a member. 12/02
Huiyang Li and Guido Brettschneider have been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to the Board of TUI China, in which TUI AG has a 51% share. 5/03
Ralf Lieb is new Director Marketing and Sales for Ontario at Munich rep Mangum. 9/02
Horst Liebelt has left Marco Polo Reisen after 36 years, he will now serve as consultant to the Munich-based operator. 5/02
Jürgen Linde, see: Klaus Laepple ... the 12-head-strong BTW board now consists of eight other members: … Jürgen Linde (DTV). 5/02
Jutta Lieneke-Berns, see: Christian Boergen, Head of Communication of the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV), now also is Head of Communication of the Federal Association of the German Tourism Industry (BTW); he follows Jutta Lieneke-Berns, who leaves for private reasons. 10/02
Jukka Liinpää heads the new Sales Unit Central Europe of Finnair in Franfurt which now looks after Germany, Switzerland and Austria. 7/02
Andrea Ligges is new head of the product groups and yield management of Alltours, she comes from LTU Touristik. 10/02
Max F. Loetscher, see: Martin Schlueter is new director operations of Iberotel, part of TUI. He follows Max F. Loetscher. 2/02
Albin Loidl, former General Manager of Kreutzer Touristik, now joined the board of Thomas Cook Austria AG, being in charge of sales and marketing. 8/02
Silvio Lombardo is new Sales Manager Germany of Olympic Airways. 7/03
Rona Lubatschowski is new Sales Manager Retail at Alamo rent a car in Mörfelden-Walldorf, she comes from Norwegian Cruise Line. 6/02
Julia Ludwig now heads the Gold Crown Club of Best Western Hotels Deutschland in Eschborn; she comes from Sol Meliá. 10/02
Johannes Ludewig, former CEO of Deutsche Bahn AG, is new Executive Director of the Community of European Railways (CER) in Brussels. 6/02
Christian Lueke is new Director Sales of Event Hotel AG in Cologne, who operate seven Holiday Inns and two Best Western hotels. 4/02
Peter Luethgen, see: Walter Krombach, Managing Director of Ameropa-Reisen GmbH in Bad Homburg and DRV Board member, was elected new President of the Group of National Travel Agents' and Tour Operators' Associations within the EU (ECTAA). Peter Luethgen of Voyages Sud in Freiburg joined the Fiscal Committee. 7/02
Pradip Madhavji, see: Stefan Pichler, CEO of Thomas Cook AG, is new Chairman of the Board of Thomas Cook India Limited; he follows Pradip Madhavji. 3/03
Neal Maglaque is new CEO of American Express Germany and Austria; he follows Thomas Altenhain, who left Amex. 8/02
Baher Malek, see: Italo Somarriello, Director of Enit in Germany, is new president of Corps Touristique (CT). Baher Malek (Egypt) is a member of the board. 7/02
David Malmholt is new marketing manager of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines in Frankfurt; he follows Konstantin Prause, who left RCCL. 4/02
Naceur Mani: The Advisory Council of ITB Berlin has three new members: Klaus Laepple, President of the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV) and the Federal Association of the German Tourism Industry (BTW), Naceur Mani, Director of the Tunisian Tourist Office in Frankfurt, and Anna-Renate Budde, Director Marketing of Siemens Business Services. 6/03; Delegates of international tourist offices in Germany have formed a new committee within the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV). Speaker of the group is Jean-Pierre Courteau (French Tourist Office, Frankfurt). Naceur Mani (Tunesian Tourism Administration, Frankfurt) is a member. 12/02; Naceur Mani will be new manager of the Tunisian Tourist Office in Frankfurt, starting September; he follows Wahid Ibrahim who goes to Madrid. 8/02
Michael Mann, see: Christoph von Zabiensky has left Start Amadeus in Bad Homburg as head of sales and marketing, he was followed by Michael Mann. 6/03
Wolfgang Manner is new Manager Leisure & Direct Sales of United Airlines in Frankfurt. 5/03
Eugenio Manzano is new manager marketing & sales Germany for Garuda Indonesia in Frankfurt. He follows Sigmund Schwarz who after many years left the company. 3/02
Jan Marks: Andrew Windsor is new General Manager of Lastminute.com Germany, he follows Jan Marks. 8/03; Jan Marks is new Managing Director of the German branch of Lastminute.com; he comes from Ultramar Express and Traveltopix. 6/02
Luis Martos, see: Horacio Díaz Del Barco now heads the Munich branch of the Spanish Tourism Office Turespaña. He follows Luis Martos. 2/02
Christiana Marzluff is new head of the Swiss Tourist Office in Germany; she comes from Mitsubishi Electric Europe and follows Klaus Oegerli. 7/03
Marc Mathews is Delta’s new sales manager in Munich, he comes from Air France. 10/01
Gerold Mauthner was appointed managing director of STA Travel GmbH in Frankfurt. 4/02
Costas H. Mavrikis, long-time regional manager for Olympic Airways in Frankfurt, was promoted to GM Sales & Distribution in Athens. 3/02
Wolfgang Mayrhuber is new Chairman and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, he follows Jürgen Weber, who now heads the Supervisory Board. 7/03; Wolfgang Mayrhuber, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, will be the successor to the current Chairman and CEO, Jürgen Weber. The change will take place at the next Annual General Meeting, on June 18, 2003. 1/03; Wolfgang Mayrhuber has been appointed Deputy Chairman of Lufthansa, effective April 1. He has been a member of the Executive Board and CEO Passenger Business of Deutsche Lufthansa AG since January 1, 2001. 4/02
Barbro McAusland is the new head of the Swedish Travel and Tourism Council in Hamburg. 6/03
Stefan Mecha, see: Philip Harland will leave e-commerce specialist E-Sixt in Munich; he is followed by Stefan Mecha who comes from the fleet management of Daimler-Chrysler Services. 8/02
Wybke Meier, formerly with Fischer Reisen and the TV station Via 1, now heads the new division sales, e-commerce, yield and marketing of Öger Tours in Hamburg. 2/02
Adolf Meinung: Achim Schloemer is new tourism chief of Rhineland Palantine, he follows Adolf Meinung. Adolf Meinung, tourism chief of Rhineland Palantine, has retired. 7/03
Ewald Meister, see: Bettina Bunge is new head of sales of GNTO in Frankfurt, she follows Ewald Meister, who retired. 6/02
Florian Meyer-Thoene, see: Manfred Gabriel is new GM of the Radisson SAS Hotel Schwarzer Bock in Wiesbaden; he follows Florian Meyer-Thoene. 10/02
Csilla Mezösi will be new head of the Hungarian Tourist Office in Berlin in July, she follows Miklós Walkó. 4/02
Gerd Mirgel of Euskirchener Reisebüro Mirgel is new member of the DRV committee outgoing travel. 5/02
Gerhard Mitrovits is new GM of the Hotel Inter-Continental Vienna, he comes from the Hotel Inter-Continental Frankfurt. 9/02
Jörgen Moellegaard, see: Henry Hasselbarth, Manager Europe of Emirates, was elected new chairman of the Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (Barig). He follows Jörgen Möllegaard from SAS, who retired. 1/02
Siegmar Moench is new Product Manager for Asia and Australia of FTI in Munich. 3/03
Josep Moll i Marquès is manager of the new tourist office of the Balearic Isles (Majorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera) in Berlin. 8/02
Richard Moore is new Managing Director of Queens Hotels Germany, he follows Hans Gemmer. 4/02
Krishna Moorthy, see: Christopher Yek now is Area Manager Germany, Poland and Russia of Malaysia Airlines in Frankfurt; he follows Krishna Moorthy who retired. 5/02
Rita Morozow, who heads the Anguilla Tourist Board and the Aruba Tourism Authority in Frankfurt, now also represents Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten. The so-called SSS islands previously had been looked after by the Dutch Caribbean Travel Center which closed down. 1/02
Andreas Mueller is new Director of Multinational Accounts for Austria, Germany and Switzerland of Marriott International in Frankfurt’s Global Sales Office. 6/03
Anja Mueller is new key account manager leisure sales Germany/Austria for Qantas. She comes from Air New Zealand. 2/02
Christoph Mueller is new Managing Director of incoming agent LTU Asia Tours in Bangkok; he follows Hans-Peter Tuggener, who joined the board of directors. 1/03
Günter Mueller is Managing Director of the new IATA Service GmbH in Frankfurt. 5/02
Hans R. Mueller: City Line & Country Line in Bad Salzuflen closed their business. Owner Barbara Zimmermann and new partner Hans R. Mueller of Top International in Dusseldorf now founded Top City & Country Line GmbH with 450 associated hotels. 8/03
Thomas Mueller is new Marketing Manager Germany of Turkish Airlines in Frankfurt; he comes from Qatar Airways. 2/03; Thomas Mueller left Qantas in Frankfurt. 4/02
Uwe Mueller is new Area Manager Asia of Lufthansa, he follows Manfred Reimer, who retired. 7/03
Wolfgang Mueller, see: Walter Krombach, Managing Director of Ameropa-Reisen GmbH in Bad Homburg and DRV Board member, was elected new President of the Group of National Travel Agents' and Tour Operators' Associations within the EU (ECTAA). Wolfgang Mueller of Carlson Wagonlit Travel in Eschborn is member of the Air Matters Committee. 7/02; Wolfgang Mueller (Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Eschborn) was voted Director Germany of the Guild of European Business Travel Agents (GEBTA). 4/02
Annegret Mueller-Stiffel, see: Cees van den Berg is new director marketing and sales of Transocean Tours; he follows Annegret Mueller-Stiffel, who took over Mare Reisen, a last-minute seller for cruises, formerly owned by van den Berg. 12/02
Stephen Mulligan is new Area VP of Operations Six Continents Hotels with the office in Frankfurt. 9/02; Stephen Mulligan is new Area VP Ops Northern Europe in the Frankfurt office for the hotels of Six Continents (Inter-Continental, Forum, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Express by Holiday Inn) in Germany, Czech Republic and Poland. 5/02
Norbert Munsch, sales managing director of TUI Deutschland GmbH, will be responsible for the activities of TUI Leisure Travel, EVS Beteiligungsgesellschaft, FOX Tours, TUI 4 U and TUI interactive. 1/03
Peter Munzig, GM of Start Amadeus GmbH in Bad Homburg, is also new Director of the new Competence Center Purchase, where Amadeus concentrates all international activities for National Marketing Companies (NMCs). 7/03
Thomas Nagel is Lufthansa’s new managing director of Terminal 2 Betriebsgesellschaft mbH München. 1/02
Nicole Napast is new Key Account Director International Sales for The Americas of Six Continents Hotels; she comes from Continental Airlines. 1/03
Lawrence Nell is new CEO of online travel agency T-Online Travel, jointly owned by t-online, Thomas Cook and TUI. Nell comes from Expedia Deutschland. 6/02
Hanns Peter Nerger, see: Klaus Laepple ... the 12-head-strong BTW board now consists of eight other members: … Hanns Peter Nerger (BTM). 5/02
Karl-Heinz Neumeister, see: Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus from Lufthansa became new Secretary General of the Association of European Airlines (AEA) in Brussels, he follows Karl-Heinz Neumeister. 10/02
Wilfried Niederkofler, see: Peter Dorner is new President und CEO of New World Travel in New York, the US-incoming operator which is owned 100% by Dertour. He follows Wilfried Niederkofler. 3/02
Günther Nischwitz has retired. He had been with the German National Tourist Board (GNTO) since 1968, his last post having been head of the Paris office. 1/03
Sandra Nix is new Director of Sales of the relexa hotel Frankfurt, she comes from the Park Plaza Offenbach and follows Dorothée Schmitz. 9/02
Gerald Nowak is new Director of Business Development of Hilton Frankfurt. He follows Elisabeth Perwanger. 5/02
Marco Nussbaum is new VP Sales & Marketing of the Hospitality Alliance AG (Treff Hotels), he comes from NH Hoteles. 7/03
Klaus Oegerli: Christiana Marzluff is new head of the Swiss Tourist Office in Germany; she comes from Mitsubishi Electric Europe and follows Klaus Oegerli. 7/03
Angela Oelschlaegel: Delegates of international tourist offices in Germany have formed a new committee within the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV). Speaker of the group is Jean-Pierre Courteau (French Tourist Office, Frankfurt), Angela Oelschlaegel (Bahamas Tourist Office, Frankfurt) is a member. 12/02; see: Italo Somarriello, Director of Enit in Germany, is new president of Corps Touristique (CT). Angela Oelschlaegel (Bahamas) is a member. 7/02
Friedrich W. Oldenburg has left United Airlines as Director of Sales Germany, Switzerland and Austria. 12/02
Markus Orth, see: Thomas Drexler is new Managing Director of Lufthansa E-Commerce GmbH in Frankfurt, a subsidiary of Lufthansa und Thomas Cook AG. He follows Markus Orth who changed to last-minute specialist L’Tur Tourismus AG. 3/02
Robert Osel is new co-owner and Managing Director of Airtrans agency in Munich; he comes from Kiwi Tours in Munich. 6/03
Ralph Osken, in addition to his responsibilities with Derpart, is new member of the managing board of Rewe Touristik. 2/02
Thomas Osswald, managing director of Lufthansa City Center (LCC), has left the company. 5/02
Christiane Otter now is in charge of domestic marketing of the Deutsche Zentrale für Tourismus (DZT) in Frankfurt, she follows Carolin Ruh and comes from Seaside Hotels. 6/02
Wilhelm Pape has left TUI Leisure Travel Management and retired. 10/02
Heike Pabst is new Senior Product Manager for modular holidays of FTI in Munich; she follows Norbert Huege. 3/03
Stéphanie Parisot is new country manager of Club Med Germany in Frankfurt, she follows Eric Georges. 4/03
Nam-Il Park is new Vice President Germany and Poland of Korean Air in Frankfurt. 5/03
Theo Pauly is new GM of the Forum Hotel Munich; he comes from the Crowne Plaza Heidelberg and follows Henning Fries. 9/02
Frederik Pénot is new Manager Germany of Disney Parks & Resorts in Munich; he follows Michael Adams, who left the company. 2/03
Ellen Persons, see: Jackie Ewing and Ellen Persons are new general managers of FTI’s incoming agency in North America, they follow Stephan Franck. 5/03
Elisabeth Perwanger, see: Gerald Nowak is new Director of Business Development of Hilton Frankfurt. He follows Elisabeth Perwanger. 5/02
Lars-Eric Peters is General Manager of Sixt’s new car-rental budget product, Sixti. 8/03
Lothar Peters is new head of the Holland Tourism Bureau (NBT) in Cologne. 3/02
Klaus P. Pfund, one of the most respected German travel journalists, has died in May. He was a profound expert in the international hotel scene. 6/02
Corinne Picaut, see: Margit Schwarz from Discover the World Marketing (rep of Puerto Rico, Grenada) joined the board of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Karibik, the German promotion group for the Caribbean, she follows Corinne Picaut from the Martinique Tourist Office, who went to Paris. 10/02
Stefan Pichler, CEO of Thomas Cook AG, is new Chairman of the Board of Thomas Cook India Limited; he follows Pradip Madhavji. 3/03; see: Michael Frenzel, CEO of TUI AG, and Stefan Pichler, CEO of Thomas Cook AG, are new members of the committee of BDI, Germany’s top business organization. 12/02
Peter Plan will leave Reed Exhibitions as Director of Marketing Germany/Switzerland at the end of this year. 9/02
Klaus Platzdasch from Saxonia Touristik in Leipzig was elected president of the ASTA Chapter Germany. 10/01
Karl J. Pojer, see: Peter Seeger is TUI AG’s new head of the new Shared Service Center. He is followed by Karl J. Pojer who comes from Robinson Club GmbH.6/03
Hartmuth Posner is new Director Human Ressources of Thomas Cook AG; he comes from Lufthansa and follows Dietmar Hertel, who continues as Commercial MD of Thomas Cook Travel Germany in Munich. 8/03
Shaun Powell, director general of TUI Espana, leaves the company, his successor is the former head of the incoming business, Eduardo Zamorano. 3/03
Albert Pozo joined the managing board of Start Amadeus GmbH in Bad Homburg. 4/03
Konstantin Prause, see: David Malmholt is new marketing manager of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines in Frankfurt; he follows Konstantin Prause, who left RCCL. 4/02
Agus Priyanto is new General Manager Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Spain of Garuda Indonesia; he follows Jahja Tedjasukmana, who returns to headquarters in Indonesia. 5/03
Reinhard Przybilski, see: Michael J. Ball is new CEO and Managing Director of SRS-WorldHotels Steigenberger Reservation Service. He was Group Director Sales & Marketing of Shangri La Hotels & Resorts and succeeds Reinhard Przybilski. 1/02
Martin Pundt, formerly with Munich Airport, is new Manager Sales & Marketing of abc Holiday Extras in Munich. 12/02; see: Thomas Kube now heads the tourism and business travel department of Flughafen München GmbH; he follows Martin Pundt, who left Munich Airport after eleven years. 10/02
Nicole Purwin is new Supervisor Marketing & PR Continental Europe of Norwegian Cruise Line in Frankfurt. 2/03
Gerhard Puttfarcken will be Chairman of the Board of Management und General Manager of Airbus Deutschland GmbH, starting January 1, 2003. He follows Hans-Joachim Gante, who changed to the Bundesverband der deutschen Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie (BDLI). 12/02
Alexander Pyhan is new Manager Intermediary Sales Austria, Germany and Switzerland for Marriott International in Frankfurt’s Global Sales Office. 6/03
Petra Quasdorf, formerly with Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, is new product manager for Sea Cloud Cruises in Hamburg. 2/02
Rupprecht Queitsch is pre-opening director of the Berlin Marriott Hotel which is scheduled to be finished in 2004. 8/03
Barbara Radomski, see: Ulrike Birner is new Director of Public Relations of ArabellaSheraton Hotelmanagement GmbH in Munich, she follows Barbara Radomski. 9/02
Horst Rahe, see: Kai Hollmann from Gastwerk Hotel in Hamburg, Klaus Wenzel and Horst Rahe, both from Hotel Neptun in Warnemünde, have been named Hoteliers of the Year by NGZ magazine. 3/03
Horst Rahe was named Honorary President of Seetours. 6/03
José Manuel Nogueira Ramos has left the Portugese Trade and Tourism Office Icep in Frankfurt and moved to Paris; he is followed by Pedro Macedo Leao. 8/03
Volker Rathe has left Accor after more than 25 years for retirement. He was managing director of the hotel branch in Germany and European head of Formule 1, Etap and Ibis. 5/02
M.D. Razali, see: Sam Appadurai is new Director of Tourism Malaysia in Frankfurt; he follows M.D. Razali who returned to KL head office as Director of Research & Planning. 3/03
Manfred Reimer: Uwe Mueller is new Area Manager Asia of Lufthansa, he follows Manfred Reimer, who retired. 7/03
Karl-Martin Reinhardt is new Managing Director of Reisebüro Direkt Kooperation GmbH in Munich, part of the Touristik Service System GmbH (TSS). 1/03
Günther Reischl now heads the project group China of Thomas Cook AG. 2/03
Janez Repansek, see: Italo Somarriello, Director of Enit in Germany, is new president of Corps Touristique (CT), Janez Repansek (Slowenia) is a board member. 7/02
Ralph Rettig: VDR The Business Travel Association of Germany has elected a new board. At the AGM April 3 in Berlin Michael Kirnberger, travel manager of Merck KGaA in Darmstadt, was reelected as President. Also Ralph Rettig (travel manager of EDS in Rüsselsheim) and Bernd Ruttloff (travel manager of Hochtief AG in Essen) were reelected as VP and Treasurer respectively. 5/03
Julia Richter: Klaus M. Vetter leaves the language tour arm of Studiosus but continues to council the Munich tour operator. He is followed by Julia Richter, who comes from Euro Schüler Sprachreisen Munich. 8/03
Ralf Riese of Henningsdorfer Reiseland Riese, Otto Schuessler of tour operator Seetours in Rostock and Bernd Stolzenberg from NSA in Hamburg are new members of the DRV cruise committee. 5/02
Klaus-Peter Roeding is new General Manager of the Heidelberg Marriott Hotel; he follows Robert Grader, who changed to the Copenhagen Marriott Hotel. 8/03
Anne Roesener, GM Germany of SabreTravel Network, has joined Thomas Dillon as Co-Managing Director of DCS where she will push the joint Sabre-Merlin product. 8/03; Anne Roesener is new managing director of Sabre in Frankfurt; she comes from FTI. 11/01
Norbert Rohde was re-elected president of the Bundesverband Deutscher Omnibusunternehmer (BDO). 11/01
Stein Ove Rolland is new director of the Norwegian Tourism Office in Hamburg. 3/02
Johann Wolfgang Rosskopf will develop Thomas Cook’s study tours business; he comes from Dr Tigges and Gebeco (TUI) and reports to Gisela Soekeland. 8/02
Falk-Hartwig Rost started as manager sales & marketing of Festival Cruises in Hamburg. 2/02; Falk-Hartwig Rost changed from Öger Tours to Festival Kreuzfahrten as new product manager. 11/01
Matthias Rotter now heads the tourism department of Meier’s Weltreisen, he comes from Neckermann. 8/03; see: Peter Wennel is new Director of Neckermann Flugreisen in Oberursel; he follows Matthias Rotter, who will head the touristic division of Meier's Weltreisen, starting in July. 3/03; Matthias Rotter takes over in November as Director Air Travel of Neckermann. 10/02; Arlette Hagedorn will follow Matthias Rotter as Neckermann’s head of long-haul travel, USA, city and group travel. 10/02
Peter Rothwell is TUI AG’s divisional director of Source Market North (UK, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Ireland) and CEO TUI Northern Europe. 6/03
Matos Rua joined direct-sell specialist Berge & Meer in Rengsdorf, where TUI holds a 40% interest; he comes from US Airways. 9/02; Helder Matos Rua, Director of Communications and Planning Europe of US Airways in Frankfurt, has left the company; Joachim Tietz, Sales and Marketing Manager Germany, will take up parts of the responsibilities. 7/02; Helder Matos Rua, Director Germany of US Airways, now also serves as Director Communications and Planning Europe. 3/02
Georg Ruebensal, GM Germany for Air Canada’s passenger sales, will concentrate on developing international strategies within the carrier’s Six Sigma project. New GM Germany, Switzerland and Austria is Hans Schuett. 9/02
Martin Rueschen is new head of Strategic & International Sales of BTI Central Europe. The new position is part of the Business Development Unit. He comes from Dr. Fried & Partner Consulting in Munich. 12/02
Carolin Ruh, see: Christiane Otter now is in charge of domestic marketing of the Deutsche Zentrale für Tourismus (DZT) in Frankfurt, she follows Carolin Ruh. 6/02
Ulrike Runge now is in charge of capacity management of FTI in Munich; she came from L'Tur and followed Klaus Seidel. 6/02
Bernd Ruttloff: VDR The Business Travel Association of Germany has elected a new board. At the AGM April 3 in Berlin Michael Kirnberger, travel manager of Merck KGaA in Darmstadt, was reelected as President. Also Ralph Rettig (travel manager of EDS in Rüsselsheim) and Bernd Ruttloff (travel manager of Hochtief AG in Essen) were reelected as VP and Treasurer respectively. 5/03
Gerhard Rybicki (TUI, Hanover) was voted chairman of the holiday airline committee of the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV). 8/02
Jürgen Sabass, see: Wolfgang Diels will follow Jürgen Sabass January 2003 as CEO of Europäische Reiseversicherung AG in Munich. September 1, 2002. 5/02
Michael Sabisch is new Area Manager North and Central Africa for Gebeco in Kiel. 7/02
Hans-Ulrich Sachenbacher is new VP Sales of Sixt Rent a Car in Munich. 5/02
Wolfgang Sacher will chair the managing board of Aero Lloyd GmbH & Co KG in Oberursel, starting in June; he comes from GlobeGround Servisair Group (Frankfurt/Manchester) and follows Wolfgang John. 4/03
Nihat Sahin, see: Suat Yilmaz is new General Manager of Bentour International in Germany; he follows Nihat Sahin. 2/03
Andreas Sakkas, see: Italo Somarriello, Director of Enit in Germany, is new president of Corps Touristique (CT). Andreas Sakkas (Cyprus) and Jean-Pierre Courteau (France) are Vice Presidents of CT. 7/02
Heike Salver now reps Gran Caribe Hotels in Germany with B&G Tourism Sales and Consulting in Frankfurt; she follows Norbert Katheder. 9/02
Robert Salzl, see: Klaus Laepple heads the BTW managing board with Ralf Corsten (Preussag AG), Robert Salzl (Arabella Hotel Holding AG) and Ernst Fischer (Dehoga) as other members.
Daniela Santo will start in June as marketing director of FTI in Munich, she comes from Lufthansa. 6/02
Anne-Britt Sattler is new Director of Sales of Portugal travel specialist Olimar in Cologne, she comes from Turkey specialist Öger in Hamburg. 3/03; see: Ralph Westermann is Öger Tours’ new Director of Sales in Hamburg; he follows Anne-Britt Sattler. 2/03
Daniela Schade: VDR The Business Travel Association of Germany has elected a new board. At the AGM April 3 in Berlin Michael Kirnberger, travel manager of Merck KGaA in Darmstadt, was reelected as President. Daniela Schade (Director Sales of Avis in Oberursel) was reelected as representative of the supplier members. 5/03
Klaus Scheer is new Country Manager Germany of Qatar Airways in Frankfurt; he follows Wolfgang Gehring. 2/03; Klaus Scheer is new Director of Marketing of Costa Cruises in Germany, he comes from Qatar Airways. 9/02
Dieter Schenk: Joachim Hunold, President-Owner of Air Berlin, is new President of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Luftfahrt-Unternehmen (ADL), the association of German holiday airlines; he follows Dieter Schenk. 7/03; Dieter Schenk, airlines managing director of TUI Deutschland GmbH, - in addition to staying in charge of Hapag-Lloyd Flug - will also manage the Polish airline White Eagle. 1/03; Dieter Schenk now serves as CEO for Hapag-Lloyd Flug. He follows Wolfgang Kurth who took up responsibility for all air carriers within the Preussag group. 2/02
Ingrid Scherer-Mohr from the Canadian office of the Deutsche Zentrale für Tourismus (DZT) has retired. 8/03
Markus Schiebel is new sales manager for Center Parcs in Germany, he comes from Kempinski Hotels & Resorts. 9/02; Markus Schiebel will leave his position as GM sales of Kempinski Hotels & Resorts in Neu-Isenburg end of April. 3/02
Johannes Schindler is new head of the sales team of Alltours, he comes from Derpart. 12/02
Achim Schloemer is new tourism chief of Rhineland Palantine, he follows Adolf Meinung. 7/03
Tobias Schloemer is new Director Marketing of TUI Germany in Hannover; he follows Michael Lambertz who became Director Marketing of Preussag AG. 4/02
Horst Schluepmann is new project manager for Meeting and Incentives Central Europe of Swedish Tourism in Hamburg; he comes from the Danish Tourist Board. 10/02
Martin Schlueter is new director operations of Iberotel, part of TUI. He follows Max F. Lötscher. 2/02
Heinz-Erich Schlingheider, Director Marketing and Direct Sales of LTU, has left the company. 6/02
Manfred Schmidt, see: Peter Wittmann will be new Key Account Manager of TUI Deutschland in Hanover, he comes from MG Technologies in Frankfurt. He follows Manfred Schmidt, who retires. 7/02
Dorothée Schmitz, see: Sandra Nix is new Director of Sales of the relexa hotel Frankfurt, she comes from the Park Plaza Offenbach and follows Dorothée Schmitz. 9/02
Achim Schneider will start as division head Touristic at Meier’s Weltreisen in Düsseldorf July 1. He comes from Terramar and follows Eberhard Wulkop. 5/02
Michael Schneider, see: Andreas Heinze left the board of Sixt AG in Munich; his last post was Paris, from where European activities are planned. He is followed by Michael Schneider from Sixt Switzerland. 8/02
Andreas Schober now looks after conferences & incentives of Orient-Express Hotels in Frankfurt. 10/02
Manfred Schoelch: Wilhelm Bender, CEO of Fraport AG, and his deputy Manfred Schoelch are new board members of the Airports Council International (ACI). 7/03
Ursula Schoercher, see: Petra Hedorfer will follow Ursula Schoercher as Chairperson of the Board of the German National Tourist Board (GNTB) in November. 6/03
Christian Scholz, formerly with Meier’s Weltreisen, changed to FTI where he will direct city tours and long-haul individual tours to the USA and Asia/Oceania. 1/02
Manfred Scholz, see: Olaf Dlugi left troubled Augsburg Airways as president. He is followed by Manfred Scholz. 5/02
Alexander Schreiter is new GM of the Crowne Plaza Heidelberg, he comes from the Forum Hotel Hamburg. 9/02
Hermann Schroeder is new European Sales Manager Corporate Sales of Hertz in Eschborn. 3/03
Lars Schubert, see: Thomas Drechsler is the new marketing manager for the Las Vegas Convention & Visitor Authority at the Munich office of Mangum Group. He follows Lars Schubert who left Mangum. 1/02
Otto Schuessler, see: Ralf Riese of Henningsdorfer Reiseland Riese, Otto Schuessler of tour operator Seetours in Rostock and Bernd Stolzenberg from NSA in Hamburg are new members of the DRV cruise committee. 5/02
Hans Schuett, see: Georg Ruebensal, GM Germany for Air Canada’s passenger sales, will concentrate on developing international strategies within the carrier’s Six Sigma project. New GM Germany, Switzerland and Austria is Hans Schuett. 9/02
Alexandra Schuhmann: Christian Badenhop is new Director of Sales & Marketing for the German-speaking markets of SRS-WorldHotels in Frankfurt; he comes from Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts, Central Europe, and follows Alexandra Schuhmann who is on maternity leave. 8/03
Stefan Schulte will be new Chief Financial Officer of Fraport AG in April; he follows Johannes Endler, who retires. 1/03
Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus from Lufthansa became new Secretary General of the Association of European Airlines (AEA) in Brussels, he follows Karl-Heinz Neumeister. 10/02; Thomas Kropp is new head of Lufthansa’s general policy group, he follows Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus. 10/02; Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus was named member of a special advisory board to EU Commissioner Loyola de Palacio. 9/02
Dietmar Schulz was appointed Business Development Manager for the German speaking countries of bus tour operator Australian Pacific Touring (APT). 7/02
Gundula Schulz-Pedersen is new sales manager of Oneworld, looking after Germany, Austria and Sweden; she follows Pedro Torres, who returned to Iberia. 6/02
Ralf Schum is new sales director of Central Germany of Festival Cruises. 9/02
Thomas Schumann, see: Richard Eberhardt from Pforzheim was elected as new President of the Internationaler Bustouristik-Verband RDA. VPs are Albert Happ and Thomas Schumann. 5/02
Sigmund Schwarz, see: Eugenio Manzano is new manager marketing & sales Germany for Garuda Indonesia in Frankfurt. He follows Sigmund Schwarz who after many years left the company. 3/02; Sigmund Schwarz after many years left Garuda Indonesia as director of sales and marketing in Frankfurt. 2/02
Jens Marten Schwass is new GM of the Dorint Hotel Am Konzerthaus Freiburg and Area Manager Southwest Germany of Dorint. 12/02
J. Peter Schweitzer, see: Claus Sendlinger, Chairman of lebensart global networks AG and co-founder of Design Hotels Inc., has been appointed CEO of the international hotel company. He takes over this role from J. Peter Schweitzer, co-founder of Design Hotels Inc., who has been the company’s CEO since its founding in 1993. 12/01
Peter Seeger is TUI AG’s new head of the new Shared Service Center; he comes from TUI Hotels & Resorts. He is followed by Karl J. Pojer who comes from Robinson Club GmbH.6/03
Klaus Seidel, see: Ulrike Runge now is in charge of capacity management of FTI in Munich; she came from L'Tur and followed Klaus Seidel. 6/02
Claus Sendlinger, Chairman of lebensart global networks AG and co-founder of Design Hotels Inc., has been appointed CEO of the international hotel company. He takes over this role from J. Peter Schweitzer, co-founder of Design Hotels Inc., who has been the company’s CEO since its founding in 1993. 12/01
Raija Seppälä is new director of the Finnish Tourist Office in Frankfurt. She follows Sven Hansen who returned to Helsinki. 12/01
Carola Serve is new Marketing Manager Germany of P&O Ferries, she comes from P&O Stena Line. 8/03
Andreas Settekorn, see: Johannes Schneider is new CFO and Andreas Settekorn new VP Marketing and Sales of streamevent AG, a Munich producer of holiday movies. 10/02
Petra Sikorsky, see: Birgit Aust will become director franchise of Thomas Cook and GM of Holiday Land in November, she follows Petra Sikorsky who goes to Aldiana. 9/02; Petra Sikorsky is new managing director of Aldiana in Oberursel, she follows Gisela Soekeland and comes from Holiday Land. 7/02
Michael Simon is new Regional Director of Global Sales of Marriott International in Frankfurt. 12/02
Oliver Simon, see: Georg Ruebensal, GM Germany for Air Canada’s passenger sales, will concentrate on developing international strategies within the carrier’s Six Sigma project. Oliver Simon became new Manager Marketing and Sales. 9/02
Nicole Simonis is new Director of Sales Leisure for Germany, Austria and Switzerland of Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts in Wiesbaden, she comes from Six Continents. 6/02
Monika Singer is new Director of Marketing of Transocean Tours in Bremen, she comes from LTI International Hotels in Düsseldorf and replaces Gisela Strey who left the company. 6/03
S.P. Singh is new Regional Director (Europe) of Indiatourism in Frankfurt; previously he has worked for the Indian Tourist Office in London, Agra, Bahrain, Tel Aviv, New Delhi and Moscow. 5/02
Panagiotis Skordas will be new Director of the Greek Tourist Office in Frankfurt. 5/03
Olaf Slater has left logistic specialist Infox in Bonn, where he was in charge of strategic product development. 8/03
Marcus Smola is new deputy managing director of Best Western Germany. 7/02
Martin Smura is new GM of the Hotel Inter-Continental Frankfurt, he comes from the Hotel Inter-Continental Vienna. 9/02
José Soares, formerly Commercial Manager of TAM Brazilian Airlines in Frankfurt, now acts as GSA. 9/02
Gisela Soekeland: Thomas Cook AG is to replace its up-market tour operator brands Terramar and Kreutzer as well as Condor with a single brand "Thomas Cook". The new Thomas Cook unit is based in Munich, being led by Dietmar Hertel and Gisela Soekeland. 7/02; see: Petra Sikorsky is new managing director of Aldiana in Oberursel, she follows Gisela Soekeland and comes from Holiday Land. 7/02
Rima Sollbusch is new PR person of Robinson Club GmbH, Hanover; she follows Tamara Sommer-Henzler. 1/03
Italo Somarriello, Director of Enit in Germany, is new president of Corps Touristique (CT); he follows Edith Hunzinger (Seychelles). 7/02
Matthias Sommer now heads marketing of Finnair in Germany. 1/02
Vera Sommer, see: Rita Hille from Wiechmann Tourism Services in Frankfurt is new President of the Visit USA Committee Germany; Vera Sommer from Lee County VCB serves as VP. 2/03
Tamara Sommer-Henzler, see: Rima Sollbusch is new PR person of Robinson Club GmbH, Hanover; she follows Tamara Sommer-Henzler. 1/03
Alfredo Spadon: Matteo Zanarini is new GM Germany of Alitalia, he follows Alfredo Spadon, who became Area Manager Venice. 8/03; Alfredo Spadon is new Manager Germany of Alitalia in Frankfurt, he follows Maurizio di Domenico, who returned to Rome. 6/02
Vera Spenneberg now is responsible for the products of France special tour operator Pierre&Vacances in Karlsruhe. 11/01
Mark Spivey, see: René Halla is the new director of international sales at Maritim Hotels who cooperate with Millennium & Copthorne Hotels worldwide. He is assisted by Mark Spivey who previously worked at Maritim’s London office. 2/02
Rudolf Staeuble will head the new department „special tours“ of Dertour. 12/01
Ines Stampehl is new Sales Manager Events in the Inter-Continental Hotel Berlin. 6/02
Helmut Stein left the board of AUMA - Association of the German Trade Fair Industry. 7/02
Michael Stein, see: Norbert Huege is new product manager modular holidays USA, Canada, Alaska and Hawaii for FTI in Munich, he follows Michael Stein. 10/02
Jochen Steinbach is new Area Manager Middle East of Lufthansa. 8/03
Wolfgang Steinbrueck, see: Norbert Rohde was re-elected president of the Bundesverband Deutscher Omnibusunternehmer (BDO). Serving in the board of the tour bus association are Dieter Beth, Lothar Kastner and Wolfgang Steinbrueck. 11/01
Klaus Stephan: Delegates of international tourist offices in Germany have formed a new committee within the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV). Speaker of the group is Jean-Pierre Courteau (French Tourist Office, Frankfurt), Klaus Stephan (Austrian Tourist Office, Frankfurt) is a member. 12/02
Alan Stewart, see: Manny Fontenla-Novoa is new Chief Executive Officer of Thomas Cook UK Ltd., he follows Alan Stewart. 3/03
Norbert Stiekema will take over as GM Germany for KLM, February 1; he follows Ruurd van Geene who returned to Amsterdam. 1/03
Helmut Stiglbauer joined the management team of Travel Overland in Munich; he comes from FTI Frosch Touristik. 11/01
Helmut Stodieck, a former member of the TUI AG executive board, continues to be responsible as a divisional director for Logistics/Holdings. 6/03
Bernd Stolzenberg, see: Ralf Riese of Henningsdorfer Reiseland Riese, Otto Schuessler of tour operator Seetours in Rostock and Bernd Stolzenberg from NSA in Hamburg are new members of the DRV cruise committee. 5/02
Jerome Storm is new Key Account Manager Germany Tours & Travel of Queens Group Germany in Frankfurt. 9/02
Alfred Strauch („Don Alfredo“), Vice President Newbuildings of Seetours, has retired. 8/03
Wolfgang Streitboerger in Bielefeld will control all marketing activities of Tennessee Tourism in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, starting in July. The Travel Industry Sales Office in Munich will close down. 6/03
Ragnar Strerath is new Director Product Development & Training of Trust International, he comes from AirPlus. 8/03
Gisela Strey, see: Monika Singer is new Director of Marketing of Transocean Tours in Bremen, she comes from LTI International Hotels in Düsseldorf and replaces Gisela Strey who left the company. 6/03
Heinz O. Strobl is new Area VP Ops Western Europe of Six Continents with seat in Amsterdam. 6/02
Michael Svedek is new Area Manager Germany & Continental Europe of Royal Brunei in Frankfurt. 4/03
Marcel Tack (Travel Technology Consulting, Schmitten/Taunus) now oversees for the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV) the revision process of the CRS Code of Conduct at the European Commission. 5/03; Marcel Tack left as Managing Director Germany of CRS Galileo in Frankfurt. 5/02
Tetsuya Takenaka: Masayuki Kifuji is new Director Germany of Japan Air Lines, he follows Tetsuya Takenaka. 8/03
Pee Teck Tan, see: Mike Barclay is new country manager Germany of Singapore Airlines in Frankfurt; he follows Pee Teck Tan who returns to Singapore as Senior VP Ground Services. 4/02
Jahja Tedjasukmana: see: Agus Priyanto is new General Manager Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Spain of Garuda Indonesia; he follows Jahja Tedjasukmana, who returns to headquarters in Indonesia. 5/03
Michael Tenzer has left Terramar as Managing Director and will start January 1, 2003 with TUI Germany. 7/02
Michael Theim now is one of four executive officers of hotel company Dorint AG in Mönchengladbach. 2/02
Joachim Tietz, see: Helder Matos Rua, Director of Communications and Planning Europe of US Airways in Frankfurt, has left the company; Joachim Tietz, Sales and Marketing Manager Germany, will take up parts of the responsibilities. 7/02
Pedro Torres, see: Gundula Schulz-Pedersen is new sales manager of Oneworld, looking after Germany, Austria and Sweden; she follows Pedro Torres, who returned to Iberia. 6/02
Christian Totzeck is new Manager Travel Business Germany of Stena Line. 12/02
Hans-Peter Tuggener, see: Christoph Mueller is new Managing Director of incoming agent LTU Asia Tours in Bangkok; he follows Hans-Peter Tuggener, who joined the board of directors. 1/03
Kurt Uebachs has left Alltours as second General Manager besides Willi Verhuven. 6/03; Kurt Uebachs, formerly with Öger in Hamburg, is new co-managing director of Alltours Flugreisen. 11/01; Kurt Uebachs, long-time co-managing director of Turkey specialist Öger Tours in Hamburg, has left the company after 13 years. 10/01
Martin Ulrich is new Manager Marketing & Sales Germany of DFDS Seaways, he follows Veit Huertler. 7/03
Josef Alois Url is the new GM of the Steigenberger La Playa Resort in Taba, Egypt. 12/01
Cees van den Berg: John Will and Cees van den Berg joined the managing board of Transocean Tours in Bremen. 8/03; Cees van den Berg is new director marketing and sales of Transocean Tours; he follows Annegret Mueller-Stiffel, who took over Mare Reisen, a last-minute seller for cruises, formerly owned by van den Berg. 12/02
Arie van der Spek is new Chief Operating Officer of InterContinental Hotels Group EMEA responsible for Central & Eastern Europe, including Germany. 7/03
Marcel van de Wal is new American Express Vice President Corporate Travel Operations Germany, Switzerland and Austria. He follows Winfried Barczaitis. 1/02
Edgar van Ommen is new General Manager of the ArabellaSheraton Grand Hotel and the ArabellaSheraton Bogenhausen in Munich. 6/03
Willi Verhuven, see: Kurt Uebachs has left Alltours as second General Manager besides Willi Verhuven. 6/03
Sandra Veth is new Manager Pricing & Sales Support Continental Europa of Norwegian Cruise Line in Frankfurt. 2/03
Klaus M. Vetter leaves the language tour arm of Studiosus but continues to council the Munich tour operator. He is followed by Julia Richter, who comes from Euro Schüler Sprachreisen Munich. 8/03
Felix V. Vezjak is new Vice President Strategic Sales Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) of Carlson Wagonlit Travel with headquarters in Paris. 1/03
Walter Vill from Munich Airport is new Chairman of the Board of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen (ADV), the grouping of German airports. He follows Manfred Ernst from Bremen Airport. 12/02
Lutz P. Vogt has been elected chairman of the German Convention Bureau (GCB). 10/01
Bernd Voigt is new Managing Director of Lufthansa Systems Infratec, he follows Gunter Kuechler. 12/02
Innegrit Volkhardt, owner of Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich, was voted „Hotelier of the Year 2002“ by magazine „NGZ-Der Hotelier“ in Frankfurt. 2/02
Álvaro Blanco Volmer: Delegates of international tourist offices in Germany have formed a new committee within the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV). Speaker of the group is Jean-Pierre Courteau (French Tourist Office, Frankfurt), Álvaro Blanco Volmer (Spanish Tourist Office, Frankfurt) is a member. 12/02; see: Italo Somarriello, Director of Enit in Germany, is new president of Corps Touristique (CT), Álvaro Blanco Volmer (Spain) is a member of the board. 7/02
Alexander von Keller is new GM of the renovated Sofitel Köln am Dom. 10/02
Alexander von Koslowski, see: Walter Krombach, Managing Director of Ameropa-Reisen GmbH in Bad Homburg and DRV Board member, was elected new President of the Group of National Travel Agents' and Tour Operators' Associations within the EU (ECTAA). Alexander von Koslowski of Travel Overland/Travelocity Europe in Munich represents the DRV in the Technology Working Group. 7/02; Alexander von Koslowski is new Sr. VP Supplier Relations for Travelocity Europe in Munich. He will remain as one of the general managers of Travel Overland. 3/02
Christoph von Zabiensky has left Start Amadeus in Bad Homburg as head of sales and marketing, he was followed by Michael Mann. 6/03
Michael von Zitzewitz, see: Raimund Hosch (Messe Berlin GmbH), Jochen Witt (KölnMesse GmbH) and Michael von Zitzewitz (Messe Frankfurt GmbH) have been reelected as board members of AUMA - Association of the German Trade Fair Industry. 7/02
Stefan Vorndran will be new head of Key Account Management of TUI Business Travel Deutschland GmbH (TQ3) in Bremen, starting January 1, 2003. He comes from Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT). 12/02
Jeanette Wachenhausen will be GM of the Lindner Hotel Am Ku’damm in Berlin, due to open January 2004, she comes from Astron Hotels. 8/03
Eva-Maria Wagenhaeuser-Mueller, see: Richard Eberhardt from Pforzheim was elected as new President of the Internationaler Bustouristik-Verband RDA. Eva-Maria Wagenhaeuser-Mueller joined the board. 5/02
Friedrich Wagner is new Managing Director of Heilbronn Marketing, he shares responsibilities with Managing Director Bernhard Winkler. 12/02
Susanne Wagner is new Head of Marketing/PR of streamevent AG, she comes from FTI. 7/02
Miklós Walkó, see: Csilla Mezösi will be new head of the Hungarian Tourist Office in Berlin in July, she follows Miklós Walkó. 4/02; Delegates of international tourist offices in Germany have formed a new committee within the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV). Speaker of the group is Jean-Pierre Courteau (French Tourist Office, Frankfurt), Miklós Walkó (Hungarian Tourism Administration, Berlin) is a member. 12/02
Joachim Walther, who directed Budget Germany, left the troubled car-rental company. 10/01
Jürgen Weber: Wolfgang Mayrhuber is new Chairman and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, he follows Jürgen Weber, who now heads the Supervisory Board. 7/03; Wolfgang Mayrhuber, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, will be the successor to the current Chairman and CEO, Jürgen Weber. The change will take place at the next Annual General Meeting, on June 18, 2003. 1/03; Jürgen Weber, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, was elected Chairman of the Thomas Cook AG Supervisory Board; he follows Walter Deuss, former Chairman of the Board of KarstadtQuelle AG. Thomas Cook’s two shareholders are Lufthansa and KarstadtQuelle AG. 12/02
Steffen Weidemann will leave the Dorint hotel group in Mönchengladbach as VP Marketing. 3/03
Roland Weil will be Delta Air Lines’ new Regional Director for France, Italy and Spain, starting in July; from his Frankfurt office he will also look after sales activities in Greece, Turkey and India. 4/03; Roland Weil, see: Bob Hannah is Delta Air Lines’ new Regional Director for Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands and Russia, he follows Roland Weil. 4/03
Alfred Weiss left Dorint AG in Mönchengladbach as VP Operations and Expansion. 8/02
Klaus Wellmann is new division head home, garden and leisure exhibitions of Koelnmesse GmbH in Cologne, he follows Regine Kalka. 3/03
Dorothée A. Wendorff, see: Michael Fley is new Director Central Europe of the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) in Frankfurt. He follows Dorothée A. Wendorff who left for private reasons. 5/02
Peter Wennel is new Director of Neckermann Flugreisen in Oberursel; he follows Matthias Rotter, who will head the touristic division of Meier's Weltreisen, starting in July. 3/03
Klaus Wenzel, see: Kai Hollmann from Gastwerk Hotel in Hamburg, Klaus Wenzel and Horst Rahe, both from Hotel Neptun in Warnemünde, have been named Hoteliers of the Year by NGZ magazine. 3/03
Kai Werner is new Account Manager for Great Lakes of North America and British Virgin Islands at rep Travel Marketing Romberg (TMR) in Mettmann, he follows Antje Ernstmeier. 7/02
Ralph Westermann is Öger Tours’ new Director of Sales in Hamburg; he follows Anne-Britt Sattler. 2/03
Gary White will be new Manager Central Europe of the British Tourist Authority in Frankfurt; he follows David Hamilton, who goes to Paris. The Frankfurt office will be in charge also now for Poland and Russia. 3/03
Ralf Wiemann is new Area Manager South/Southeast Europe of Gebeco/Dr. Tigges in Kiel, he comes from Wikinger Reisen. 6/02
John Will and Cees van den Berg joined the managing board of Transocean Tours in Bremen. 8/03
Andrew Windsor is new General Manager of Lastminute.com Germany, he follows Jan Marks. 8/03
Bernhard Winkler, see: Friedrich Wagner is new Managing Director of Heilbronn Marketing, he shares responsibilities with Managing Director Bernhard Winkler. 12/02
André Witschi is new head of operations of all Accor hotels in Germany. 6/03; André Witschi returned to Munich as General Manager Operations of ACCOR Hotellerie Deutschland GmbH. 8/02; see: Klaus Laepple ... the 12-head-strong BTW board now consists of eight other members: … André Witschi (ACCOR). 5/02
Jochen Witt, see: Raimund Hosch (Messe Berlin GmbH), Jochen Witt (KölnMesse GmbH) and Michael von Zitzewitz (Messe Frankfurt GmbH) have been reelected as board members of AUMA - Association of the German Trade Fair Industry. 7/02
Peter Wittmann will be new Key Account Manager of TUI Deutschland in Hanover, he comes from MG Technologies in Frankfurt. He follows Manfred Schmidt, who retires. 7/02
Hans Rudolf Woehrl: British Airways has sold Deutsche BA (dba) to Nuremburg investor Hans Rudolf Woehrl’s Intro Verwaltungsgesellschaft for one symbolic Euro. Woehrl in 1974 was founder of Germany’s first rival airline to Lufthansa, Nürnberger Flugdienst NFD, which later merged into Eurowings AG, today a Lufthansa subsidiary. He also served as councillor to dba from 1994 to 2001. Together with Moritz Suter from Crossair he was founder of European Regional Airlines Association ERA. 7/03
Birgitt Wolber, see: Sascha Buesseler is new Product Manager North America of Neckermann Reisen, he follows Birgitt Wolber. 6/03
Andreas Wolf is new head of sales for the tourism division of BTI Euro Lloyd Germany. 5/02
Eberhard Wulkop, see: Achim Schneider will start as division head Touristic at Meier’s Weltreisen in Düsseldorf July 1. He comes from Terramar and follows Eberhard Wulkop. 5/02
Bernd Wrede, who held the position of executive board chairman of Hapag-Lloyd AG, Hamburg, for many years, leaves the Hapag-Lloyd AG executive board at the end of his contract on December 31, 2001. 12/01
Martin Wyatt is new CEO of Deutsche BA (dba) in Munich, he follows Adrian Hunt, who retired. 2/03
Christopher Yek now is Area Manager Germany, Poland and Russia of Malaysia Airlines in Frankfurt; he follows Krishna Moorthy who retired. 5/02
Suat Yilmaz is new General Manager of Bentour International in Germany; he follows Nihat Sahin. 2/03
Eduardo Zamorano, see: Shaun Powell, director general of TUI Espana, leaves the company, his successor is the former head of the incoming business, Eduardo Zamorano. 3/03
Matteo Zanarini is new GM Germany of Alitalia, he follows Alfredo Spadon, who became Area Manager Venice. 8/03
Michael Zengerle is now GM Continental Europe of Norwegian Cruise Line. 10/02
Barbara Zimmermann: City Line & Country Line in Bad Salzuflen closed their business. Owner Barbara Zimmermann and new partner Hans R. Mueller of Top International in Dusseldorf now founded Top City & Country Line GmbH with 450 associated hotels. 8/03
Ansgar Zoller, see: Richard Eberhardt from Pforzheim was elected as new President of the Internationaler Bustouristik-Verband RDA, Ansgar Zoller serves as treasurer. 5/02
Dieter Zuempel will be group director travel of Karstadt Quelle, starting April 1; he comes from TUI Deutschland and follows Winfried Barczaitis, who returns to American Express as new VP Strategic Growth in Frankfurt. 3/03
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