Job Mobility in German Tourism - plus new committees and posts
*** based on news in Tourism Germany ***
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Thomas Faber is new Chief Information Officer CIO of all companies belonging to insurer Europäische in Germany, Czech Republic, Denmark, Sweden, France and Spain, he comes from Fairchild Dornier. 8/03
Hans-Dieter Faerber is in charge of the new TUI Internet hotel portal, which will market hotel beds of its own and of third parties; he had been working for Amadeus, German Rail and LTU before. 7/03
Peter Fahr is new Sales Director New Media of car rental broker Sunny Cars in Munich, he comes from Lastminute.com. 9/03
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-Türkis heads the new profit center Western Mediterranean of TUI Germany. 5/04; 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
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
Anja Fenske is new Director Marketing and Sales of Avis Autovermietung, Oberursel; she comes from Wella AG and follows Norbert Feix, who went to Budget. 5/04
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
Claus Fischer is new Commercial Director of Munich-based airline dba, he follows Rudolf Hengefeld. 11/03
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
Ulrich Sebastian Floersch is new Director Marketing and Sales of TUI Hotels & Resorts, he comes from Club Med. 2/04
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
Stephan Franck joined American Ring Travel in Santa Clarita, California, he comes from FTI North America. 8/03; 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
Marcus Frank is head of the new Lufthansa division domestic key account management, travel agency chains, touristic services and SME. 6/02
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
Michael Frese will become GM Touristic of the DER group (brands Dertour, Meier’s Weltreisen and ADAC Reisen) in summer. 5/04
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
Karin Froehlich is new Market Development Manager Central Europe (Germany, Austria and The Netherlands) of Tourism Queensland in Munich (Mangum Group); she comes from the Seychelles Tourist Board and follows Michaela Huege who left the agency. 1/04
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
Marcel Fuchs is new Managing Director Sales for EMEA of United Airlines in Frankfurt, he was GM Germany and France. 7/03
Petra Fuchsgruber holds the new position as Director Industry Relations of Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) in Germany. 9/03
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
Martin Gaebges, Secretary General of the Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG) since 1999, was reelected at the Full Board Meeting in September in Frankfurt. Hans-Juergen Thien (Varig), Rolf Kaptur (All Nippon Airways) and Giovanni Matassa (Alitalia) left the Executive Committee (EC), Stefan Thurau (Cyprus Airlines), Michael Svedek (Royal Brunei Airlines) and Christian Lizana (Lan Chile) were newly elected. The other Executive Committee members are Hubertus Jung (Air Mauritius), Josef Bogdanski (Lufthansa, EC Chairman), Wolfgang Dreher (Hapag-Lloyd), Rudi Duckstein (British Airways), Frank Thiébaut (Air France), Thorsten Lettnin (Qantas), Henry Hasselbarth (Emirates), Yvonne Brauburger (American Airlines) and Roland Weil (Delta Air Lines). 10/03
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
Ernst Gartner: see Annette Hammer, GM of the Queens Hotel Hamburg, is new President of the 160-member-strong Skål Club in Hamburg. Ernst Gartner, Hans Gerst (Best Western Raphael Hotels) and Katja Irmer (Hamburg Convention & Event Bureau) serve as VPs, Simone Czelinski (Queens Hotel) as Secretary. 1/04
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
Martin Gauss and Peter Wojahn are new General Managers of dba; owner Hans Rudolf Wöhrl joined the supervisory board of his airline. 5/04
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 now reps the DRV for Euroforum and the Revier Group. 1/04; 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.
Fuad Genc has left the managing board of Nazar to start up new with Fly Consult in Dusseldorf. Co-founders are Yusuf Pekerkan and Lars Ludwig. 3/04
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
Joerg 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
Hans Gerst: see Annette Hammer, GM of the Queens Hotel Hamburg, is new President of the 160-member-strong Skål Club in Hamburg. Ernst Gartner, Hans Gerst (Best Western Raphael Hotels) and Katja Irmer (Hamburg Convention & Event Bureau) serve as VPs, Simone Czelinski (Queens Hotel) as Secretary. 1/04
Guenther Geske is new Director Sales Germany of Thomas Cook; he follows Peter Pullem who went to Lufthansa. 12/03
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 Gielen was promoted to GM of LTU Touristik. 5/04
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 has left as Regional Manager Continental Europe of the Australian Tourist Commission (ATC) in Frankfurt; the ATC will dissolve June 30, to be replaced by Tourism Australia. 5/04; 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
Elmar Greif returns as General Manager to the Kempinski Hotel Gravenbruch Frankfurt after completing his contract at the Grand Hotel Europe in St Petersburg. 6/04
Bettina Greifzu is new Coordinator Marketing & Sales Support of Norwegian Cruise Line in Germany. 5/04
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
Andreas M. Gross from Studiosus Reisen is new chairman of the German Latin America Committee, he follows Norbert Salcher. 6/04
Milodrag Grubisic is new Area Manager Southern Germany of Sol Meliá. 1/04
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 elected Director Germany of the Guild of European Business Travel Agents (GEBTA), his deputy is Reinhard Haas (TQ3, Frankfurt). 4/02
Holger Haetty joined the Board of Lufthansa Passenger Airlines with responsibility for network management, IT and purchasing; he follows Ralf Teckentrup who joined the Thomas Cook Executive Board. 1/04
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
Traute Hallmann-Schulze and Norbert Becker are new General Manager of Peter Deilmann Reederei. 1/04
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
Mouldi Hammami is new Deputy Director of the Tunisian Tourist Office in Frankfurt; he follows Mahrez Sassi, who will become Director of the Tunisian Tourist Office in Vienna. 9/03
Annette Hammer, GM of the Queens Hotel Hamburg, is new President of the 160-member-strong Skål Club in Hamburg. Ernst Gartner, Hans Gerst (Best Western Raphael Hotels) and Katja Irmer (Hamburg Convention & Event Bureau) serve as VPs, Simone Czelinski (Queens Hotel) as Secretary. 1/04
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
Hermann Hanser, see: Petra Hedorfer (DZT) is new chairperson of the supervisory board of the GCB German Convention Bureau. Her deputies are Hermann Hanser, GM of CPO Hanser Service, and Nils Kroesen, GM of Heidelberger Kongress- und Tourismus GmbH. 10/03
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
Richard Hanson in Laufach near Frankfurt now reps Trek America. 6/03
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
Adrian Harley is new Country Manager Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Eastern Europe of Cathay Pacific in Frankfurt; he follows Anna Thompson who returns to Hong Kong HQ. 9/03
David Harper is new World of TUI Director Accommodation Supply for Northern Europe. 12/03; 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, see: Martin Gaebges, Secretary General of the Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG) since 1999, was reelected at the Full Board Meeting in September in Frankfurt. Hans-Juergen Thien (Varig), Rolf Kaptur (All Nippon Airways) and Giovanni Matassa (Alitalia) left the Executive Committee (EC), Stefan Thurau (Cyprus Airlines), Michael Svedek (Royal Brunei Airlines) and Christian Lizana (Lan Chile) were newly elected. The other Executive Committee members are Hubertus Jung (Air Mauritius), Josef Bogdanski (Lufthansa, EC Chairman), Wolfgang Dreher (Hapag-Lloyd), Rudi Duckstein (British Airways), Frank Thiébaut (Air France), Thorsten Lettnin (Qantas), Henry Hasselbarth (Emirates), Yvonne Brauburger (American Airlines) and Roland Weil (Delta Air Lines). 10/03; 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
Christian Hauck is new Director Sales and Marketing of regional carrier City-Air; he comes from Eurowings/Germanwings and follows Bernd Behrend who went to Denim Air. 9/03
Beatrix Haun will be head of the Paris office of the German National Tourist Board (GNTB), starting January 1, 2003. 6/02
Gabi Haupt takes over as General Manager Club Med in Germany; she follows Stéphanie Parisot. 11/03
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
Anthony Hayes is new Director Germany and Austria of Qantas in Frankfurt; he follows Thorsten Lettnin, who now is General Manager Germany, Austria and Switzerland of United Airlines. 11/03
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, Director of the German National Tourist Board, was elected Vice President of the European Travel Commission (ETC). 6/04; Petra Hedorfer (DZT) is new chairperson of the supervisory board of the GCB German Convention Bureau. Her deputies are Hermann Hanser, GM of CPO Hanser Service, and Nils Kroesen, GM of Heidelberger Kongress- und Tourismus GmbH. 10/03; Petra Hedorfer will follow Ursula Schoercher as Chairperson of the Board of the German National Tourist Board (GNTB) in November. 6/03
Stefanie Heimann is head of the new profit center long-haul air travel of Neckermann Reisen. 3/04; 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
Helmut Held will join the board of travel insurer Europäische in Munich in November 2003. He comes from Monorama Touristik GmbH & Co KG in Berlin and follows Adrian von Doernberg, who will leave the company. 10/03
Julia Hendry, Director Marketing Europe of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), is new CTO project coordinator of the board of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Karibik, the Caribbean working group in Germany. 5/04
Rainer A. J. Heneis is new head of marketing plannnig of German Rail. 12/02
Rudolf Hengefeld is new Country Manager Germany of Internet travel agency Opodo, he comes from dba. 2/04
Andreas Henig is new Sales Director of consolidator Sparflug - The Flight Experts in Stuttgart. 9/03
Harald Henning, head of the Madrid office of the German National Tourist Board (GNTO), was additionally named European Coordinator South America. 8/02
Ursula Hennings-Pfau is new office manager of the DZT in Toronto. 9/03
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
Heinz-Ludger Heuberg is new Chief Financial Officer and Labour Director of Thomas Cook AG, he comes from Lufthansa Cargo AG. 1/04
Angelika Heyer will become head of corporate communications of the Steigenberger Hotel Group in June, she follows Sabine Schwarzer. 5/04
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
Raoul Hille will be new Managing Director of Airport Hanover-Langenhagen, starting in March 2004; he comes from Amadeus Germany. 12/03
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
Resul Hizyeter is new GM of Meditour, part of the Turkish group Ten Tour, in Dusseldorf. 6/04
Joerg Hoehner is new Sales Director of Turkey-specialized tour operator Bentour, he comes from Reisebüro Management GmbH. 9/03
Birgit Hofmann is new director marketing and sales promotion of the Bahia Principe Clubs & Resorts in Germany; she comes from Iberostar Hotels & Resorts and Thomas Cook. 5/04
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
Roland Hoffmann, formerly Director Marketing and Sales of Thomas Cook Reisebüros, was promoted to Commercial Director of the travel agency chain; he follows Helge Sagadin, who went to Thomas Cook UK. 12/03
Rainer Hohler is new GM of On Air Reisen (Neckermann Urlaubswelt TV); he was Director TV Commerce of Karstadt Quelle New Media and follows Andreas Buechelhofer. 3/04
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
Gunther Holzschuh is new Regional Director Central Europe of Galileo. 2/04
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
Nadja Horst is new Director of Sales for Northern Germany, Benelux and Scandinavia of Hyatt International’s sales office in Mainz; she follows Jacqueline Schmid. 2/04
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
Alexander Houston and Larry Silman joined the sales force of AirPlus International Inc. in the USA. 6/04
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, Executive Director Central European Markets of Lufthansa AirPlus GmbH in Neu-Isenburg, was elected as new board member of VDR The Business Travel Association of Germany; he follows Ilona de March (TQ3) who left the board. 5/04; 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
Peter Huebsch will become Director of Tour Operator Sales of Billigweg.de in Oberhausen in June. 6/04
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
Stefanie Hunger is new Director of Marketing of the Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (MTPB) in Frankfurt. 11/03
Joachim Hunold from Air Berlin was honored Entrepreneur of the Year 2004 in the category SME by Finanzen Verlag. 6/04; 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
Barbara Ignatowitz is new head of the Thomas Cook Training Center in Oberursel, she follows Edmund Grabenkamp. 3/04
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
Katja Irmer: see Annette Hammer, GM of the Queens Hotel Hamburg, is new President of the 160-member-strong Skål Club in Hamburg. Ernst Gartner, Hans Gerst (Best Western Raphael Hotels) and Katja Irmer (Hamburg Convention & Event Bureau) serve as VPs, Simone Czelinski (Queens Hotel) as Secretary. 1/04
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
Hajo Jess is new Area Manager Berlin and East Germany of Sol Meliá. 1/04
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 is new head of the managing board of Hapag-Lloyd Flug, he also heads the aviation department of TUI Deutschland; John follows Dieter Schenk, who retired. 10/03; 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
Faical Jorio left as director of the Moroccan Tourist Office in Dusseldorf, he went to a new post in Switzerland. 3/04
Tobias Juengert will be new Director of Communications of the German Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Association (DRV), starting in August; he comes from trade publication fvw and follows Christian Boergen, who leaves DRV. 5/04
Hubertus Jung, see: Martin Gaebges, Secretary General of the Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG) since 1999, was reelected at the Full Board Meeting in September in Frankfurt. Hans-Juergen Thien (Varig), Rolf Kaptur (All Nippon Airways) and Giovanni Matassa (Alitalia) left the Executive Committee (EC), Stefan Thurau (Cyprus Airlines), Michael Svedek (Royal Brunei Airlines) and Christian Lizana (Lan Chile) were newly elected. The other Executive Committee members are Hubertus Jung (Air Mauritius), Josef Bogdanski (Lufthansa, EC Chairman), Wolfgang Dreher (Hapag-Lloyd), Rudi Duckstein (British Airways), Frank Thiébaut (Air France), Thorsten Lettnin (Qantas), Henry Hasselbarth (Emirates), Yvonne Brauburger (American Airlines) and Roland Weil (Delta Air Lines). 10/03
Walter Junger will be General Director of the new Ritz Carlton Berlin; he will also serve as Area Director Germany. 6/02
Franziska Kaempf is new Director Sales & Marketing of Choice Hotels Germany & Central Europe in Munich; she follows Bettina Fees who went to New Zealand. 4/04
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
Heike Kammer has left the board of the Sixt Leasing AG. 12/03
Rolf Kaptur, see: Martin Gaebges, Secretary General of the Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG) since 1999, was reelected at the Full Board Meeting in September in Frankfurt. Hans-Juergen Thien (Varig), Rolf Kaptur (All Nippon Airways) and Giovanni Matassa (Alitalia) left the Executive Committee (EC), Stefan Thurau (Cyprus Airlines), Michael Svedek (Royal Brunei Airlines) and Christian Lizana (Lan Chile) were newly elected. The other Executive Committee members are Hubertus Jung (Air Mauritius), Josef Bogdanski (Lufthansa, EC Chairman), Wolfgang Dreher (Hapag-Lloyd), Rudi Duckstein (British Airways), Frank Thiébaut (Air France), Thorsten Lettnin (Qantas), Henry Hasselbarth (Emirates), Yvonne Brauburger (American Airlines) and Roland Weil (Delta Air Lines). 10/03; 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
Helgi Karlsson is new Director Sales and Marketing of Saudi Arabian Airlines in Germany. 5/04
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
Uwe Kattwinkel is new head of TUI AG Group Communications in Hanover; he follows Kay Baden, who moved to the TUI subsidiary Hapag-Lloyd AG in Hamburg as head of Hapag-Lloyd Investor Relations. 3/04
Martin Kau is new Area Manager West Germany of Sol Meliá. 1/04
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
Biki Khurana, director of the tourist office of Trinidad & Tobago in Germany, joined the board of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Karibik, the Caribbean working group in Germany; he looks after new media, members and sponsoring. 5/04
Norbert Kickum, see: Stefan Pichler and Norbert Kickum have resigned their posts as members of the Executive Board of Thomas Cook AG. 12/03; 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 Airlines (JAL) in Frankfurt, he follows Tetsuya Takenaka, who returns to Tokyo. 11/03
Dieter Kindermann, long-time Director Marketing of Norwegian company Color Line in Kiel, will retire in June. 5/04; 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 left the Frankfurt office of Tourism Ireland. 10/03; 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
Michael Klenk is new representative of the board of Thomas Cook AG for airport related matters. 6/04
Thomas Klippstein will be GM of the new Kempinski Grand Hotel Heiligendamm, to open March 2003. 6/02
Horst Klosterkemper, longtime GM of Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, has retired. 1/04
Steve Knackstedt, Senior Country Director Germany, now also looks after Norway. 5/04
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
Bernhard Knirsch, formerly Vice President Inbound and head of the Occidental sales office in Bad Homburg, has founded Consaldis in Munich which now looks after the holiday business of Spanish hotel chain Occidental in Germany. 10/03
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
Eyüp Koekçe is new GM of Bentour in Frankfurt; he follows Suat Yilmaz who left the tour operator. 1/04
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
Bernd Koepler now heads the department Sales Concepts of Thomas Cook AG. 5/04
Peter Koeppen, long-time head of press and PR of ITB Berlin, has retired; he is followed by Angelica Germis. 4/04
Birgit Koerting is new Vice President Marketing of Amadeus Germany in Bad Homburg. 4/04
Christian Koetter is new Director of Transportation of Gebeco in Kiel; he had been Area Manager America of the tour operator before. 6/03
Andreas Kohl is new Director Sales & Promotions of Airtours in Frankfurt, he follows Ingrid Schneider, who left the company. 3/04
Bader H. Kojah is new country manager Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland of Saudi Arabian Airlines. 5/04
Sascha Konter is new Director of Operations of the Event Management GmbH and the hotel nikko düsseldorf. 1/04
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
Nils Kroesen, see: Petra Hedorfer (DZT) is new chairperson of the supervisory board of the GCB German Convention Bureau. Her deputies are Hermann Hanser, GM of CPO Hanser Service, and Nils Kroesen, GM of Heidelberger Kongress- und Tourismus GmbH. 10/03
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
Torsten Kroos is new director of tourism and travel services of automobil club ADAC in Munich. 1/04
Andreas Krugmann is new Manager Key Account of travel insurer Elvia, he comes from Carlson Wagonlit Travel Solutions Group EMEA and follows Eva Vogl, who is on maternity leave. 10/03
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
Eberhard Kuehnel is new key account manager sales of Rewe package tours; he comes from LTU Airline and follows Karl Kayser who retired. 4/04
Michael Kuptz and Oliver Tranker from Galileo Germany now also look after the Swiss market. 6/04
Wolfgang Kurth, CEO of airline hlx, is president of the new European Low Fares Airlines Association (Elfaa) in Brussels. Other members are Ryanair, Volareweb, Sky Europe and Sterling. 2/04; 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
Giriraj Singh Kushwaha is new Regional Director Europe of the India Tourist Office in Frankfurt. 9/03
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