Job Mobility in German Tourism - plus new committees and posts
*** based on news in Tourism Germany ***
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Edgar Lacke from Aviareps is new country manager Germany 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
Peter Landsberger will retire end of May as speaker of the board of the DER group, he will be followed by Norbert Fiebig. 4/04
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
Peter Lange will be new General Manager of Flughafen Düsseldorf Ground Handling GmbH, starting in April. 3/04
Pedro Macedo Leao, see: 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
Peter J. Leitgeb will leave as GM of the Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof; he goes to the Leela Kempinski Hotels in India. 5/04
Matthias Lemcke joined the Namibia Tourism Board in Frankfurt, he looks after tour operators. 2/04
Eric Lepleux is new General Manager Germany, Central and Eastern Europe of Singapore Airlines in Frankfurt; he was SIA’s General Manager France and follows Marc Barclay, who now is new CEO of Silk Air. 1/04
Thorsten Lettnin, 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; Thorsten Lettnin will be new General Manager Germany, Austria and Switzerland of United Airlines, starting in November; he comes from Qantas and follows Marcel Fuchs, who was promoted to Managing Director Sales EMEA. 9/03; 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
Christine Lichtenauer is new General Manager of Tourismusverband München-Oberbayern. 3/04
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
Christian Lizana, 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
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
Fabian Lombardo is new Director Germany, Austria, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe of Varig. 5/04
Silvio Lombardo is new Sales Manager Germany of Olympic Airways. 7/03
Kimberley Long-Urbanetz is new Country Sales Manager Germany of Delta Air Lines, she comes from the Stuttgart sales office. ¼
Latefa Loulidi is new Key Account Executive of Emirates in Germany, looking after travel agency chains, corporate accounts and Meetings & Incentives; she comes from Hilton Hotels and follows Ulrike Mueller, who was promoted to Emirates’ Sales Support Manager. 1/04
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
Gabriele Maessen is new Director of Business Development of the Adlon Hotel Kempinski Berlin; she comes from the InterContinental Vienna. 4/04
Neal Maglaque is new CEO of American Express Germany and Austria; he follows Thomas Altenhain, who left Amex. 8/02
Andreas Maiberger from Aviareps is new Sales Manager Germany of Air Namibia; he comes from American Airlines and follows Michael-Marius Schmidtke. 12/03
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
Erich Malitzke will follow Wolfgang Hesse as GM of Leipzig-Halle Airport, who will retire in April 2004. 9/03
Rolf-Dieter Maltzahn is new TUI Product Manager Greece, Cyprus and golf packages; he follows Jörg Wagner who became TUI’s Director Accommodation Supply for Central Europe. 1/04
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 Director Marketing and Sales of ticket broker Aeroplan, he comes from Garuda Indonesia. 2/04; 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
Giovanni Matassa, 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
Marc Mathews is Delta’s new sales manager in Munich, he comes from Air France. 10/01
Stefan Mathias will be new GM Germany of Norwegian company Color Line in Kiel, starting in June; he comes from Hansa Touristik GmbH and Hansa Kreuzfahrten GmbH in Bremen and follows Torbjörn Navli, who goes to Oslo. 6/04
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
Thomas Middelhoff, ex CEO of Bertelsmann and now partner of investment group Investcorp., will join the supervisory board of Karstadt Quelle. 5/04
Gerd Mirgel of Euskirchener Reisebüro Mirgel is new member of the DRV committee outgoing travel. 5/02
Gerhard E. Mitrovits is new GM of the Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof; he comes from the InterContinental Vienna and follows Peter J. Leitgeb. 6/04; 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
Isabelle Morzinkowski (“More Tourism”) now manages the office of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Karibik; she was with the Jamaica Tourist Board before and follows Bernd Eikers. 2/04; Isabelle Morzinkowski, after 8 years as Senior Sales & Marketing Representative for the Jamaica Tourist Board Germany, has set up her own consultancy business, ta-m. tourism assistance morzinkowski, offering marketing and PR services for hotels, NTOs and incoming agencies. 11/03
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 Key Account Manager Leisure of Austrian Airlines in Germany, he comes from Turkish Airlines. 3/04; Thomas Mueller has left Turkish Airlines in Frankfurt as Marketing Manager Germany; he will start with another airline in Germany. 1/04; 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
Viola Munzar as member of The Mangum Group team in Munich is Tourism Queensland’s new Development Manager for France, Italy, Switzerland and Spain. 9/03
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
Mustafa Muscati retires as General Manager of airline Germania in Berlin. 2/04
Michael Musehold, Director Sales of Alltours, has died. 10/03
Miechel Nagel is new Marketing Manager Germany of Landal Green Parks. 3/04
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
Petra Neeb is new Director Sales and Marketing of Sol Melia’s 13 Tryp hotels in Germany. 12/03
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
Heiko Neuhaus now is in charge of product marketing of Amadeus Germany in Bad Homburg. 4/04
Wolfgang Neumann was promoted to Managing Director Finance of Avis Autovermietung GmbH & Co. KG in Oberursel. 9/03
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
Kurt Niclaus has left TV Travel Shop, part of the TUI group, as GM Marketing and Sales; he is followed by Joerg Rudolph who continues to be Director New Media/E-Commerce of TUI AG. 1/04
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
Daniel Noraman is new country manager Germany of SN Brussels Airlines, he follows Frank Beirens, who is new VP Aeropolitical and International Affairs in the central office. 5/04
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
Karsten Odemann is new Senior VP Finance and Controlling of Sixt AG in Pullach; he follows Manfred Sturm, who retired. 3/04
Vural Oeger is running on the ticket of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) for Representative in the European Parliament. 1/04
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
Irene Offenhammer is new Regional Director of Sales Central Europe of Le Meridian in Frankfurt; she comes from the Hotel La Tartane in Saint Tropez. 1/04
Michael Ohm, GM of TUI Interactive, has also joined the board of TUI Info Tec. 12/03
Friedrich W. Oldenburg has left United Airlines as Director of Sales Germany, Switzerland and Austria. 12/02
Kerstin Orben is new Sales Director of Austrian Airlines in Frankfurt; she comes from Sabre and follows Heike Niederberghaus. 9/03
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
Wolfgang Overtheil is new member of the board of Alltours in Duisburg. Owner Willi Verhuven remains speaker of the board. 4/04
Oliver Papavlassopoulos is new Director Marketing Germany of Center Parcs Deutschland; he comes from Lindt & Sprüngli AG in Switzerland. 11/03
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
José Enrique Peña now serves as tourism officer within the new tourism section of the Embassy of Venezuela in Berlin. 10/03
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
Harald Peters, presently General Manager of the Kempinski Hotel Gravenbruch in Frankfurt, has been appointed General Manager of the new Kempinski Hotel Amman in Jordan. 3/04
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
Ulrich Pfeiffer is new Director of Sales of Lindner Hotels & Resorts in Dusseldorf; he comes from the Scandic Crown Group. 11/03
Klaus P. Pfund, one of the most respected German tourism 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
Laurent Picheral joined the managing board of Accor Hotels Germany and Smard, the marketing and sales organisation of Accor Dorint. 5/04; Laurent Picheral is new Finance Director of Accor Deutschland in Munich. 9/03
Stefan Pichler and Norbert Kickum have resigned their posts as members of the Executive Board of Thomas Cook AG. 12/03; 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 is new Director Marketing of City Night Line, a Swiss subsidiary of German Rail; he comes from FTI. 5/04; Peter Plan will leave Reed Exhibitions as Director of Marketing Germany/Switzerland at the end of this year. 9/02
Kolja Platen is new Director Marketing and Sales of Warner Bros Movie World in Bottrop. 2/04
Klaus Platzdasch from Saxonia Touristik in Leipzig was elected president of the ASTA Chapter Germany. 10/01
Gevin Png is new Director of the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) in Frankfurt, he follows Markus Lum. 4/04
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
Peter Pollak is new Director of Passenger Sales Southern Germany; he follows Frank Sehr who retired. 1/04
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 will join the Managing Board of Amadeus Germany early 2004. 12/03
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
Fritz Puetz is new VP Sales & Marketing Central and Eastern Europe of the Intercontinental Hotels Group with seat in Frankfurt; he comes from Accor-Dorint and follows Arie van der Spek. 12/03
Peter Pullem will be new head of Lufthansa Cargo’s Area Management Germany/Europe/Africa, starting April 1; he comes from Thomas Cook AG. 2/04; Peter Pullem will leave Thomas Cook in December and return to Lufthansa. 11/03
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
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