Job Mobility in German Tourism - plus new committees and posts
*** based on news in Tourism Germany ***
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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
Carsten K. Rath will take over as General Manager Operations of Robinson Club GmbH in November; he follows Karl J. Pojer, who has become Director TUI Hotels & Resorts. 10/03
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
Zoë Redmond is new director of Irland Information Tourism Ireland in Frankfurt, she follows Gunther Klein. 3/04
Manfred Reimer: Uwe Mueller is new Area Manager Asia of Lufthansa, he follows Manfred Reimer, who retired. 7/03
Richard Reindl is new group head sales of FTI in Munich. 3/04
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 is head of the new department Incoming Europe of Dertour in Frankfurt. 4/04; Günther Reischl now heads the project group China of Thomas Cook AG. 2/03
Hans Reischl, CEO of Rewe, will join the supervisory board of Karstadt Quelle. 5/04
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
Frank Riecke is new Director of Marketing of Arosa Reisen, he comes from Opodo. 2/04; Frank Rieke has left as Director Germany of the online travel agency Opodo. 12/03
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
Ulrike Rohrbacher now works for the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) of the Government of Dubai in Frankfurt, she comes from VisitBritain. 10/03
Stein Ove Rolland is new director of the Norwegian Tourism Office in Hamburg. 3/02
Miroslav Roncak is new director of CzechTourism in Berlin. 3/04
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 is new Director Sales and Marketing of MSC Cruises in Germany, he comes from Festival Cruises. 6/04; 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
Claudia Roth is new Director of Sales and Marketing EMEA of The Leading Hotels of the World in Frankfurt; she comes from the Adlon Hotel Kempinski Berlin. 4/04
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
Susanne Rousselot has retired as project manager Competence Center Travel & Logistics of Messe Berlin GmbH and thus head of ITB; she was followed by her deputy David Ruetz. 4/04
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
Joerg Rudolph: see 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
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, VP Sales of Sixt AG and board member of Sixt Leasing AG, now is in charge of all international car-rental and leasing sales activities. 12/03; 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
Dirk Schachtsiek is new head of Business Service & Sales Administration of Thomas Cook AG. 5/04
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
Susanne Schatka (Aviareps Airline Management, Mörfelden-Walldorf) is new Sales Manager Germany of Air Namibia. 5/04
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
Joerg Michael Schindhelm is new Director of Sales of hotel cooperation Ringhotels in Munich; he comes from Concorde Hotels Germany and follows Sebastian Roesch. 9/03
Johannes Schindler has left Alltours as Director of Sales. 12/03; Johannes Schindler is new head of the sales team of Alltours, he comes from Derpart. 12/02
Heinz-Erich Schlingheider, Director Marketing and Direct Sales of LTU, has left the company. 6/02
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
Susanne Schlung is new product manager of Neckermann Deutschland; she follows Gisela Meuschel, who is on maternity leave. 5/04
Axel Schmidt joined the managing board of Hansa Touristik GmbH and Hansa Kreuzfahrten GmbH in Bremen, he comes from Infox in Bonn. 5/04
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
Michael Schmidtke is new Director of Marketing and Sales of All Nippon Airways (ANA) in Frankfurt; he comes from Air Namibia and follows René Lurion, who was promoted to Key Account Manager Global Agreements for Corporate Clients and Travel Agencies EMEA. 9/03
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 is new Director of Sales of Orient-Express Hotels in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. 9/03; 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
Ulrich Schoepp has retired as director of the Deutsches Seminar für Tourismus (DSFT) in Berlin; he is followed by Rolf Schrader. 5/04
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
Marcus Scholz is new B2B manager Germany of Center Parcs; he comes from private bank Sal. Oppenheim. 4/04
Alexander Schreiter is new GM of the Crowne Plaza Heidelberg, he comes from the Forum Hotel Hamburg. 9/02
Carola Schroeder from Intercongress in Wiesbaden was elected member of the supervisory board of the GCB German Convention Bureau. 10/03
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
Dorothee E. Schuette-Girard is Director of Marketing of The Ritz-Carlton Berlin which will be opened in December, she comes from the Adlon Hotel. 9/03
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 P. Schulz is new Senior Product Manager Asia of FTI in Munich. 4/04; Dietmar P. Schulz was appointed Business Development Manager for the German speaking countries of bus tour operator Australian Pacific Touring (APT). 7/02
Torsten K. Schulze is new GM of the Steigenberger Hotel Metropolitan in Frankfurt. 9/03
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
Gerrit Schuurmann is new managing director of Nazar, he follows Fuad Genc. 3/04
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
Simone Schwier is new GM of Sauerland-Tourismus; she comes from Nordsee-Tourismus-Service in Husum. 3/04
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
Christiane Seele was promoted to product manager of Air-Maritime Series, part of FTI Frosch Touristik in Munich; she follows Konstantin Bissias. 5/04
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
Eva Selle is new Business Development Manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland of the Australian Tourist Commission (ATC) in Frankfurt. 5/04
Petra Semik is new project manager sales promotion business travel of Maison de la France Germany, she follows Monika Fritsch. 3/04
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
Frank Silvy is new Director Sales of Air France in Frankfurt; he follows Jérôme Veyrier who went to the UK. 5/04
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
Arild H. Sjodin is new General Manager of the Kempinski Resort Hotel Bel Air Binz. 3/04
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 R. Smura, Regional General Manger InterContinental Hotel Frankfurt, will leave his post at the end of the year. 10/03; Martin R. 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 and Dietmar Hertel are heading the new profit center Thomas Cook Reisen of Neckermann Reisen. 3/04; 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
Hartmut Sommer is new Director of Communication of Deutsche Bahn’s service arm (DB Fuhrpark/Fleet, DB Services, DB Energie, DB Telematik, DB Systems and DB Fahrzeuginstandhaltung/Maintenance); he follows Petra Christine Dowdall. 3/04
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
Reinhard Sommerfeld is new GM Operations of TQ3 Travel Solutions in Bremen, he follows Gunnar Joachimsohn. 5/04
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
Dino Steinkamp is new Dertour product manager for the Nordic Countries, the UK and Ireland; he follows Horst-Dieter Müller who retired. 6/04
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 and Martin Meister are new general manager of Travelocity Europe in Munich. 5/04; 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
Frank Stoll heads the new profit center Long-haul/Scheduled Air Traffic of TUI Germany. 4/04
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
Frank Straka is new Director of Marketing of direct-sell operator Berge&Meer, he comes from Infox. 9/03
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 is new Director Marketing and Sales of NSA Norwegische Schiffahrts-Agentur; she comes from Transocean Tours and follows Helge Jans. 9/03; 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
Juergen Stuetz is new Country Manager Germany of hotel group Sol Meliá. 9/03
Carsten Suehring is new Director Sales of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, he follows Dirk Oelmann. 6/04
Michael Svedek, 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; Michael Svedek is new Area Manager Germany & Continental Europe of Royal Brunei in Frankfurt. 4/03
Michael Symalla is new Country Manager Germany of Dancenter in Hamburg, he comes from Cuendet. 5/04
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
Holger Taubmann will be new Speaker of the Managing Board of Amadeus Germany, starting in January; he comes from Amadeus in Madrid, and follows Raoul Hille. 12/03
Ralf Teckentrup is now responsible for airline business on the Thomas Cook Executive Board; he was a member of the Board of Lufthansa Passenger Airlines with responsibility for network management, IT and purchasing. 1/04
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
Michaela Tedsen is new area manager Far East, South East Asia and South America of Studiosus Reisen in Munich, she comes from Gebeco. 6/04
Michael Tenzer joined the managing board of Airtours (part of the TUI group) in Frankfurt and will take over as its speaker July 1; he follows Fred Ladwig who retires. 6/04; Michael Tenzer heads the new profit center Eastern Mediterranean of TUI Germany. 4/04; 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
Frank Thiébaut, 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
Claudia Thiele, Executive Director Global Markets of Lufthansa AirPlus, goes to Citibank to direct their credit card business for private accounts. 6/04
Hans-Juergen Thien, 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; Hans-Juergen Thien, veteran of Varig Brazil and Country Manager Germany, retires in September. Marcelo Bottini, General Manager Commercial EMEA in London, takes over the responsibilities. 9/03
Anupharp Thirarath is new Director of the Thailand Tourist Office (TAT) in Frankfurt, looking after the German-speaking markets, Eastern Europe and Russia; he follows Suwat Kumwong who returned to Bangkok. 4/04
Karin Thoenes joined VisitBritain in Frankfurt, she follows Ulrike Rohrbacher. 10/03
Stefan Thurau, 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
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
Bernd Trautwein and Mark Gregg are new GMs of Munich tour operator Big X-tra. Gregg comes from TVG, Trautwein has been with Berge & Meer, Germany's leading direct-sell tour operator, before. 2/04
Katja Trescher of Parkhotel Adler, Hinterzarten, is Hotelier of the Year 2004; the award is given by publication Der Hotelier. 3/04
Jörg Tuensmeyer is new Director of Sales Germany, Austria and Switzerland of British Airways in Frankfurt. 2/04
Martina Tuffentsammer now is in charge of marketing solutions of Amadeus Germany in Bad Homburg. 4/04
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
Klaus Tusche is new Sales Manager Germany of American Airlines, he follows Yvonne Brauburger. 12/03
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