SITI BANDING has been appointed Assistant Director – Buyers’ Programme for Messe Berlin (Singapore), the organiser of ITB Asia. Ms Banding takes up her new role with over a decade of industry experience, having worked on other regional travel trade shows such as the ASEAN Tourism Forum, IT&CMA, IT&CM China, Corporate Travel World, and Corporate Travel & Technology World.
DENNIS CORRIGAN has been appointed Vice President, Revenue Management with JetBlue Airways. Corrigan joins JetBlue from United Airlines, where he served in a variety of Revenue Management leadership positions over the last five years, most recently as Managing Director, Revenue Management Operations. Source: CAPA.
HOLGER JAKOBS has been announced as the new Director of Sales & Marketing for The St. Regis Beijing. German national Jakobs brings has eight years of hospitality sales and marketing experience, and most recently served as Area Director of Sales and Marketing for Six Senses Resorts & Spas.
KEITH WOODCOCK has been named interim Chief Information Officer for Travelport GDS. Woodcock replaces Sue Powers who was recently appointed CEO of IT Services & Software. Woodcock was previously Chief Information Officer for Galileo.
TRIBHUVAN PRAKASH has been announced as the new Senior Manager for Training – In-flight Services, at Indian low-cost carrier, SpiceJet. Prakash has over 14 years industry experience with airlines Sahara and IndiGo, as well as with Hilton Hotels.