| V K Jaiswal has been appointed
additional general manager - Northern Railway. An officer of the 1972 batch
of the Indian Railway Traffic Service, prior to this appointment, Jaiswal
was the chief operating manager of North Eastern Railway |
 Pramod
Dalvi has been appointed vice president - Travel, responsible for spearheading
the travel activities of Centrum group of companies on an all-India basis.
He will be based in Mumbai and report to the managing director.
Dalvi joins with over 34 years of professional
experience and industry networking.
As part of his new role, he will also extend travel,
tours and related activities to Centrum's existing locations across India
and help the group in major travel acquisitions
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 Abacus
International has announced the appointment of Robert Bailey as president
and CEO of the company effective from 14 April 2008. Prior to this appointment,
Bailey was senior vice president and managing director at ITSMA, a professional
services practice specialising in technology and services marketing.
Bailey joins with more than fifteen years of experience
in senior strategy, business development and marketing roles in the travel
distribution industry
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| Global corporate travel management
consultancy, FCm Travel Solutions, has appointed Suyin Lee as its
new general manager for Asia Pacific.
This follows her former post as FCm's general manager
- Greater China. Accordingly, Lee will now be responsible for driving
the company's development and growth strategy for the entire Asia Pacific
region.
Based in FCm's global headquarters in Brisbane,
Australia, Lee will guide the deployment of FCm's operational systems
and technology solutions, further strengthen supplier relations, and focus
on sales growth and retention of existing business
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| H E Weerasak Kowsurat has
been appointed the new Thai Minister of Tourism and Sports. Kowsurat, a
graduate in International Economics Law from Harvard Law School and an LLB
(hon) holder from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand was former deputy leader
of Chart Thai political party |
| Sumati Mehta, IAS, has taken
over as chairman and managing director, Delhi Tourism |
| Royal Caribbean Cruise Line has
made some internal appointments following the restructuring of the company.
National account manager Karen Doyle, who
joined the company in 1998, will become head of national accounts for
Celebrity Cruises, while current head of field sales, Michael English
who has been with Royal Caribbean since 1991, will now take over as head
of field sales for Celebrity
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 Dusit
International has appointed Tulaya Pornpiriyakulchai as director
of marketing and communications. Pornpiriyakulchai will be responsible for
all marketing services, advertising and public relations for the company,
as well as building the brand architecture of the company. She has worked
at various establishments such as JSL Company, Siam Piwat Company and, most
recently, Lowe Worldwide international advertising agency |
| Wirachart Watthaphanich has been appointed
as the new director of sales at the dusitD2 chiang mai, Dusit International's
first modern lifestyle hotel.
Wirachart joins with 11 years of experience in
sales and marketing, having worked with an international hotel in Chiang
Mai. Prior to thus appointment, Wirachart was assistant director of sales
at the Sheraton Chiang Mai Hotel
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| Accor has appointed Michael Issenberg as chairman
and chief operating officer of Accor Asia Pacific and as a member of the
Accor Executive Committee. Issenberg will take over from David Baffsky,
who has served as chairman of Accor Asia Pacific since 1992.
Issenberg graduated from Cornell University, NY
and has worked for Westin Hotels & Resorts, Laventhol and Horwath
& Horwath Services Pty in San Francisco, CA and Sydney then for Merlin
Properties
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| After more than 15 years with Accor, David Baffsky
is stepping down from an active executive chairman role and will now act
as honorary chairman of Accor Asia Pacific. Baffsky was instrumental in
establishing Accor Asia Pacific as a leading hospitality group in the region,
building the network to its current level of 325 hotels in just 15 years
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