Recruitments

SWISS CFO Roland Busch will assume a new position as General Representative and head of Future Finance at parent company Lufthansa.

Eliza Tsolakou from the Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) has been appointed as the deputy chair of the ICCA (International Congress and Convention Association) Mediterranean Chapter.

Peter Krüger will take over as TUI Group Director of Investor Relations and be in charge of strategic and financial projects launched by the travel company.

Passenger ferry company Minoan Lines has elected a new Board of Directors for a 4-year mandate.

Marketing Greece, the private marketing company for Greek tourism, has appointed Ioanna Dretta as its new CEO and Managing Director.

Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura has appointed Konstantinos Tsegas, attorney at the Supreme Court of Greece, as the new Secretary General of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO).

Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura has appointed civil engineer Charalambos Karimalis as the new president of the GNTO.

Astir Palace Vouliagmenis S.A. has announced that Polychronis Griveas recently stepped down as the company’s CEO and has been replaced by Jeffrey Macdonald.

The Thessaloniki Hotels Association has elected a new Board of Directors for a three-year mandate. The association’s new president is Andreas Mandrinos.

Dimitris Tryfonopoulos has stepped down as Secretary General of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) to enter a position at the UNWTO.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that Goh Choon Phong, CEO of Singapore Airlines, has assumed his duties as Chairman of the IATA Board of Governors for a …

Tour operator Kentavros Travel Network recently elected a new Board of Directors, appointing Notis Martakis as president.

The Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) has elected Yiannis Retsos as its new president. Retsos, who previously served as first vice president, succeeds Andreas Andreadis.

The Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) held elections during its 25th annual general assembly and elected its new Board of Directors for a 3-year mandate.

The Ambassador of Georgia to Spain Zurab Pololikashvili has been elected as the new Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

Etihad Aviation Group appointed Robin Kamark as Chief Executive Officer of Airline Equity Partners, a position he will take up in October 2017.

Sabre Corporation has named Wade Jones as executive vice president and president of Sabre Travel Network and Dave Shirk as executive vice president and president of Sabre Airline Solutions.

Lufthansa Group Airlines has appointed Dr. Stefan Kreuzpaintner as Vice President of Sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

The historic Makedonia Palace hotel in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, recently appointed Eva Sariggala as its new Director of Sales.

Yiannis Aslanis has been announced as the new president of the Thessaloniki Convention Bureau (TCB).