Recruitments

The European Regions Airline Association (ERA) has announced that Simon McNamara has undertaken the position of the association’s new Director General as of 1 January 2013.

The new Secretary General of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) is Panos Livadas, political scientist and communications specialist. Mr. Livadas’ appointment follows the resignation of Nikos Karachalios from the …

Alexander Schlaubitz (47) is to take up the role of Head of Marketing at Lufthansa Passenger Airlines in Frankfurt on 7 January 2013, it was recently announced. In this position, …

The director general of the Cyprus Tourism Organization, Marios Hannides, has been elected vice president on the European Travel Commission’s Board of Directors for the period 2012-2013.

Calin Rovinescu, President and Chief Executive Officer of Air Canada, has been elected as the new Chairman of the Star Alliance Chief Executive Board (CEB). He succeeds Rob Fyfe, CEO …

Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, on Monday, 5 November, announced the appointment of Damiano Sabatino as Vice President & Managing Director for Western Europe.

Nikos Bolias has taken over the position of general manager at MidEast Travel Group as of 15 October 2012.

Online travel agency Travelplanet24 recently welcomed Konstantinos Koukoumtzis as the agency’s new Product Manager for flights.

The Greek e-Commerce Association (GR.EC.A) has announced its new Board of Directors:

Yiorgos Maroutsos has been elected president of the Greek Union of Air Travel Agencies (PETAGA).

Margarita Zambeli (right), known as “Rita” to Greek tourism professionals, retired last month after 39 years in public relations for Goldair Group of companies.

Lufthansa last month appointed Harro-Julius Petersen (center) as the airline’s new general manager for Greece and Cyprus.

Michalis Sakellis has been elected president of the Greek Shipowners Association For Passenger Ships (SEEN), following the resignation of Apostolos Ventouris last week.

Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni approved and announced the Greek National Tourism Organization’s (GNTO) new Board of Directors on Thursday 30 August, which is comprised by five lawyers, one political analyst, …

Anastasios Liaskos is the new secretary general of tourism. He was born in Athens in 1957 and is an economist and business development consultant by profession.

New Democracy head Antonis Samaras was sworn in as Greece’s prime minister last month (20 June) in a three-party coalition government following Greece’s second round of national elections on 17 …

Tourism Professional Panagis Vassilatos recently took the reins of global online travel agent Airfasttickets as director for the Athens branch.

Sofitel Athens Airport Hotel of Accor Group last month held a farewell reception to the hotel’s former general manager Gilles Attias.