Just days before the occasion of the Business Travel Year, the fifth Swiss Travel Management Forum have been two well-known and long-time leaders in BTA First Travel and Travelport their resignations known. Admittedly, for me at this point somewhat surprising. But maybe I just missed in the last few weeks something :-).
After 10 years, Galileo / Travelport decided Chris Dorner want to encourage business and that, as of yesterday in a statement Monday, writes to face a new challenge. In the press release is still nothing like this, but mentioned in the Travel Inside Newsletter today that this new challenge within the industry will be. When exactly will be the departure is not to be found in the publications. Travelport has already begun the search for a successor and also taken a regional restructuring in attack. As part of this reorganization will be to take Jürgen Witte the superior position of Regional Managing Director Germany & Switzerland.
With Daniel Neukomm leaves one of the most famous exponents of the hotel industry-ship plan. For about 12 years, Daniel Neukomm the business division of Hotelplan that occurred on the local market under the name First Business Travel. With the scheduled release of First Business Travel in the BTA First Travel AG, Daniel Neukomm has now decided to leave the company at the end of September 2010. A successor for Neukomm it will not apparently be - the authority will no longer exist in that form in the organization. Whether Daniel Neukomm remains the industry, the communications is not apparent yet.
It will be interesting, which companies and in which the two functions will occur in the future in the market. One thing I can say at this stage will almost certainly - for travel brain it will not be! Why not?
we both do at this point of friction and conflict-free Leaving the current employer and a great start to the new tasks.
Adrian Matt TravelMate brain
