appointed business partnerships director at Silver Door. He joined the serviced apartment agency in 2006 after a decade-plus working in the hospitality sector, including a stint at Forte Hotels’ head office, and became Silver Door’s head of business partnerships in 2008.
WYNNE WALTERS
Assured Hotels has appointed Wynne Walters as chairman.
Walters worked for Barclays Bank for 36 years, during which time he acted as area corporate director at Knightsbridge. More recently, he was Barclays’ business support regional-director for Wales and south-east regions.
PETER FRENCH
Peter French has been appointed president of Raffles Hotels & Resorts after serving a dual role there as regional VP (EMEA) and general manager of Raffles Dubai. He previously held senior roles with Mandarin Oriental, and has managed various properties, including London’s Grosvenor House.
ANDY FURLONG
Europcar has appointed Andy Furlong as director of marketing and e-commerce. Furlong joins Europcar from online ski business Travel Horizon Group, where he was chief marketing officer. Prior to that, he held senior marketing roles at Mark Warner, Island Cruises and Thomson Holidays.
KEVIN O’CONNOR
Kevin O’Connor has been appointed as executive vice-president and chief information officer at Carlson Wagonlit Travel. O’Connor joined CWT from NYSE Technologies where he was CIO. His 20 years’ experience includes global head of equities IT for UBS, and global head of applied technology for Deutsche Bank.
STUART BROWN Universal World Events has
appointed Stuart Brown as head of production. Brown has worked in the events industry for 20 years, and was previously co-owner of Backstage Events. After selling his share in the business, Brown set up a consultancy where he regularly worked with Universal on full-service events.
SUZANNE PULLUM
Portman Travel has appointed Suzanne Pullum as vice-president of corporate sales. Pullum has extensive sales experience in the retail and wholesale sectors of the publishing industry. Most recently, she worked on the launch of Mail Publisher Solutions at Associated Newspapers.
ARIEL HERR
Pegasus Solutions has appointed Ariel Herr as vice-president of communications and marketing. Herr will manage communication for Pegasus’s 18 worldwide
offices. She began working with Pegasus on the agency side in 2005, heading media relations for the launch of Hotelbook.com.
JOANNA FISHER Ascott has appointed Joanna Fisher as regional director of sales and marketing in London, responsible for the brands Ascott The Residence; Citadines Apart’hotel and Somerset Serviced Residence. She joins from Guoman and Thistle Hotels, where she was head of corporate sales for London for more than two years.
AIR CHARTER SERVICE Air Charter Service (ACS) has announced new appointments in its global management team, including Justin Bowman (left) as commercial jets director, and Ruan Courtney (right) as group director of executive jets. Bowman has worked for the company for almost two decades across all three ACS divisions – cargo aircraft, executive jets and commercial airliners. Courtney has been with the company for 15 years in a number of roles, in the cargo and executive jets departments, as well as running ACS’s North American operations before becoming international development director. He will oversee the roll-out of the company’s new Lindbergh jet card.
PATRICK ANDRES Patrick Andres has been appointed Travelport’s vice-president and regional managing director for the Asia-Pacific region. Andres joins Travelport with 25 years’ experience in travel and hospitality. Most recently, he was Singapore-based vice-president of Asia-Pacific for Sabre Hospitality Solutions.