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Appointment Tracker
 Tourism
Malaysia has appointed Amirul Affrin Nasir, as the director for north
and east India. Prior to this appointment, he worked in the capacity of
state director for Pahang till 2007. He has been associated with Tourism
Malaysia since 2002, having worked in various capacities.
Mohammed Fadzil Abdullah has been appointed
as the new deputy director for the South India Region. Fadzil has been
associated with Tourism Malaysia since 2000
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| Ram Prawesh Rai has been
appointed the minister, department of tourism, government of Bihar.
S B S Bhaduria, IFS, has taken over as secretary,
tourism department, government of Sikkim. Prior to this apppointment,
he was with the Forest, Environment and Wildlife management department
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 TCA
Aviation Academy has appointed Ritu Sood as national head of operations.
A veteran with 18 years of experience in various fields of education such
as faculty, administration and business development, she was last associated
with another aviation academy. Before this she held the position of business
development manager and principal with Shemrock chain of play schools |
 Vikram
Kodendera has been appointed COO - Inbound of TBI. He comes with over
17 years of experience in the field of tourism |
 Manoj
Gunawardena has been appointed as the chief executive officer. Gunawardena
has been with the airline for over 25 years and has over 17 years of direct
sales and commercial experience with the airline. Prior to this appointment,
he served as head of worldwide sales and currently he is responsible for
the airline's global sales activities |
| Following its biennial elections, Rajasthan Association
of Tour Operators(RATO) has appointed new executive committee members. The
names and designations of the members are Bhim Singh, honorary chairman,
Khalid Khan, president, Kuldeep Singh, immediate past president,
Bharat Bhandari, president elect, Sanjay Kaushik, vice president,
Nikhil Pandit, secretary, Virendra Singh, treasurer, Rohit
Walter, joint secretary, Jaideep Singh, executive member, Amit
Bomb, executive member, Arun Jamal, executive member, Bahadur
Singh, executive member, Dilip Chauhan, executive member, Mahendra
Singh Rathore, executive member and Shiv Kumar Sharma, executive
member |
 The
Australian Flight Centre, which has recently entered the leisure travel
market in India under the 'Flight Shop' banner, has appointed Gaurav
Luthra as the country head of the brand in India. Prior to this appointment,
Luthra served in the capacity of vice president (North & East) for FCm
Travel Solutions, the corporate wing of Flight Centre |
| FCm Travel Solutions, a corporate travel management
company in the Asia-Pacific region, has made three major appointments in
an effort to streamline its expanding business in India.
Pranjal Saikia, who is the vice president
(South) of FCm India, has taken over additional charge of North and East
and will operate out of Delhi and Bangalore.
Tarun Bhakri, who earlier occupied the post
of regional manager of sales (West & South), has been promoted to
national head of sales. Bhakri has 13 years of industry experience and
has been with FCm since 2004.
Punit Puri has been appointed as head of
sales (North, East & West). In addition to being in charge of West
Zone, Puri will also act as the regional manager of sales (north &
east)
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 Boeing
has appointed Elizabeth Lund as vice president of product development
for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Lund will be responsible for leading preliminary
design of new and derivative airplanes and systems, and environmental performance
strategy. Lund also will manage the overall research and development plan
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| Rosalynn Tay has been appointed managing director
of Tiger Airways Singapore. Tay joined Tiger Aviation in February 2006 as
the Group Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer. Reporting directly to
Tiger Aviation Group CEO Tony Davis, Tay will now be responsible for the
operations and development of the group's largest operational base at Singapore's
Changi Airport
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