 Abacus
International has appointed Nikhil Dhodapkar as managing director
of Abacus Distribution Systems India. With 20 years of experience in the
travel industry, Dhodapkar has held senior management positions in aviation,
hospitality, tourism, FMCG and Dot Com companies throughout Asia Pacific.
Prior to this appointment, Dhodapkar held a senior management position with
Carlson Hotels Worldwide, South Asia. |
 Anju
Kalra has been appointed as the India representative of TIAC. With eight
years of experience in the tourism industry, prior to this appointment,
Kalra was assistant manager, leisure travel outbound at Thomas Cook India.
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| Meera Prakash has been appointed
as general manager of Kaizen Leisure & Holidays, Kolkata. |
 Vishesh
Khanna has been appointed as vice president, corporate sales, India
for IndiGo. Khanna brings with him over 17 years of travel industry experience
and has been associated with the InterGlobe group for over five years. Prior
to this appointment, he was vice president of sales and services, India
for Galileo India. Khanna is a commerce graduate from the Delhi University
and an alumnus of the Institute of Hotel Management, Pusa. He has also done
his Executive MBA from IIM Bangalore. |
| Rayomand Choksi has been
appointed as regional director of Titlis Rotair. Based in Mumbai he will
be responsible for the markets of India, Korea, Japan & the GCC. Additionally,
he will also be responsible in the Indian market for the Victoria-Jungfrau
Collection of hotels. |
| Singapore Airlines has appointed
Rajiv Varma as the national marketing manager for its operations
in India. Varma has been a part of Singapore Airlines for the last six years.
His responsibilities include looking after marketing communications, loyalty
programmes and various promotional tie-ups/campaigns at a pan-India level.
Sandeep Patil has been appointed as head,
passenger sales for the Northern India region. Patil's current role entails
driving passenger sales strategy in North India. Prior to this appointment,
he was with airlines' marketing division in Mumbai.
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 Kari
Stolbow has been appointed as director, Indian subcontinent for Finnair,
based in Gurgaon. Stolbow has been with Finnair for over 27 years, including
20 years of overseas postings in various capacities. Prior to this appointment,
he worked in the global sales department at the Finnair headquarters in
Helsinki and was responsible for the global tour operation sales.
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| Transnautic Aero has promoted Matthias
Brall to the post of manager of its Munich office. Brall worked in airfreight
handling prior to joining Transnautic's Dusseldorf office in 2003. In his
new post, he is responsible for liaison with freight agent customers, client
airlines and handling partners, and oversees the operation of road feeders
from the region. |
 Aerofreight
International has appointed Nadine De Smet as sales executive. Sme
has 10 years of experience in the GSA sector, representing a number of major
carriers. In her new post she will supplement Aerofreight's existing carrier
marketing activities, and will also assist in the recruitment of new airline
clients. |
| Brijesh Pande has been appointed as the new
F&B manager of Fortune Select Exotica, Mumbai. Armed with a degree from
IIHM, Kolkata and AHMA, Michigan, Pande brings with him eight years of experience
in F&B. Prior to this appointment, he was the Events & Bar's manager
at qhotels in Cheltenham, England. |
