New appointments at Amadeus Benelux
Amadeus Benelux, 11 June 2009: Amadeus Benelux, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, announces various appointments to further enforce the Benelux organisation to offer the best service to our customers.
Kurt Van der biesen as Unit Manager – Sales Belux & Stef Rijkers as Multinational Account Manager - Benelux. They will be supported in their new responsibilities by a dynamic, motivated and customer-centric Sales & Account Management team. They will respectively be based in Vilvoorde and in Hoofddorp.
Kurt brings along a strong experience in sales management & business development in ICT solution companies. Stef has several years of experience in sales & account management within the airline industry. Their most recent employment were respectively at Bureau Veritas and Aviareps.
Jesus Medina has been promoted in the position of Unit Manager – Sales Netherlands and Caroline auf dem Brinke will take the leads of the product team in the position of Unit Manager – Products & Solutions. We would like to wish them success in their new position.
Kurt, Jesus and Stef will report directly to Rene Schukkink, our Commercial Director – Benelux and Caroline to Olaf Leenders, our Director Marketing & Product Management.
Luc Pannecoeck, General Manager Amadeus Benelux, adds: “Amadeus Benelux continues to look to the future and aims to be the leading supplier of IT solutions, enabling success in the travel and tourism industry. We will continue to develop in order to ensure the best products & services solutions for our customers. We are sure that the knowledge and the enthusiasm of our staff will support the further growth of Amadeus.”
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Notes to the editors
Amadeus is the chosen technology partner for providers, sellers, and buyers of travel. The company provides distribution, IT and point-of-sale solutions to help its customers adapt, grow and succeed in the fast changing travel industry. Customer groups include travel providers (airlines, hotels, car rental companies, railway companies, ferry lines, cruise lines, insurance companies and tour operators), travel sellers (travel agencies) and travel buyers (corporations and travellers). Solutions are grouped in four solution categories – Distribution & Content, Sales & e-Commerce, Business Management and Services & Consulting.
Amadeus has central sites in Madrid (corporate headquarters & marketing), Nice (development) and Erding (Operations – data processing centre) and regional offices in Miami, Buenos Aires and Bangkok. At market level, Amadeus maintains customer operations through 69 local Amadeus Commercial Organisations covering 217 markets.
The company is majority owned by WAM Acquisition, whose shareholders are BC Partners, Cinven, Air France, Iberia and Lufthansa. Amadeus employs over 8,570 employees worldwide, representing 105 nationalities.
More information about Amadeus is available at: http://www.benelux.amadeus.com
Contact details for Benelux
Amadeus Benelux
Luc Pannecoeck
T: +32 2 257 99 11 / +31 23 554 1430
F: +32 2 460 03 84 / +31 23 562 4272
E-mail : infobe@benelux.amadeus.com / infonl@benelux.amadeus.com
