Business Travel Executive, January 2018

10Business Travel Executive JANUARY 2018 INDUSTRY NEWS People variety of positions He began his career at Credit Suisse First Boston in the investment banking division ANI Hotels Resorts has appointed Daniel Kipping as director of sales Kipping has held senior positions with InterContinental Hotels Group Marriott and The Ritz Carlton ANI has 18 properties in 12 countries with a pipeline of new hotel and resort openings within the next three years in Southeast Asia New Zealand United Arab Emirates Australia Maldives and Africa Bettoja Hotels with three properties in Rome has named Ciro Verrocchi as director general He has held numerous positions at international hotel companies including IHG and has served as general manager of the St Regis Grand in Rome The Bettoja Group in business since 1875 has its three hotels in the Monti neighborhood of Rome Spirit Airlines announced that Ted Christie has been named the airlines president effective Jan 1 of this year and will become chief executive officer in January 2019 Christie who has been serving as chief financial officer has been with the carrier since 2012 joining as senior vice president and CFO Earlier this year he became an executive vice president Extended Stay America and its paired share REIT ESH Hospitality have named Jonathan S Halkyard to serve as the next president and chief executive officer effective Jan 1 Current CEO Gerry Lopez will become senior advisor a position he will hold until March 18 Halkyard has served as chief financial officer of ESA and ESH since January 2015 and prior to that as ESAs COO since September 2013 Previously he was CFO for NV Efnergy in Nevada and held various positions with Caesars Entertainment Benchmark a global hospitality company has named Fatima Molina global revenue support center director She was previously director of rooms for Hotel Contessa a Benchmark Resorts Hotels property in San Antonio Prior to that she served in several positions of increasing responsibility at Hotel Contessa in guest services and the front office Radius Travel Launches Meetings Events Division Radius Travel has launched Radius Travel Meetings Events a division of the global travel management company Radius Meetings Events will offer meeting solutions at every level according to the company including strategic meetings management end toend events and specialized services Henrietta Balint director global meeting and event sales at Radius said the new company will deliver the customized service our clients demand on both a local and global scale providing stakeholders with a standard of service and control they cant get with any other provider As part of the new division Radius Travel recently added Inntel a UK based independent meetings and travel management company and Proske a Germany based event agency to its network Lufthansa Revives New York Berlin Route Lufthansa has reintroduced service between Berlin and the US after a 16 year gap For the first time since 2001 the airline is stationing a long haul aircraft in Berlin enabling the connection between the German capital and New York The service will operate five times a week using an Airbus A330 300 This summer the route will be transferred to Eurowings the point to point leisure arm of Lufthansa With the new route the Lufthansa Group now offers direct flights from the New York area to four destinations in Germany Munich Frankfurt Dusseldorf and Berlin Carey Launches New Services in San Francisco and Orlando Carey the ground transportation company is expanding its Embarque 10 2 service into San Francisco offering on demand cars in as little as 10 minutes from the Embarque mobile app The company says it will continue to offer its traditional portfolio of prearranged services in the San Francisco area Travel managers can add Embarque to managed travel programs through the Carey Connect Transportation Management Platform In addition Carey has launched a new subsidiary operation in Orlando the third city in which Carey has opened a new company this year Carey Orlando specializes in executive and leisure transportation and providing ground transportation logistics management services for meetings and events BTE