Business Travel Executive, February 2020

7 Business Travel Executive askBTE com February 2020 PEOPLE The International Air Transport Association has announced that its board of governors will recommend an extension of the term of office of Alexandre de Juniac director general and CEO at the annual general meeting in Amsterdam in June The association also announced the appointment of Aleks Popovich to head the newly formed customer and business services division managing the industry settlement systems central sales and marketing and customer service operations Enterprise Holdings Inc has announced that Chrissy Taylor the companys president and COO has been promoted to CEO She becomes the fourth CEO in the companys more than 60 year history and the third generation of Taylor family CEO leadership In addition to CEO she will retain her current title of president American Airlines has named Kenneth Charles as chief inclusion and diversity officer He comes from U S Bank where he was senior vice president of enterprise talent and brings more than 30 years of private sector experience In addition the airline has promoted Kirk Hotelling to vice president of corporate real estate He began his career with US Airways in 2000 and most recently served as managing director of campus properties and airport affairs Alaska Air Group has named Shane Tackett to become CFO on March 2 on the retirement of Brandon Pedersen Tackett joined the company in 2000 and most recently held the position of executive vice president of planning and strategy in 2018 Travel Leaders Group has announced that Ninan Chacko has Hilton has launched a new brand called Tempo by Hilton a limited service hotel in a price category between the companys Hilton Garden Inns and Canopy hotels The brand is Hiltons 18th and will see openings in the next 18 to 24 months with about 30 committed deals and 30 more in the pipeline All will be newly built because of some unusual room configurations around a Get Ready Zone for working exercising etc and a larger than usual bathroom They include locations in New York Maui Boston Los Angeles Nashville San Diego Charlotte Washington DC Houston and Atlanta JetBlue Set to Go Carbon Neutral by July JetBlue Airways said it will become the first large US airline to offset emissions from all of its domestic flights aiming to become carbon neutral by July The carrier will also begin using sustainable aviation fuel on its flights from San Francisco International Airport JetBlue declined to disclose the cost of the offset program but said it wont increase airfares as a result The airline produces about 8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year and is working on a plan to compensate for international flights said Sophia Mendelsohn JetBlues head of sustainability JetBlue will earn carbon credits by investing in a variety of sustainability projects Hilton Launches Tempo A New Lifestyle Brand