Business Travel Executive, November 2018

People Business Travel Executive NOVEMBER 2018 7 Airlines Reporting Corp ARC has announced additions to its key leadership positions Chuck Fischer has been named to the new role of managing director of payment strategy and industry relations working with ARCs largest airline customers and key industry partners including IATA ATPCO and UATP Jeannine Jankinson will take on an expanded role as managing director of customer experience and operations And Steve Solomon joins ARC as managing director of marketing and corporate strategy All of these positions will report directly to COO Lauri Reishus International Airlines Group has announced that Sean Doyle will become CEO of Aer Lingus He is currently director of network fleet and alliances for British Airways Doyle joined British Airways in 2003 and had undertaken roles in various divisions since then culminating in his appointment to the airlines executive management committee in 2016 AccorHotels has named Chris Cahill as deputy CEO responsible for hotel operations and Jean Jacques Morin as deputy CEO for finance communications and strategy Cahill was formerly CEO luxury brands and CEO North America Central America and Caribbean region He previously worked at Las Vegas Sands Corp Morin has been CFO for AccorHotels and previously worked at Communicant AG In addition the company has appointed Jeff Tisdall as senior vice president development residential and extended stay Previously he was vice president residential development international with FHRI which Accor acquired in 2016 Tisdall has also held senior roles at RCI and Kingdom Hotel Investments Transient business travel is leading the way in hotel bookings for the third quarter of 2018 According to TravelClicks most recent report the transient business travel segment posted a rise of 256 percent in ADR 281 percent in bookings and 545 percent in revenue per available room Group travel in Q3 is up 181 percent in ADR and 050 percent in bookings while the transient segment overall is up 180 percent in ADR and 052 percent in bookings in the same period The second half of the year is showing stable rates and bookings across all travel segments Chris Cahill Transient Business Leads Hotel Market in the Third Quarter Jean Jacques Morin TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT BUYS RADIUS TRAVEL Travel and Transport has announced the acquisition of Radius Travel Travel and Transport is a founding member of Radius Travel a network of more than 100 partner agencies across six continents Shannon Hyland current president and CEO of Radius Travel will assume the position of senior vice president of global services for Travel and Transport Kieran Hartwell has been promoted and will now serve as president of Radius Travel When we began the process of consolidating ownership of Radius Travel in 2011 we viewed it from the perspective of how best to serve the clients of Radius Travel said Tim Fleming president and chief operating officer of Travel and Transport and Radius Travel chairman of the board of directors Now as a singularly owned global network we will strengthen the customer experience by expanding our collective offerings focused on customer service technology and operations Jeff Tisdall