Ana Pedersen, ex BCD Travel in the USA, to join HLO effective 01 July.
Helloworld Travel has just announced the appointment of Ana Pedersen to the role of Global Director of Corporate Sales for its Australian and New Zealand corporate travel operations, QBT and APX.
Pedersen has more than 27 years travel industry experience, most recently as Vice President – Large Market Global Sales for BCD Travel, based in the USA. Prior to that she was BCD Travel’s Singapore-based Vice President Asia Pacific and she has also worked with BCD in Australia as well as TQ3 Travel Solutions, Galileo and Qantas.
“Ana brings an enormous wealth of corporate travel management experience in international and regional sales, distribution, hotel programs, account management and industry knowledge to this critical role,” said ceo Andrew Burnes.
Russell Carstensen, head of HLO’s corporate and Air Tickets divisions, said with Pedersen’s appointment, and the recent addition of Nick Sutherland as General Manager -QBT and Wendy Van Lieshout as General Manager – APX, the new management structure within Helloworld Travel’s TMC businesses was now complete, providing a platform for continued expansion.
“There are a lot of opportunities in the corporate travel market in Australia and New Zealand but we also see great opportunities further afield and will be looking to capitalise on these with our new team” Carstensen said.
More details in Monday’s issue of Travel Daily.