ebookers reorganises its business operations

Published: 03 Feb 2010

Online travel company ebookers is reorganising its business operations in Europe. The 12 ebookers country sites will move to a three-region operations structure effective immediately.

The company shared that following completion of its platform migration in 2009, ebookers websites benefit from increased access to hotel inventory and technology. ebookers posted a 43 percent year-on-year growth in hotel room-nights in the third quarter of FY2009, contributing positively to Orbitz Worldwide’s performance. In order to further leverage the common platform and accelerate growth, ebookers is reorganising its business operations from being driven at the country-site level to a nimbler regional structure.

The three regions include:

  • Region 1: UK, France & Ireland.
  • Region 2: Switzerland, Germany and Austria .
  • Region 3: Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Benelux
  • Pierre-Alain Regali, former MD for ebookers Switzerland will assume responsibility for Region 2, and Didrik Von Seth, former MD for Sweden/Denmark/Norway will assume responsibility for Region 3.

    Region 1 will be led by Guillaume Cussac, who joins ebookers after spending nearly six years with Expedia Europe.

    New B2B group

    Integral to ebookers’ new organisation will be the formation of a new B2B Group led by Gilles Despas, VP, ebookers B2B, and former MD for Continental Europe.

    In his new role, Despas will lead the B2B team to collaborate with the three ebookers regions and Global Partner Services Group, to source and revenue manage non-hotel supply, support ebookers’ efforts to streamline processes in product operations, and focus on Media Solutions and Private Label opportunities.

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