Board appointment at Travelport
Travelport has appointed Douglas Steenland as vice chairman of its Board of directors.
He will serve on the Compensation, Audit and Executive Committees of the Board.
Steenland held numerous executive roles during 17 years with Northwest Airlines Corporation.
He was most latterly president and CEO from October 2004 until its merger with Delta Air Lines in October 2008.
Steenland is currently a senior advisor to the Blackstone Private Equity Group, chairman of the Board of Performance Food Group Inc. and holds a portfolio of other board directorships, including
Hilton Worldwide.
by Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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