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Expedia names new GM for South East Asia and India
Friday, 25 Apr, 2016
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Global online travel agency Expedia has announced the appointment of Simon Fiquet as general manager for South East Asia and India.
Fiquet will be based at the firm’s Singapore office and report to Jonathon Neal, CEO of AirAsiaExpedia.
He was previously APAC head of Google Travel responsible for building trade relationships with online travel agents, hotels, airlines and meta-search engines.
Fiquet also served in various sales positions in Europe for Google.
"I am very excited to be a part of Expedia, which is extremely well positioned to accelerate its development in this part of Asia. With their unique set of dynamic demographic shifts, technology disruption and passion for travel, South East Asia and India currently offer tremendous business opportunities for the brand," he said.
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