HotelTravel.com appoints Chief Information Officer
HotelTravel.com has appointed Olivier Dombey as the company’s Chief Information Officer based at its corporate headquarters in Phuket, Thailand.
Mr Dombey has over 20 years experience in hospitality and travel distribution, consulting and marketing, most recently as Board Advisor for Shanghai-based DerbySoft. Prior to this he was Regional Vice President Asia Pacific – Pegasus Solutions for four years based in its Beijing office.
He was Managing Director and founder of China-based Ou Yang Business Consulting, a business specializing in electronic distribution marketing for the Chinese market. Before relocating to China he spent seven years as Partner and co-founder of UK-based leading travel distribution and marketing consultancy, Partners in Marketing.
Mr Dombey was also Director of Marketing, Seychelles Tourist Board, for two years, based in Mahé, and Business Analyst and Manager Business Development at Galileo International for three years, based in the UK.
Dombey formerly was a board member of HEDNA (Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association) to represent Asia Pacific, and was Chairman for the UK’s largest travel industry association (CIMTIG).
HotelTravel.com Chief Executive Officer, Blair Speers, said the company was ramping up its marketing and communication efforts to make HotelTravel.com a global leader in online hotel reservations.
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