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Senior appointments at Sabre
Sabre Hospitality Solutions has announced two senior appointments.
Felix Laboy has been named president and general manager while Stephen Fitzgerald has been named chief operating officer.
Laboy was co-founder of E-site Marketing, which was acquired by Sabre in 2007. During his career, he served in executive-level roles for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and Westin Hotels and Resorts. He also worked for the Puerto Rico Convention Bureau.
Fitzgerald has been with Sabre for nearly four years as Sabre Travel Network vice president of global hotel, car, rail and cruise distribution.
He previously served as VP hotel relations and operations for Hotwire.com and has served in operations, marketing and sales leadership roles with several hotel chains.
By Bev Fearis
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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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