This is a roundup of announcements related to people moves and business expansions in travel in February 2018.

Wednesday 21 February 2018

yieldPlanet announces new CEO

Claudio Limacher has been named to the top spot of the Warsaw-based company. Claudio succeeds Hubert Drabik.

Friday 16 February 2018

OAG names product chief

Vipul Nakum joins the flight information specialist as chief product officer. He was previously head of product development at Reed Business Information.

Tiqets recruits Frohling

The attraction platform has recruited Ken Frohling as its CEO Americas. Frohling is well-known in the tours & activities space having headed up partnerships for Viator before and after its acquisition by TripAdvisor in 2014

Tuesday 13 February 2018

Bd4travel appoints commercial chief

The travel analytics and personalisation specialist has appointed Sean McDonald as chief commercial officer. McDonald has previously held sales roles at Expedia and Secret Escapes.

Monday 12 February 2018

Infare expands management team

The airfare intelligence specialist has appointed Harald Eisenaecher, former Sabre SVP for EMEA as chief commercial officer.

RedDoorz welcomes senior execs

The online budget hotel booking platform as announced Edward Wong as its vice president for marketing and Lalit Mangal as its chief product officer. Wong was previously regional head of country digital at Grab while Mangal held a similar role at Commonfloor.com, which he also co-founded.

TUI Group creates digital role

The tour operating giant has created the new role of chief digital officer and named Elke Reichart is to take the role. She was previously held senior roles at HP in Silicon Valley.

Travelport looks to Barber

Scott Barber becomes managing director in Australia and New Zealand for Travelport, replacing Kaylene Shuttlewood. Barber has been with the company for 10 years and was most recently director of commercial strategy for Asia Pacific.

Guestline does business with Vogt

The hospitality technology specialist has recruited Robert Vogt as director of business development for Benelux. He joins from his role of director of sales PMS at Amadeus.

The travel comparison site has promoted Matt Walls to general manager. He joined in 2017 as marketing director having previously held roles within Expedia.