Hotels.com Appoints New Senior Director of Global Retail
Released
on: December 01, 2009, 2:11 pm
Author: Hotels.com
Industry: Travel
Hotels.com, the world's leading hotel booking site, has
announced the appointment of Troy Suda as its new Senior Director of
Global Retail.
In his new role at Hotels.com, Suda will be responsible for overseeing all the
retail functions of the business including user experience design, content, site
optimization and call centre integration.
"I am delighted to be joining Hotels.com; it is a great brand that has grown
globally and exponentially over the past few years. I am looking forward to the
challenges that my new role will bring and being part of the global leadership team
that is continuing to drive the business forward to even greater success",
commented Suda.
Suda will report directly to Scott Booker, VP Global Retail, Product Planning and
Merchandising for Hotels.com.
Booker commented, "Troy brings with him a wealth of experience in the field of
retail, strategy and product development and we look forward to integrating him into
our team to drive forward the development of the Hotels.com retail functions across
the globe."
Suda joins Hotels.com from Lonely Planet where he held the position of Global Head
of Emerging Online Business based in London and responsible for developing the
company's European online strategy. Prior to this, he worked in Lonely Planet's
global headquarters in Melbourne on the re-launch of lonelyplanet.com as well as
transitioning Lonely Planet's online accommodation booking business to an affiliate
model, partnering with Expedia Affiliate Network and Hostelworld.com.
Prior to Lonely Planet, Suda held various marketing, strategy and product
development roles during a decade long tenure at Coles Myer Ltd, one of the largest
retail companies in Australia. Suda is a native of Melbourne, Australia, and holds a
Masters of Commerce (E-Commerce) from the University of Melbourne. He has also
completed a General Manager Development Programme at Columbia University, New York.
About Hotels.com
As part of the Expedia group which operates in all major markets, Hotels.com offers
more than 100,000 quality hotels, B&Bs and serviced apartments worldwide including
cheap New York hotels,
hotels in London,
hotels in Edinburgh
and hotels in Dublin. If a
customer can find the same deal for less on a prepaid hotel, Hotels.com will match
it. Hotels.com benefits from one of the largest hotel contracting teams in the
industry negotiating the best rates for its customers, plus there are 1.3m reviews
from users who have actually stayed in the hotels to ensure customers make an
informed choice when booking. Hotels.com won the Gold Award for best hotel booking
site in Webuser magazine in February 2009.
For further information:
Cordy Griffiths
Hotels.com
42 Earlham St
Covent Garden
London
WC2H 9LA
020 7019 2268
www.hotels.co.uk
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