Airline exec takes senior Sabre role
Airline executive Sean Menke has been named as the new executive vice president of travel-tech company Sabre Corp and president of its Sabre Travel Network.
Menke replaces Gregg Webb who becomes Sabre vice chairman.
Much-travelled Menke is joining Sabre next month from Hawaiian Airlines where he has served as executive vice president and chief operations officer since October 2014.
Menke is also a former CEO of Denver-based Frontier Airlines and has held executive positions with Air Canada, United Airlines, Western Pacific Airlines and America West Airlines.
"As a former airline CEO and information technology executive, Sean brings deep aviation, travel and technology industry experience and a proven track record of driving sustainable top-line growth, and he will be a great addition to our leadership team," said Sabre CEO Tom Klein.
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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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