Ex-STA and Going Places exec joins Cheapflights
Former STA Travel international division managing director and Going Places executive Francesca Ecsery-Merrens has been recruited as UK general manager of Cheapflights.
Joining on August 1, she will report to group managing director Chris Cuddy.
Ecsary-Merrens has 14 years travel industry experience with STA, IfYouTravel.com, Airtours, Going Places and Thomas Cook.
Cuddy said: “We are impressed as much by Francesca’s business and travel industry experience as with her evident energy and enthusiasm which she has clearly applied successfully in her career to date.
“Francesca’s appointment comes at a time when Cheapflights has secured a leading position in online flight price search and comparison on both sides of the Atlantic.
“Cheapflights is now pursuing further international expansion. Hence her appointment will enable CEO David Soskin and vice chairman and head of international, Hugo Burge to focus on this planned internationalisation of Cheapflights.”
Soskin added: “Our business has grown from a tiny Wandsworth attic over the past 11 years without recourse to external funding. One of the key reasons for achieving our success to date has been recruiting the people with the energy and enthusiasm to achieve our strategy goals.
“In welcoming Francesca to her challenging new role at Cheapflights, I recognise in her the qualities we require to drive our UK business further forward as we also accelerate our international growth.”
by Phil Davies
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