Thomas Cook appoints TUI exec to head up hotels
Thomas Cook has appointed Ingo Burmester to head up its hotels and resorts business.
Burmester will join the group in 2017 as chief executive of hotels and resorts, working alongside Andre Witschi, who has held the position since July.
Burmester joins Thomas Cook from TUI Germany where he has worked for 16 years in a number of high profile positions.
He was most recently managing director of Robinson Club where he was responsible for 24 resorts in 12 countries.
Over the next year, Andre Witschi will build on the work he has started to shape and develop the next phase of the hotels and resorts business and will then continue in a non-executive role.
Thomas Cook Group chief executive Peter Fankhauser said: "Andre Witschi and the team have made great progress so far in developing our hotels and resorts business, building on the success of our Sunwing and Sunprime resorts, our fantastic clubs in France and our exciting new Casa Cook brand.
"I am pleased we have been able to attract someone of Ingo Burmester’s experience to work alongside Andre and the team to help build a strong hotels and resorts company that sits at the heart of our holiday offering for customers."
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