Travelport shake-up sees Wilson head Galileo
Travelport’s EMEA Asia and Pacific business group president and CEO Gordon Wilson is to become president and CEO of Galileo.
He takes up the new role as TDS Investor, the parent company of Travelport, re-organised the business in to three global organisations – Galileo, Orbitz Worldwide and Gullivers Travel Associates (GTA).
The group aims to make $75 million in savings through the reorganisation and other actions by the end of 2007.
Travelport will establish a decentralised structure to optimise cutsomer service, a statement said.
It is the latest move in re-aligning the company since it was acquired from Cendant.
In other changes, Travelport Business Group Americas president and CEO Ken Esterow becomes president and CEO of GTA. Steve Barnhart continues as president and CFO of Orbitz Worldwide. They and Wilson report to Travelport president and CEO Jeff Clarke.
Clarke said: “As we transform Travelport into a more nimble, customer-centric and cost-effective business, our strong focus on the underlying economics, investment and cost drivers must transcend all of our initiatives and decisions for continuous improvement.
“Furthermore, we believe that a decentralised structure in which operating plans are built around a global customer base, will enable decisions to be made more quickly and easily – re-creating a company that’s faster to market and more competitive than ever.”
Report by Phil Davies
Phil Davies
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