LONDON, UK – 2012-10-8 — /travelprnews.com/ — GetThere (http://www.getthere.com), the world’s leading travel and collaboration management solution, has promoted Guy Snelgar to managing director of its business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
He steps up from the role of business development manager and will now oversee GetThere’s sales, service and operations across the EMEA region.
Snelgar joined GetThere as a sales director in 2008 and has played a crucial role in growing the company’s business throughout the challenging economic climate.
He brings more than 20 years of online travel and technology experience to his new leadership post, having worked in a number of roles across the sector. Snelgar’s former employers include British Airways, Hilton Hotels International, Portman Travel and Galileo.
Suzanne Neufang, president of GetThere, said: “Guy has a stellar track record of working with corporations and travel management companies (TMCs) to gain maximum value for their travel spend.
“As GetThere continues to enhance its product and service to fulfill the distinct needs of EMEA travel programmes, Guy’s relationships in the industry will be vital as our existing customers expand and new clients come on board.”
Snelgar said: “In recent years GetThere has made terrific strides growing its business in EMEA. We are making unprecedented investment in the region, but our objectives remain the same: to make sure corporate travel managers receive maximum return on investment for their programme, and satisfy the needs of the modern day traveller.”
Snelgar is based at Sabre’s EMEA headquarters office in London reports directly to Neufang. He lives north of the city with his wife and two children. When not focusing on his family and the evolving business travel industry, Snelgar plays drums in an amateur rock band.
GetThere is the world’s leading online business travel and collaboration solution, surpassing $9 billion in annual bookings. GetThere’s proven technology and unparalleled global service infrastructure helps corporations collectively save millions in air, hotel, car, and rail costs. GetThere provides a user-friendly online booking experience for travelers and travel arrangers at thousands of companies in more than 93 countries, including a majority of multi-national Fortune 200 firms that deploy online booking. GetThere works with all major global distribution systems (GDS). Companies using GetThere and the Sabre GDS together can optimize efficiency and cost savings even more effectively across the entire travel procurement process. More information is available at http://www.getthere.com.
Sabre Holdings connects people with the world’s greatest travel possibilities by retailing travel products and providing distribution and technology solutions for the travel industry. More information is available at http://www.sabre-holdings.com.
Media Contacts:
Martin Ferguson
Sabre GetThere
martin.ferguson@sabre.com
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