Damiano promoted to newly created position overseeing western, southern and northern Europe
Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, announces the appointment of Damiano Sabatino as Vice President & Managing Director for Western Europe. In this new role, Damiano will be leading sales and account management with travel agents across 20 countries in Europe and will report to Jason Clarke who was also recently promoted to the position of Group Vice President, Global Sales and Account Management.
Damiano was previously managing director, southern Europe for Travelport where he managed operations in Italy, France, Greece, and Israel. During his four years in that role he successfully signed agreements with a number of customers including Airtickets in Greece, Voyageurs du Monde in France and Odigeo, the pan-European travel group. Damiano also oversaw the acquisition of Travelport’s Greek distributor and the addition of new content from NTV, the Italian high-speed rail operator.
“I’m delighted to have Damiano taking on this new role where he will be instrumental in leading our successful work with travel agents across the region,” commented Jason Clarke, GVP & Managing Director, Global Sales & Account Management. “He brings extensive travel industry knowledge and experience, and a proven track record in helping our travel agents achieve their goals”.
Reporting into Damiano will be Simon Ferguson, Regional Director UK & Ireland, Emmanuel Bourgeat, Country Manager France, Antonio Loureiro, Regional Director Portugal, Spain & Brazil, Marco Van Ieperen, Regional Director Benelux, Mathias Andersson, Country Manager Nordics, Juergen Witte, Regional Director Germany & Switzerland and Leo Zotos, Country Manager Greece & Israel.
All appointments are with immediate effect.
