GTA names new COO
August 6, 2010 by TTRweekly Staff
Filed under Tour Operators
LONDON, 6 August 2010 – GTA owned by Travelport, a global multi-channel provider of hotel and ground services to the travel trade, today announces the appointment of David Painter as chief operating officer, with immediate effect.
GTA is a leading provider of hotel and tour products for the Asian outbound travel industry.
Based in London and reporting directly to company president and CEO, Ken Esterow, Mr Painter will handle hotel contracting and inbound operations globally and assume overall leadership of GTA.
Immediately prior to joining GTA he was the managing director, EMEA of the combined Travelex retail and commercial foreign exchange businesses and before that he was CEO for Thomas Cook’s Global and Financial Services.
