SHANGHAI, 2 October 2018: Hotelbeds Group has announced senior management appointments as it focuses on expansion in Asia-Pacific.
Hui-Wan Chua has been confirmed as regional director for wholesale sales for the APAC market.
In this role, Chua will be responsible for growing the group’s business in the APAC region across the three different bedbank brands – Hotelbeds, Tourico Holidays and GTA.
She will report directly to Sam Turner, wholesale sales & sourcing director with global responsibility.
Previously Chua joined GTA in 2017, before it joined Hotelbeds Group in 2017, and was most recently the vice president of Asia Sales & Marketing.
Before joining Hotelbeds Group she was the CEO at ZUJI, a leading online travel agent in Asia. Chua has also held a number of senior roles in Asia at leading travel companies such as Travelport and Abacus International.
Additionally, the regional management positions that will report to Chua have been confirmed across the three bedbanks.
In the regional manager roles, Chan Tze Yuan has been appointed to cover Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan; Isabelle Kim will cover East Asia; Richard Styles will be in charge of the Pacific region and Indochina (Mekong Region); and Laura Wang and Joy Huang will lead in China.
China remains the number one source market in the group’s wholesale channel in Asia Pacific and is now the 4th biggest for the group globally, up from fifth place only last year.
Since January, the group has been identifying top employee profiles from the three companies, at both senior and mid-management levels, in order to better respond to the needs of the group’s expanded operations following the integration of Tourico Holidays and GTA.
So far 350 appointments have been made to date.
