Flight Centre appoints Yon Abad as Vice President Corporate Suppliers Relationships & Distribution Platforms
7 October 2019
Flight Centre Travel Group’s Global Procurement Network (GPN) has appointed Yon Abad to the role of Vice President Corporate Suppliers Relationships and Distribution Platforms.
Based in the United States, the highly-respected hotel executive brings to the position more than 15-years’ experience in global corporate travel, as well as hospitality contracting, distribution and technology.
Yon Abad joins from CWT where he has spent the past decade in senior hotel and consulting roles for North America, Latin America and Europe. His most recent position was Vice President of the global hotel supply division.
Highly experienced in managing strategic partnership and supplier relationships, consulting strategy and process and leading a multinational team, Abad brings a wealth of industry knowledge and leadership experience to Flight Centre Travel Group’s (FCTG) high-performing GPN division.
As part of his new role within GPN, Abad will source and manage a portfolio of FCTG’s corporate global land supplier relationships. He is also tasked with driving the growth and development of corporate content within FCTG’s new hotel distribution platform.
Flight Centre’s corporate brands include FCM Travel Solutions, Corporate Traveller, Stage & Screen Travel Services, cievents and Flight Centre Business Travel.
General Manager GPN, Jason Hartley, said the business was thrilled to welcome Yon Abad onboard.
“This appointment will further drive the strategic development and direction of our land supplier division, by maintaining and growing the company’s already strong relationships with hotel and ground transport suppliers,” Jason Hartley said.
“To have someone with Yon’s industry experience, which includes leading multinational teams across continents, his contacts and proven ability to drive impressive business outcomes is a coup for our brands and our customers.”
Yon Abad said he was delighted to be working with Flight Centre Travel Group’s corporate division, with the USA business a profit powerhouse for the travel giant.
“I am thrilled to join a company as diverse and fast-paced as FCTG. It is uniquely positioned in the market thanks to its product and supplier diversity. Hotel distribution is a rapidly growing and a very competitive area of the corporate travel industry; TMCs need to have not only strong relationships with suppliers, product choice, smart technology; but also a strategic vision for how to make the supply of travel content easier, better and faster for the end user.” ~ Yon Abad
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