AirAsia Expedia (AAE), the joint venture
between AirAsia and the Expedia group, has appointed Kathleen Tan as CEO. In her new role, Tan will oversee the Expedia
brand, AirAsiaGo and Backick OTA businesses in South-east Asia, India, Japan,
Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
TTG Asia understands that former
CEO Dan Lynn, who was vice president and managing director of Expedia
Asia-Pacific before moving to Singapore, is leaving his current role to pursue
other opportunities involving start-ups.
Tony Fernandes, AirAsia Group CEO, said: “Our
focus for the next five years is ancillary and adjacent business. The potential
of AAE is enormous. Having Kathleen driving the business gives me huge
encouragement and I am sure AAE and the OTA industry will escalate tremendously
when Kathleen gets to work her unique style of brand-building, sales and
profits growth.”
Tan previously served as AirAsia’s group head
of commercial and senior vice president of China since 2004, managing AirAsia’s
top-line performance and overseeing up to 15 departments across the six
AirAsia-branded airlines. She also managed the AirAsiaGo OTA business
prior to it being transferred to AAE.
Meanwhile,
Siegtraund Teh will take over Tan’s role as group chief commercial
officer. A core member of the AirAsia regional team, she has played a senior
level commercial role.
-TTG Asia.
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