ACTE PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
ACTE Welcomes Three New Board of Directors Members
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Alexandria, VA (10 Jan.) -- The Association of Corporate Travel Executives
will welcome three new leaders to the table when its Board of Directors
convenes in Chicago next week. Chris Crowley, Sales and Marketing Director
for Concorde Hotels (Board member At-Large); Isabelle Koch, Vice President
of Sales, EMEA for Carlson Wagonlit Travel (representing EMEA); and Mary Kay
Bellersen, Senior Vice President of Citigroup's Global Interactive Travel
Program (representing the United States) have been elected by their peers to
join ACTE's senior leadership.
Chris Crowley, a 19-year travel veteran, previously held sales director
positions with Radisson Portman and Accor. His career has included global
account management from both a hotel and travel management perspective with
a reputation for managing successful and result driven teams. In his
current position at Concorde, he is responsible for sales and marketing of a
deluxe hotel chain in 7 different European countries. Crowley has
participated at ACTE conferences and forums as a seminar speaker and
moderator.
Isabelle Koch's 15-year career has spanned positions with British Airways,
Air France, Disneyland Resort Paris and Carlson Wagonlit Travel. Her current
position as Vice President Sales, EMEA at CWT, offers her the opportunity
for ongoing interaction with a wide variety of travel industry executives,
covering a broad array of critical travel issues.
In addition to advancing Citigroup's on-line booking initiatives, Mary Kay
Bellersen has procurement responsibilities for its travel agencies and
on-line booking fulfillment suppliers. Prior to her current position,
Bellersen was the Global Travel Manager for Citibank Travel Management
Services, where she engineered a major consolidation initiative. She has 35
years of corporate travel experience in both operations and sales and
marketing with regional and national travel management companies.
"ACTE is fortunate to have members of this caliber, with a sense of
commitment to the profession and the association," said President Greeley
Koch "Their insight will play an important part in the direction this
association takes, and in expressing the thoughts and needs of its members."
For a complete list of ACTE Board members visit the ACTE website at
http://www.acte.org/about/leaders.shtml
For more information, contact:
Jack Riepe
ACTE Global Communications Director
t: 1-610-719-8396
c: 1-610-256-0124
e: [email protected]
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