Press Release
For Immediate Release
10 January 2005
ACTE Welcomes Three New Board of Directors Members
Alexandria, VA -- - 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.php
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