Appointments and promotions at Flight Centre Travel Group; Festive Road and Ethiopian Airlines >>
Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) has appointed Roy Goldschmitt as global chief technology officer, responsible for the core shared services that power the customer-facing products of FCM and Corporate Traveler, and for the effectiveness and productivity of its consultants. With a travel technology career spanning two decades, Goldschmitt joins from Amadeus, where he was director, product development.
Festive Road, the travel and meetings management consultancy, has announced an expansion of Katie Virtue’s role within the company. In addition to her consulting responsibilities, she will now act as client solutions lead globally, which will see her working on the company’s client footprint in key sectors and directly developing solutions for the expanding customer base. Virtue joined Festive Road in 2018.
Ethiopian Airlines has promoted Samson Arega to regional director for the US. He had most recently been head of the carrier’s Canadian office for the past three years. Prior to that, he served as the airline’s Kuwait area manager.