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Names in the News 9-16-26

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Travelport has named Naomi Hahn as chief marketing and commercial operations officer. She will lead the technology company’s “go-to-market, marketing and communications and commercial operations functions,” according to an announcement. Hahn most recently was vice president of strategy, operations and data at Skyscanner, which she joined in March 2020, according to LinkedIn. Previously, she spent more than 11 years at Auto Trader UK.

FCM Consulting, a division of FCM Travel, announced the appointment of Gemma King as global practice lead, outsourced travel resources (OTR), to lead the growth of the company’s OTR practice and give enterprise clients flexible, on-demand access to senior travel management expertise. She brings more than 20 years of experience designing, building and transforming corporate travel programs for large global organizations, according to the announcement. She joins from Omnicom Group, where she spent the past decade.

Grasp Technologies has promoted Tina Quattlebaum to chief customer officer and hired Nick Duenholter as vice president of commercial growth and partnerships, the data management provider announced. Quattlebaum, formerly Pfizer’s director of global travel and card operations, has been with Grasp since August 2024, most recently serving as vice president of customer success. Duenholter was a senior account executive at Emburse, which he joined upon its acquisition of Tripbam, where he was an account executive.

Kimpton Miralina Resort & Villas Paradise Valley appointed Dimitrios Bessis as managing director, following the announcement of the final phase of the resort’s $70 million “transformation.” With nearly two decades of hospitality experience, said the announcement, Bessis’ background spans full-service hotels, multiproperty operations and area-level general management. Prior to joining Kimpton Miralina, Bessis served as vice president of operations with Rentyl Resorts. Before that, he served as area resort general manager at NDM Hospitality/Rentyl Resorts. Bessis also served as area general manager with Aimbridge Hospitality, where he managed a four-property portfolio.

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