In this role, Chua will be responsible for growing the Group’s business in the APAC region across the three different bedbank brands – Hotelbeds, Tourico Holidays and GTA – reporting directly to Sam Turner, the Wholesale Sales & Sourcing director with global responsibility.
Global bed bank Hotelbeds Group has added to its Asia Pacific team another senior management appointment and bolstered its regional management team.
Leading the team is Hui-Wan Chua, who steps up as regional director for Wholesale Sales for the APAC market.
In this role, Chua will be responsible for growing the Group’s business in the APAC region across the three different bedbank brands – Hotelbeds, Tourico Holidays and GTA – reporting directly to Sam Turner, the Wholesale Sales & Sourcing director with global responsibility.
Chua was previously with GTA, before it joined the Hotelbeds Group in 2017. She was most recently the vice president of Asia Sales & Marketing, and prior to that, Chua served as CEO of ZUJI, a leading online travel agent in Asia. Chua has also held a number of senior roles in Asia at leading travel companies such as Travelport and Abacus International.
Additionally, the regional management positions that will report to Chua have been confirmed.
In the regional manager roles, Chan Tze Yuan has been appointed to cover Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan; Isabelle Kim will cover East Asia; Richard Styles will be in charge of Pacific and Indochina; and Laura Wang and Joy Huang will lead China.
For Hotelbeds Group, growing the business in the APAC region is a top priority. China remains the number one source market in the wholesale channel for Hotelbeds Group in Asia Pacific and is now the fourth biggest for the Group globally, up from fifth place only last year.
Since January, the Group has been identifying top employee profiles from the three companies, at both senior management and management levels, in order to better respond to the needs of the Group’s expanded operations following the integration of Tourico Holidays and GTA. So far 350 appointments have been made to date.