Technology

 Travel Four Seasons and Mark Bratt Travel will now use the platform, which encourages customers to plan out their long-term holiday aspirations as well as providing inspiration content, in their retail stores and through digital marketing.

Each agency has signed up to a trial period, and has white-labelled the Sujester platform to engage with customers in-store and online.

Speaking at the Digital Travel Summit on a panel entitled “What does it take to transform your business into a fully agile digital enterprise?” Alan Coates, head, planning and delivery at Ryanair, said: “Three years ago we launched Ryanair Labs. We then saw IT not as a cost centre, but as revenue. The labs focus on investing in revenue opportunities, not cutting costs."

Valmorbida, currently head of the Europe, the Middle East and Africa region, is to replace Laurens Leurink who is leaving the company for personal reasons.

He also becomes a member of the company’s executive committee.

Valmorbida is a 13-year veteran of Amadeus, which he joined as an operational director in Brazil. He subsequently became vice-president for Latin America in 2009, and oversaw a period of growth in both the distribution and IT businesses in the region.