Technology and travel software company Traveltek has announced the appointment of Rebecca Esterhuizen to Senior Vice President North America. Having served with the business for 6 years and previously spearheaded growth for APAC, she relocated to Toronto in NOV.
Esterhuizen started her career at Flight Centre in the finance team, before moving to Traveltek and has progressed through the ranks to run the APAC region for the last 3 years, being instrumental in managing key partnerships including the Global flight Centre relationship and overseeing significant growth with the innovative business Ignite and other major players in the APAC market.
Traveltek says the move coms as the company is gearing up for a solid year of growth and innovation after an extremely successful 2022. In 2022 Traveltek won ‘Best Technology provider’ at the prestigious Travel Weekly Globe Awards in London and ‘Best Technology Team’ at the Travolution awards in London.
In a new partnership with Sabre, Traveltek will power Sabre’s cruise solution when Sabre exits the cruise market in OCT 2023. This product will be Traveltek’s new look Cruise Connect, a Graph QL Cruise API and Agent Connect product, a cruise desktop solution.
Esterhuizen said “I’m delighted to have the opportunity to spearhead Traveltek’s growth in the largest global cruise market. I’m excited to work with all our existing partners in the North America region and to continue our close relationship with Sabre. With our new products coming to the market in 2023, its certainly set to be an exciting year.”
Over the last 20 years, Traveltek has developed technology which enables leisure travel companies to package together hotels, flights, cruises and ancillary travel services in one transaction globally.
Over the last 5 years, the company has worked with a large number of consortia and leading retail brands in the UK, and is now keen to continue that success in North America.
“We have seen significant success in the US market in the last 3 years through our partnerships with Jetblue, Hotelbeds, Incruises, and passport online to name a few. We are excited to partner with Sabre and having Rebecca in region to manage this growth is incredible for our customers with her experience and knowledge, I’m sure she will excel in this new role," said Cressida Sergeant, Chief Commercial Officer at Traveltek.
