INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS
Altron Karabina appoints Western Cape Lead
“For our part, our focus has been with
a mix of retail, financial and insurance
services, and manufacturing business in
the region that we have been aligning our
offerings to.
“Prior to joining Altron Karabina, I
led a national marketing and business
development team from the front line
and in the trenches with the sales teams
driving market orientation. I still believe
in being a hands-on leader and meeting
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account management.
“Marc has a good understanding of Altron
Karabina’s technology solutions and I know
he really cares and looks after our existing
and potential customers. He will represent
us well in this important and strategic
territory,” said Grant van der Wal, Managing
Director of Altron Karabina.
Marc Fletcher, Territory Lead for the
Western Cape at Altron Karabina. said: “These are exciting times for the
Western Cape region. Cape Town is highly
regarded as being the South African
epicentre of technology innovation and
start-ups. However, there is also a strong,
established and growing commercial and
enterprise business segment that still
needs to be serviced.
icrosoft technology partner, Altron
Karabina, has recently appointed Marc
Fletcher as its new Territory Lead for the
Western Cape.
He joined the company in 2017 in a
business development role and has been
focused on growing the Western Cape’s data,
planning and analytics, and digital workplace
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necessary and important cycling of market
intelligence into the strategy as a continuous
improvement process.”
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Amadeus bolsters Abu Dhabi Team with
new appointment
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ith the Abu Dhabi tourism industry
set for continued growth, Amadeus
has announced its latest appointment.
Rajat Bhutani has been announced as
Sales Director – Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, to
support Amadeus customers in shaping the
future of travel.
With more than 26 years of experience
across several markets in the GCC and
Asia, Bhutani will apply his expertise to
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strengthening Amadeus’ position as a
leading provider of technology solutions for
the travel sector.
He will promote the company’s value-
based propositions to customers focusing on
business growth and working closely with
Amadeus airline customers in particular.
“Having spent several years working with
Amadeus products as part of Bird group,
it is a privilege to bring my expertise into
Amadeus’ thriving Abu Dhabi office,” said
Bhutani. “Working with one of the most
prominent and respected companies in the
travel technology sector is an honour. I look
forward to contributing to our customers’
success in the years to come.”
Graham Nichols, Managing Director of
Amadeus Gulf, said: “Rajat has a wealth of
knowledge in the travel industry covering
sales, technology and product design. He is
quickly getting up to speed with Amadeus’
business and is meeting our customers to
identify future opportunities to improve the
travel experience. I have no doubt that Rajat
will be a great asset to our customers and
wish him well in this important role.”
Amadeus builds some of the most
critical solutions that help airlines and
airports, hotels, search engines, travel
agencies, tour operators and other travel
players to run their operations, with
dedicated staff covering more than 190
countries worldwide.
He will promote the company’s
value-based propositions to
customers focusing on business
growth and working closely with
Amadeus airline customers
in particular.