Lennert De Jong Elected as Chair of HSMAI Europe Revenue Management Board

In a recent meeting, citizenM Hotels' Commercial Director Lennert De Jong was elected to succeed Christian Boerger as chair of the HSMAI Europe Revenue Management Board, accompanied by IDeaS Revenue Solutions' Senior Manager, Paul Van Meerendonk, as vice chair.

"The commitment among the Revenue Management Advisory Board members, and their genuine intention to contribute to the further development of our industry, is inspiring," said Ingunn Hofseth, HSMAI Europe's President and CEO. "We couldn't dream of a better team."

In addition to Mr De Jong and Mr Van Meerendonk, the HSMAI Europe Revenue Management Advisory Board is now made up of:

• Agnes Roquefort, Senior VP Global Revenue Management & PMS, Accor;
• Anabelle Beets, Corporate Manager Revenue & Reservations, Kempinski Hotels;
• Arthur Waller, Co- Founder, PriceMatch;
• Brian Hicks, Vice President, Revenue Management Europe & Global Revenue / Property Based Systems, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG);
• Chinmai Sharma, Chief Revenue Officer, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces;
• Ciro Grande Director, Revenue Account Management, Preferred Hotels;
• David Turnbull, Co-Founder & COO, Snapshot;
• Etienne Faisandier, VP Revenue Management & Business Intelligence, Moevenpick Hotels & Resorts;
• Jan Lundborg, Vice President Revenue Management, Scandic Hotels;
• Janel Clark, Director of Revenue, Avvio;
• Joanna Schröder, Vice President Revenue Management, Steigenberger Hotels;
• Michael McCartan, Managing Director, EMEA, Duetto;
• Perra Pettersson, Founder & Owner, Benchmarking Alliance;
• Ralf Scheffler, Area Director Revenue Optimization Central Europe, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group;
• Stan van Roij, Managing Director, Infor Easy RMS;
• Steven Dow, Vice President of Revenue Management – Europe, Diamond Resorts; and
• Åsa Murphy, Vice President Profit & Distribution, Nordic Choice Hotels.

The advisory board is set to convene in Amsterdam on Friday 3 July.

"The current hotel and travel industry is in heavy weather when it comes to technology and distribution, but HSMAI provides a great platform to discuss, educate and work together, to make it a better place," said Mr. De Jong. "This renewed advisory board will be putting a lot of energy in webinars, a fantastic conference in February – and certification, to make sure that step by step we all become smarter and stronger. Let's continue to unite as one European platform to constructively look at our issues, find resolutions for them and apply fixes for every hotelier out there."