Abacus appoints Andrew Yip as General Manager for Singapore operations

Abacus Travel Systems in Singapore has appointed Mr Andrew Yip Hon Mun as General Manager.

Mr Yip will have overall responsibility for the daily operations and business development activities of Abacus Travel Systems which is the Abacus marketing organisation in Singapore. Mr Yip is also responsible for driving business strategies and ideas to serve the needs of Abacus’ Singapore-based customers.

Mr Yip is seconded to Abacus from Singapore Airlines where he has worked for more than six years. During this time he was assigned to several overseas postings throughout Asia and Europe. Most recently, he was based in Belgium and Luxembourg serving in the capacity of General Manager for Singapore Airlines’ operations for two and a half years. Prior to joining Singapore Airlines, Mr Yip was with the Singapore civil service.

Don Birch, CEO & President of Abacus International said, “Andrew brings with him business and customer service expertise honed over the years in the airline industry. Having worked for Singapore Airlines, one of the Abacus’ principal shareholders, Andrew has valuable insight into the travel industry’s needs from a customer’s point of view. I’m confident this will be particularly valuable for Abacus.”

“Andrew is an asset to our energetic management team and his efforts will go far to realise our goal of being the leading Asian GDS,” said Mr Birch.