AMERICAN AIRLINES NAMES THEO PANAGIOTOULIAS MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR THE ASIA/SOUTH PACIFIC REGION

A native of Melbourne, Panagiotoulias joined American in 1997 as its manager for Southern Australia after working for several years for Jetset Tours, a major Australian travel company. In 1998, he was assigned to Singapore as American’s regional manager for SouthEast Asia and the Indian sub-continent. Two years later, he moved to Tokyo to assume his most recent position as Pacific Division manager of Corporate Sales. His achievements in that role include securing major corporate travel agreements and conducting an American Airlines Business Travel Forum for key global corporations that was the first conference of its type in the region.