Vice President at Orbitz Worldwide, HotelClub
Sydney Area, Australia
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- Vice President Commercial at Orbitz Worldwide, HotelClub
- Past
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- Independent Strategy & Corporate Development Consultant at Private Consulting
- Executive Director, Corporate Development at netus Pty Ltd
- GM Hotel Sourcing Asia Pacific, Global Revenue Management at Travelport
- Global Director of Product at HotelClub.com and RatesToGo.com
- Director of Corporate Development at Travelport
- Director of Corporate Development at Expedia
- Business Development Manager UK & Europe at Expedia
- Lawyer at Clifford Chance
- Lawyer at Gilbert & Tobin
- Education
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- College of Law
- The Australian National University
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Timothy Hughes’s Summary
Senior online and new media executive with ten years plus experience in large team management, P&L and revenue ownership, corporate development and sales.
Timothy Hughes’s Specialties:
- Online industry - especially online travel, retail and media
- Multi-functional team management - especially sales, product and strategy
- Innovative and strategic thinking
Timothy Hughes’s Experience
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Vice President Commercial
Orbitz Worldwide, HotelClub
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; CD; Internet industry)
July 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)
Dual responsibility:
1. Responsible for a team of 40 managing global sales, revenue management & pricing, content (descriptions) and database operations for online hotel sites HotelClub.com, RatesToGo.com and asia-hotels.com;
2. Responsible for Asia Pacific hotel contracting team for all Orbitz Worldwide brands (Orbitz, Cheaptickets, HotelClub, Ebookers & RatesToGo) and
3. Managing international (ie non-US) expansion plans for Orbitz Worldwide -
Independent Strategy & Corporate Development Consultant
Private Consulting
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry)
January 2007 — June 2007 (6 months)
Strategy Advisor and Corporate Development Expert
Clients and activities include:
• STELLA TRAVEL SERVICES (MFS): Strategy Advisor Ecommerce -to develop for the CEO an online strategy and implementation plan for a large vertically integrated travel company including brands such as Harvey World Travel, Transonic/Concorde, Gullivers (of New Zealand), Travelscene, Virgin Holidays (UK), Qantas Vacations (US), Bestflights.com.au and more
• LINWAR SECURITIES: Investor Sector Briefings - Leading a series of investor briefings on public companies in the online travel sector for clients of a stock broking firm
• BEZURK PTE LTD: Corporate Advisory – Assisting in fund raising and transactional activities for an online travel meta-search start-up
• NETUS PTY LTD: Corporate Development – deal development and transactional work
• CELLIXX SA: Corporate Development – working with the CEO on Asia Pacific expansion plans -
Executive Director, Corporate Development
netus Pty Ltd
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
February 2006 — January 2007 (1 year )
Responsible for Netus’ corporate development activities, including identifying business opportunities, scoping and securing investments and building relationships with partners
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GM Hotel Sourcing Asia Pacific, Global Revenue Management
Travelport
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; cd; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
July 2005 — February 2006 (8 months)
Head of the Asia Pacific hotel sourcing sales team and rate loading operations teams for all Cendant channels. Management of more than $500million in sales, 102 reports in 15 countries in Asia and an outsourced operation of 20. Responsible for global revenue management for hotel sales. Company previously called Cendant Travel Distribution Systems.
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Global Director of Product
HotelClub.com and RatesToGo.com
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; cd; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
September 2004 — July 2005 (11 months)
Head of the global hotel sourcing sales team, product, revenue management and rate loading operations teams for HotelClub.com and RatesToGo.com – global leaders in online hotels. Hundreds of millions in sales, 70 reports in 14 countries in Europe, USA and Asia and an outsourced operation in India. Part of executive management team.
Company also called Flairview Travel now part of Travelport (previously called Cendant). -
Director of Corporate Development
Travelport
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; cd; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
March 2003 — September 2004 (1 year 7 months)
Development of the Asia-Pacific online strategy including the acqusition and integration of Flairview Travel (HotelClub.com and RatesToGo) and Asia-Hotels.com. Company previously called Cendant Travel Distribution Systems
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Director of Corporate Development
Expedia
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; expe; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
January 2002 — March 2003 (1 year 3 months)
Responsible for all elements of strategy, sales, planning and corporate development for Asia Pacific including Japan. Included all elements of Expedia’s businesses: retail; wholesale; demand; supply; recruitment; and potential acquisitions.
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Business Development Manager UK & Europe
Expedia
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; expe; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
March 2000 — December 2001 (1 year 10 months)
Member of the UK management team, responsible for assisting the UK and European Managing Directors with Strategy and Planning. Led the business development and advertising sales teams responsible for revenue growth and sales. Management of the online distribution and marketing team.
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Lawyer
Clifford Chance
(Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry)
January 1999 — December 1999 (1 year )
Lawyer in the Media, Computers and Communications group specialising in commercial transactions for Internet, Technology, Telecommunications and Media companies.
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Lawyer
Gilbert & Tobin
(Partnership; 201-500 employees; Law Practice industry)
January 1996 — December 1998 (3 years )
Lawyer in the Media, Computers and Communications group specialising in commercial transactions for Internet, Technology, Telecommunications and Media companies. Clients included Optus, PBL, ecorp, Hong Kong Telecom (now PCCW), Cable & Wireless, One.Tel, Lucent and Siemens Nixdorf.
Timothy Hughes’s Education
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College of Law
Dip Legal Practice , Law , 1996 — 1996
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The Australian National University
LLB (Hons)/BCom , Law , 1991 — 1996
