HONG KONG and SHANGHAI and NEW
YORK, March 18, 2019
/PRNewswire/ -- Travelzoo® (NASDAQ: TZOO), a global publisher of
exclusive offers and experiences for members, today announced it
has appointed Scott Wang as Head of
Strategy, Asia Pacific, and
General Manager, Greater China,
effective May 22, 2019. In the newly
created role of Head of Strategy, Asia
Pacific, Scott is responsible for developing and executing
Travelzoo's growth strategy in Asia
Pacific to reach profitability. He will also oversee daily
operations of the business in Greater
China with profit and loss responsibility as General
Manager, Greater China. He will be
based in Travelzoo's Hong Kong
office.
Travelzoo is committed to driving up shareholder value by
implementing a successful strategy to achieve profitable growth in
Asia Pacific faster. Therefore,
the company has launched a project, Asia
Pacific 2020, to define a better go-to-market approach, to
build alliances with local partners and to rapidly scale up in an
economically smart way to arrive at profitability. In leading the
Asia Pacific 2020 project, Scott
will be joined by three experienced staff from Travelzoo's
Europe and North America operations across key
functions.
Scott, a Chinese national, has 15 years of international
experience in strategy development, market expansion, and sales
execution. He joins Travelzoo from Wiley, a global academic
publishing company where he worked for five years as VP
International Development in Asia
Pacific and China Country Head. Under his leadership, growth
of the company's core business in China was accelerated while a collaborative
and entrepreneurial culture was established. From 2010 to 2014,
Scott worked for Thomson Reuters as VP of Corporate Development
& Strategy in Asia Pacific and
Head of Go-to-market Operations & Market Development in
China. Prior to that, he worked
for Bain & Company as a management consultant. Scott holds an
MBA degree from Columbia Business
School in New York, a PhD in Civil Engineering from
Drexel University in Philadelphia and a master's degree in Civil
Engineering from Tianjin
University in Tianjin, China.
"We are thrilled to have Scott on our executive team," said
Holger Bartel, Global CEO of
Travelzoo. "Asia Pacific 2020 is
an important initiative for Travelzoo and we believe Scott's
experience and his dynamic leadership style will drive profitable
growth in this region, particularly in China. We look forward to working with
Scott."
About Travelzoo
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members insider deals and one-of-a-kind experiences personally
reviewed by one of our deal experts around the globe. With more
than 25 offices worldwide, we have our finger on the pulse of
outstanding travel, entertainment, and lifestyle experiences. For
over 15 years we have worked in partnership with more than 2,000
top travel suppliers—our long-standing relationships give Travelzoo
members access to the very best deals.
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