The Supervisory Board of TUI AG has in today’s meeting appointed Peter Long as ordinary member of the Executive Board. The appointment will come into effect with the completion of the merger of TUI Tourism with First Choice Holidays into TUI Travel PLC, which is expected to be on 3 September. As CEO of the future TUI Travel, Peter Long will represent tourism in the Executive Board of TUI AG. “The composition of the Executive Board will therefore take account of the future structure of the TUI Group. We are pleased that, with Peter Long as head of our tourism subsidiary, one of Europe’s best respected tourism managers will be part of the top management body of the Group,” says Dr Michael Frenzel. Besides, Peter Rothwell will remain member of the board as deputy CEO of TUI Travel.
As announced Christoph R. Mueller will resign from the parent company board with effect of the completion of the merger. Instead he will serve on the board of TUI Travel PLC in charge of the European airline business of the group.
Peter Long has acted as CEO of the British travel group First Choice Holidays PLC since 1999. He was appointed to the Executive Board at First Choice in 1996, having previously been employed as manager of First Choice Holiday & Flights. Before Peter Long came to First Choice, he was, among other things, employed as executive board chairman of Sunworld Holidays and as head of the finance department and chief manager of the tour operations department of the International Leisure Group.
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