Following the successful merger with the British company First Choice Holidays PLC to form TUI Travel PLC, the parent company TUI AG has now reorganised its press relations department. TUI AG Group Communications will continue to be headed by Uwe Kattwinkel. Robin Zimmermann has been appointed deputy head of Group Communications.
Product communication in Germany has been assigned its own area of responsibility. As of 1 November Mario Köpers will take charge of the Communications department at TUI Deutschland GmbH. In his previous position Köpers was head of Group Communications at Thomas Cook AG. The press spokespeople who up to now were responsible for the various product areas have been reassigned to the new TUI Deutschland Communications department. Group topics referring to TUI Travel will be dealt with in London under the responsibility of Lesley Allan. Eva Gjersvik is in charge of the Communications department of TUI’s shipping division Hapag-Lloyd AG.
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