Atle Skalleberg Named Chief Digital Officer of Flight Centre Travel Group

We have some exciting news today – our managing director, Atle Skalleberg, has been appointed to global Chief Digital Officer (CDO) of Flight Centre Travel Group (ASX: FLT).  Atle will continue to work closely with the executive team at StudentUniverse to manage and grow the business globally, but will also play a central role in setting the strategy and improving the group’s digital commerce capabilities.

The goal here is to improve Flight Centre’s online presence, user experiences and booking services to help Flight Centre become the global leader in blending offline and online travel services to cater to the demands of tech-savvy leisure travelers.

Graham Turner, CEO, Flight Centre Travel Group  made the following remarks about this:

“Having a global digital leader is an important step to ensure that we are able to develop and execute on a clear digital commerce strategy, build a world class team and drive the digital transformation that will propel online and mobile services as part of our blended travel strategy. The StudentUniverse acquisition became a catalyst for digital change management and we feel confident that Atle’s competencies make him the right leader for the teams that will continue our digital transformation. We are perfectly positioned to be the global leader in providing seamlessly blended offline and online shopping experiences that allow customers to transact or interact with us by the channel of their choice.”

Read the full press release.

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