Egencia Announces New Europe and Asia-Pacific Leader

LONDON, PARIS, MUNICH and BRUSSELS, November 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Christophe Peymirat, Vice President Global Marketing,
is appointed to Senior Vice President Egencia EMEA & APAC

Egencia™, an Expedia, Inc. company, today announced the appointment of Christophe Peymirat to Senior Vice President Egencia EMEA & APAC, following the departure of Christophe Pingard.

Christophe Peymirat will now lead both EMEA and APAC operations of the business travel affiliate of the American group, Expedia Inc. He will continue to report directly to Rob Greyber, President of Egencia.

Peymirat joined Egencia at the start of the organisation in 2000. As part of the original team, Christophe Peymirat has held several positions in sales and marketing. He launched and led the Egencia UK business operations, based in London from 2005 to 2010, before returning to Paris to serve as the Vice President of Global Marketing.

"Christophe has a deep understanding of all aspects of our business - both on the revenue and the service side," explains Rob Greyber. "He has demonstrated his leadership in designing and implementing a large number of key strategic initiatives, and has been a key member of the leadership team for years."  

Peymirat's career began at L'Oreal as a Sales and Marketing Executive, from which point he went on to work for Bain & Company as a Business Consultant. Peymirat graduated from HEC Business School.

Expedia Inc. stepped into the business travel market in the US in 2002 via Expedia Corporate Travel. In 2004 the group bought the French company Egencia and expanded it to the Benelux States and Great Britain in order to create its European platform. In 2008, Expedia Corporate Travel was renamed Egencia. Today Egencia is present in over 39 countries and is the 5^th largest business travel agency globally. In EMEA and APAC, there are more than 750 employees.

About Egencia, an Expedia, Inc. Company

Egencia is the fifth largest travel management company in the world. As part of Expedia, Inc., (NASDAQ: EXPE), the world's largest travel marketplace, Egencia helps businesses get ahead by offering the only truly integrated corporate travel service. Egencia's industry expertise helps drive results that matter, delivering meaningful advancements that have a real impact. By combining a powerful offline and online service, Egencia delivers a complete corporate travel offering supported by global market expertise and a best-in-class technology platform.

For more information, go to http://www.egencia.co.uk

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