Steve Hartwell has a dual role of President and Business Development and is responsible for the day today running of the business and the Global Executive Management Team.

Steve has many years experience in business travel & sales having spent a number of years with American Express working specifically on multi-national Global Accounts. Steve has been Managing Director of two independent business travel companies based in the UK and has a significant background in Management Consulting, specifically in the travel industry.

Steve's vision of the future for many corporate organisations will be the consolidation of their Global or Regional Travel Management Programs; this process will add value to the traveller experience and reduce costs significantly for the company all of which are relevant in today's market conditions. GlobalStar has laid its foundations with its innovative technology and is now prepared to lead the way in Global Travel Management solutions and consolidation.

To contact Steve please email steve.hartwell@globalstartravel.com or go to the contact page www.globalstartravel.com

 

Jenny Prescott has joined the GlobalStar Executive team in April 2010  as Executive Director of Sales and Account Management. Before joining GlobalStar, Jenny spent almost 16 years in HRG in senior sales leadership roles, in strategic and multinational sales. During this time she was responsible for leading on behalf of HRG & previously BTI,  many of the largest global bids  in the marketplace.  She also had responsibility for developing sales leadership skills in the teams, and was a member of the Global Sales Executive Team. Her core expertise & experience centres on the management of  the corporate bid cycle and process,  and she has a keen interest in organisational infrastructure - particularly multinational organisations and how they approach globalisation and communication. During her time in HRG she also took on various strategic projects including the selection of a global CRM, a sales development centre, introduction  of best practice methodologies and communications protocols for  sales across the network , and the development of  global  information collection projects. She believes that effective sales & account management is based on teamwork - companywide, and that structured and thoughtful communication is the vital ingredient for success. 

To contact Jenny please email jenny.prescott@globalstartravel.com or go to the contact page www.globalstartravel.com

Mark van Iersel is the Executive Director of Marketing and Partner Recruitment with GlobalStar Travel Management. Mark manages both the internal as external marketing opportunities for GlobalStar. Additionally Mark is responsible for the recruitment of the right partner companies for the network. Mark holds a degree in International Marketing management from the University of The Hague and has been working in the travel industry for over 10 years.

Before joining GlobalStar Travel Management in 2006, Mark worked 6 years for ATP where he was responsible for Marketing and International Business Development. In 2006 Mark joined GlobalStar as Regional Manager forthe EMEA region resulting in significant experience working with GlobalStar and its partners. In this period Mark realized growth in the network by recruiting and training new partner companies throughout the EMEA region.

Mark is hugely motivated to get the GlobalStar marketingproposition out to the market place with the help and possibilities of the partners in the network.

To contact Mark please email mark.vaniersel@globalstartravel.com or go to the contact page www.globalstartravel.com

Danny Eldridge holds the title of Executive Director of IT with GlobalStar Travel Management. In this role, Danny looks after setting the strategic technology direction of GlobalStar. Danny works with our partners by providing the guidance and support in use of the GlobalStar technology tools DataStar, FareStar and Profile Star. In addition to supporting our extensive partner network he also manages the IT Infrastructure for the GlobalStar management team.

Danny is no stranger to the IT and Travel industry, before joining GlobalStar Danny spent 13 years working for the ERP provider Agressoin North America, holding positions from Consultant to Vice President. Danny was instrumental in the creation of the partnership between Sabre and Agresso and the development of Sabre Central Commandin 2001.

Danny experience from years in the ERP market has made him an expert inunderstanding the relationship between Business Processes and Data Management. Both of which are critical to the success of the GlobalStar Partner Network.

To contact Danny please email danny.eldridge@globalstartravel.com or go to the contact page www.globalstartravel.com

 

Jason Harris is the Executive Director of Supplier Relations & Hotel Program with GlobalStar Travel Management. Jason has over 20 years' experience in the travel industry and in this role he is responsible for maintaining and developing relations with suppliers of GlobalStar and its partners.

Before joining GlobalStar Jason was responsible for strategy development and management of the BCD Travel Global hotel program for EMEA & APAC in conjunction with the Americas. He als developed a preferred partner strategy with hotel suppliers to enhance mutual working relations to provide value-added benefits to corporate clients. Additionally he created the first hotel consultancy department within BTI UK Hogg Robinson to provide project based consultation to corporate customers and account management.

To contact Jason please email Jason.harris@globalstartravel.com or go to the contact page at www.globalstartravel.com

 

Allan Schoenherr looks after the accounts and ensures that the business runs smoothly in all the financial areas. Allan has spent the last 35 years in travel working in an airline and also commercial and retail travel agents, mainly in a financial role. He also spent a year reservations and is still a user of the Galileo GDS. From 1989 to 2000 he was the Financial Director at Seaforths Travel and then, when they merged with Ayscough into ATP, he took over the role as Head of Supplier Relations. With his financial background he found that worked well with contracting, negotiating and forecasting. He has also recently been involved in travel agency reporting software.

As an accountant Allan believes in getting things done quickly and accurately so that any decisions can be made using the most up to date figures available. He sees GlobalStar as a great organisation where there is a real keenness to get things done and to make it the type of organisation the Partners need it to be in today's commercial global environment.

To contact Allan please email allan.schoenherr@globalstartravel.com or go to the contact page on www.globalstartravel.com

Before joining GlobalStar, Marcus spent 2 years developing a luxury eco hotel in the UK, concentrating on marketing and corporate sales. Prior to this, Marcus worked for 10 years as Account Director at Key Travel, an independent TMC with offices in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Brussels and Washington. Marcus was responsible for managing Key Travel's major clients, within the Charity, University, Educational and Government sectors. He successfully won several national and global tenders, worked as Account Director on many high profile accounts and coordinated the implementation of significant new business.

Marcus is excited about the opportunity of working at GlobalStar for Orbitz Worldwide and believes with clarity around client requirements, effective communication and a clear strategy, incremental business will be forthcoming for all partners in the near future.

To contact Marcus Bell please email marcus.bell@globalstartravel.com or go to the contact page www.globalstartravel.comReena Mathew is the Partner Development & Communications and EMEA coordinator with GlobalStar Travel Management. In this role, Reena coordinates and assists all aspects of Partner Development, including new markets, Communications both internal and external.

Reena is very experienced in the Travel Industry, having spent a total of 14 years as a Sales Manager with United Airlines and as Business Development Manager with UNIGLOBE South Asia, which taught her the importance of team work, training and sharing information and developing and nurturing trust and relationships both outside and within the organization.

Passionate about TMC in particular GlobalStar a young company that can be molded to the requirements of the ever changing travel environmentand its possibilities, Reena provides services that help develop new markets and partners in the network and establish a communication link and channel between partners andthe management.

To contact Reena Mathew please email reena.mathew@globalstartravel.com or go to the contact page www.globalstartravel.com

 

Tracy Ho is the Regional Coordinator for the APAC region with GlobalStar Travel Management. In this role, Tracy works to provide close support for all APAC partners in their coordinated efforts in marketing, sales and account management to existing and potential clients. 

Before joining GlobalStar Tracy worked with a diverse range of organizations, in the health, chemical and oil industries. Tracy has been in the travel industry for the past 2 years, where she has been responsible for business analysis, sales and marketing. Passionate about the travel industry Tracy is currently pursuing her Masters of Science in Tourism.

To contact Tracy, please email tracy.ho@globalstravel.com or go to the contact page www.globalstartravel.com.

 

Larry Wilson is the Regional Manager for the Latin American region with GlobalStar Travel Management. Larry joined the Corporate division of Viajes Verger in Buenos Aires in 1994 as Business travel Manager. In 1996 Viajes Verger became "Partner" of Carlson Wagonlit Travel and the relationship with this network was one of his responsibilities. In 2001, he joined Carlson Wagonlit Travel Argentina. He was in charge of the opening and start-up of the 1st office of Carlson Wagonlit Travel S.A. in Argentina (Wholly Owned). Some of his responsibilities were; Implementation of Management or Transaction Fees with all the clients in Argentina, Managing and Implementing new accounts, as well as all the pricing and costing for local, regional and global price tenders. Larry opened the first Sales & Account Management Department in the country. Management and supervision of the Business Travel Department (Outplants and Inplants) with a total of thirty five employees. In 2006, he took over the management for Sales & Program Management team (Account Management). Kept on with permanent contact with each of the actual clients and the use of all types of tools for control, statistics, SLA's, KPI's and service surveys.

To contact Larry, please email larry.wilson@globalstravel.com or go to the contact page www.globalstartravel.com.

 

 

 

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