Sabre Travel Network Middle East announces management promotion

In this new role the Bahraini national assumes increased responsibilities as part of a restructuring to serve Sabre's ongoing growth and expansion.

Mr Al Qassab forms part of an overall management team overseeing the company's operations in 11 countries across the MENA region. His added responsibilities build upon his earlier career achievements with Sabre where he has played an integral role in growing the company's market share across these four countries.

"This promotion is representative of our commitment to the region and reflects the success of a programme of strategic investments we have been making to increase our in-country presence and enhance our local and regional capabilities. In his new capacity, Mr Al Qassab will lead enlarged sales, IT and support teams to serve the increasing travel and distribution needs of our airline and travel industry customers," said Daniel Naoumovitch, chief executive officer of Sabre Travel Network Middle East.

Mr Al Qassab's earlier assignments with Sabre have included responsibilities for the company's business in Qatar, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. Considerable expansion activity and the establishment of enhanced team structures and support levels implemented under his direction in 2006 have produced outstanding results. These include the achievement of over 80 percent market share in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia becoming the company's largest growth market in volume terms and Yemen becoming its fastest growing market in rate terms.

Mr Al Qassab joined Sabre Travel Network Middle East following a decade-long career in the regional travel and tourism industry. His expertise spans the areas of advertising and marketing, hospitality, the general airline industry and most recently global distribution systems.