Hotels.com Appoints New Director of Marketing Operations

Hotels.com has appointed Matt Walls as its Director of Marketing Operations for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Matt Walls will take overall responsibility for the marketing of the business across EMEA.

Mr. Walls, who has been Head of Marketing at Hotels.com since 2003, has been promoted to Director to lead the company’s expanding marketing operations across the region. He will be responsible for the strategy and execution of all of Hotels.com EMEA online and offline marketing and will continue to grow the strong in-house team.

Prior to joining Hotels.com, Mr. Walls was Head of European Sales and Marketing for Buzz, the UK’s third largest low-cost airline, where he launched the brand in mainland Europe, and went on to lead its commercial development outside the UK.

Before this, he was at GB Airways Limited, where he was responsible for UK travel trade marketing and was tasked with the development of all revenues outside the UK, as well as setting up an overseas sales force.