Omega World Travel Names Tony Hughes Commercial Director, EMEA

Tony Hughes Joins Omega World Travel after three years with Qatar Airways as Senior Vice President, The Americas.

FAIRFAX, Va., Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Omega World Travel (Omega), an international travel management company headquartered in Fairfax, Va., announced today that Tony Hughes has been named Commercial Director, EMEA. In his new role, Hughes oversees sales and operations for the EMEA region. In addition, he will focus on further expansion of Omega's global reach. Hughes will be located at Omega's UK headquarters in London.

According to Gloria Bohan, president and CEO of Omega World Travel, "Tony's extensive market knowledge and global industry experience will help us enhance our global structure to better position Omega as a key player in the world market."

Hughes has worked in the travel arena for more than 40 years, holding various senior management positions with major industry organizations and TMCs. Before joining Omega, Hughes was Senior Vice President at Qatar Airways for commercial operations in the Americas. Prior to his position with Qatar, Tony served as president and CEO of Radius, the Bethesda, Maryland-based global travel consortium. Before moving to Radius' headquarters in the U.S., Hughes was the managing director of P&O in the UK where his executive responsibilities included P&O Travel India and P&O Travel Hong Kong.

"He is uniquely qualified to lead our EMEA marketing efforts," says Bohan of Hughes. "Tony has a keen eye for identifying opportunities and developing result-oriented strategies that will achieve our objectives for a larger global presence."

Tony Hughes is a Fellow of the Institute of Travel & Tourism and a member of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE).

About Omega World Travel:

Omega World Travel is the 4th largest travel management company in the country.  Headquartered in Fairfax, Va., Omega services corporate, government, meetings and leisure clients throughout the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Omega also owns Cruise.com, one of the largest sellers of cruises online, and Travtech, a technology development company.

For additional information about Omega World Travel please visit: www.omegatravel.com  

SOURCE Omega World Travel