Rosanna Amico named Talent Acquisition Director at Travix

Amsterdam, 4 January 2024 – Effective 1 January 2018, Rosanna Amico will be Talent Acquisition Director at online travel agent Travix, well-known for sites including BudgetAir.com and Vayama.com. In this new position, she will head up the hiring team and bear responsibility for attracting and recruiting the most talented individuals. Until the end of 2017, Amico held the position of Financial Director at Travix. Her previous employers include The Nielsen Company, Microsoft and FrieslandCampina.

“We are pleased with Rosanna’s promotion, which will allow her to make optimum use of her leadership qualities and recruitment experience. Travix employs over 550 people, who represent more than 50 different nationalities. We promote a culture in which everyone develops their abilities and can progress into higher or broader positions. In other words: we move people and we grow talent,” according to Travix CEO John Mangelaars.

Focus on talent acquisition
By appointing a Talent Acquisition Director, the Dutch market leader takes a further step towards its ambitions to become the world’s largest online travel agent. Amico had the following to say about her new position: “I found leading the financial transformation at Travix to be a fantastic and enriching journey. We created a Global Finance function where the primary focus areas are professionalism, business partnerships, automation and operational excellence. I look forward to my upcoming challenge of attracting new talent from around the world, and realising a winning culture in order to help Travix grow into a global market leader.”

About Travix
Travix is among the largest travel companies in the world when it comes to online sales of flight tickets. The company and its brands - CheapTickets.nl, Vliegwinkel.nl, BudgetAir.com, Flugladen.de and Vayama.com - operate in 38 countries. All of the Travix brands offer global flights provided by national and economy airlines, hotels, car rentals, travel insurance and other travel-related services. Travix has over 550 employees, representing more than 50 different nationalities. Travix is part of the BCD Group. For more information, visit: www.travix.com.

About BCD Group
BCD Group is a market leader in the travel industry. The privately-owned company was founded in 1975 by John Fentener van Vlissingen and consists of BCD Travel (global corporate travel management), Travix (online travel: CheapTickets, Vliegwinkel, BudgetAir, Flugladen and Vayama), Park ’N Fly (airport parking), Parkmobile International (mobile apps involving parking and traffic) and the joint venture Airtrade (consolidating and fulfilment). BCD Group operates in nearly 100 countries, with over 12,000 employees and a total revenue (including $9.2 billion USD in partner revenue) of $24 billion USD. For more information, visit www.bcdgroup.com.