Manny Fontenla-Novoa

Manny Fontenla-Novoa
Born	Manuel Fontenla Novoa (1954-05-13) 13 May 1954 (age 70) Cuntis Galicia, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation	Businessman
Title	former CEO of the Thomas Cook Group
Term	2003 - August 2011
Successor	Harriet Green
Children	4

Manny Fontenla-Novoa (born 13 May 1954) is a Spanish-British businessman, the former chief executive of Thomas Cook AG, who then merged with MyTravel Group to form Thomas Cook Group from 2003 ^[1] until his resignation in August 2011. ^[2] He has been president at Logitravel group since October 2018. ^[3]

Personal life

Born in Galicia on 13 May 1954, ^[1] he moved to the United Kingdom at the age of 11. ^[4]

Career

Fontenla-Novoa started his career with Thomas Cook in the printing department in 1972 and held a variety of roles until he joined International Leisure Group in 1988. ^[5] After International Leisure Group collapsed, Fontenla-Novoa co-founded the tour operator Sunworld in 1991. He rejoined Thomas Cook after its acquisition of Sunworld in 1996, and was its chief executive from 2003 to 2011. ^[1]

Fontenla-Novoa was also a director of Iberostar, a Spanish hotel chain. ^[6]

References

1. Townsend, Abigail (12 March 2006). "Manny Fontenla-Novoa: The bloke from Spain who wants you to take two weeks in Torremolinos". The Independent .
2. Bowers, Simon (3 August 2011). "Thomas Cook chief executive Manny Fontenla-Novoa replaced". The Guardian .
3. "Manny Fontenla sustituye a Ovidio Andrés en la presidencia de Logitravel | Noticias de Noticias de turismo | Revista de turismo". Preferente.com. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
4. Walsh, Dominic. "Business big shot: Manny Fontenla-Novoa". The Times. London. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
5. "Thomas Cook" . Retrieved 21 April 2010.
6. Cave, Andrew (15 August 2009). "Thomas Cook chief is always in holiday mode". The Daily Telegraph . Archived from the original on 25 September 2015.