Manny Fontenla-Novoa

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Manny Fontenla-Novoa
Born
Manuel Fontenla Novoa

(1954-05-13) 13 May 1954 (age 68)
Cuntis Galicia, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationBusinessman
Titleformer CEO of the Thomas Cook Group
Term2003 - August 2011
Successor Harriet Green
Children4

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]

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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]

Personal life

He lives in Surrey with his wife and four children.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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.