n travelwise promotes wright to house manager
Travelwise International has promoted business house travel consultant David Wright to business house manager. He replaces Alison Roebuck who left last month. The organisation, based in Handforth, Cheshire, has just won the new business accounts of Yellow Pages, MartinDawes Business Communications and Castrol Oil.
n epps named chairman of executives’ association
American Express director of multinational accounts Ian Epps has been named chairman of the Europe Council of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives. The ACTE acts as a global body for business travel issues.
n Summit Hotels opens conference suite in tokyo
Summit Hotels and Resorts has opened a new conference suite at the Palace Hotel, Tokyo. It includes a boardroom for top-level meetings with state-of-the-art equipment and seating for up to 21 people.