David Scowsill

Current

Director at On the Beach Holidays
Director at Venere Net SpA
Chairman at YuuGuu Limited

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Past

Deputy Chairman at WORLDHOTELS
Group Marketing Director at Manchester Airports Group
Sales and Marketing Director at Easyjet

CEO at Opodo
MD Consumer Division at Orange
CEO at Minit Group PLC
SVP Sales, Marketing,IT at Hilton International
Director Europe/Middle East at British Airways
Director Asia Pacific at British Airways
MD European Sales at American Airlines

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Education

University of Southampton
Stowe

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Leisure, Travel & Tourism

Websites

David Scowsill’s Summary

David Scowsill is Chairman at YuuGuu; Director Venere Net SpA; Director On the Beach Holidays. David has been Vice Chairman at Worldhotels; Group Marketing Director at Manchester Airports Group, Sales and Marketing Director at easyJet airlines and CEO for Opodo, the pan-European online travel company. He has built an extensive network in Private Equity and Venture Capital, whilst working on specific deals in the travel industry. Previously, David has served as the MD of the Consumer Division for Orange; CEO for the global retail services business Minit Group; SVP Sales, Marketing, and IT on the Board of Hilton Hotels, Director of Hilton.com, and Hilton Reservations Worldwide. He has 19 years of extensive sales, marketing, and operational experience worldwide in aviation, with British Airways as Director of Europe and Middle East, and Regional General Manager of Asia Pacific; and as Managing Director of European Sales at American Airlines. He is a Chairman & key note speaker at travel, technology and marketing conferences. Global member of World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), and Fellow of Royal Society of Arts (RSA).

David Scowsill’s Specialties:

private equity,venture capital,hedge funds, aviation, airlines, hotels, leisure, tourism,travel agency,online retailing, corporate travel, non-executive director, chairman, director, strategic planning, coaching, strategy, external communications, internal communications, organization, team building, team dynamics, sales, online/offline marketing, branding, SEO, pricing, yield management, IT, IT applications, call centre, re-engineering, benchmarking, transportation industry trends

David Scowsill’s Experience

Director

On the Beach Holidays

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

December 2007 — Present (11 months)
Director

Venere Net SpA

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

December 2006 — Present (1 year 11 months)
Chairman

YuuGuu Limited

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2006 — Present (2 years 3 months)
Deputy Chairman

WORLDHOTELS

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Hospitality industry)

May 2005 — June 2008 (3 years 2 months)
Group Marketing Director

Manchester Airports Group

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Airlines/Aviation industry)

May 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Sales and Marketing Director

Easyjet

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Airlines/Aviation industry)

May 2005 — January 2006 (9 months)
CEO

Opodo

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

October 2002 — July 2004 (1 year 10 months)

Opodo is an online travel business, owned by 9 European airlines and Amadeus global technology provider. The company has had two major shareholder changes and funding exercises, post the start-up funding provided by the airlines. CEO is reponsible for all activities of running a web-based travel agency business.
MD Consumer Division

Orange

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

2001 — 2002 (1 year)
CEO

Minit Group PLC

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Retail industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years)
SVP Sales, Marketing,IT

Hilton International

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HLT; Hospitality industry)

1997 — 1999 (2 years)
Director Europe/Middle East

British Airways

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BAY; Airlines/Aviation industry)

1996 — 1997 (1 year)
Director Asia Pacific

British Airways

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BAY; Airlines/Aviation industry)

1993 — 1996 (3 years)
MD European Sales

American Airlines

(Public Company; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

1991 — 1993 (2 years)

David Scowsill’s Education

University of Southampton

Spanish, Italian, Catalan, Latin American studies, 1975 — 1978
Stowe

Spanish, Spanish, 1970 — 1974

Additional Information

David Scowsill’s Websites:

David Scowsill’s Interests:

languages, travel, photography, rugby, cricket, football, water skiing, snow skiing

David Scowsill’s Groups:

David chairs and speaks regularly at travel,technology and marketing conferences around the world. He is a Global Member of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA).