Team

Tnooz founders and board of directors:

Gene Quinn – president, chief executive officer and co-founder

Gene Quinn is a pioneer in digital media and a well known figure in the travel industry through his former role as chairman of research company PhoCusWright.

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Kevin May – editor and co-founder

A journalist of 19 years in newspapers and business magazines, Kevin May has covered politics, crime, media and, since 2005, travel technology.

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Frederic Lalonde – chairman and co-founder

Frederic Lalonde is the founder and chief executive of Hopper, based in Montreal, Canada.

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Phil Ferri – board director

A senior financial executive with over 25 years international experience in private, publicly traded and venture-funded organizations, Phil Ferri has worked amongst others for American Express, Rosenbluth International and The Ladbroke Group.

 

 

Main team:

Karthick Prabu – general manager for Asia

Former exec at Port of Singapore Authority, SITA, TravelCLICK, Rezopia, Travelocity, MindTree and Happiest Minds Technologies, joined Tnooz via Travopia acquisition.

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Linda Fox – reporter

A freelance journalist who has worked across a range of B2B titles including Travolution, ABTA Magazine, Travelmole and the Business Travel Magazine.

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Sean O’Neill – reporter

A UK-based reporter for Tnooz, Sean is also travel tech columnist for BBC Travel and contributing editor for the website of Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel.

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Nick Vivion – reporter

Based in New Orleans, USA, Nick is a freelance journalist, restaurant owner and co-founder of Unicorn Booty, a high profile LGBT media site.

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Jim Craven – North America and EMEA sales director

Travel industry veteran working for charter operators, airlines and in media sales, Jim Craven has worked for Eastern Airlines, Travel Weekly (US) and most recently his own Craven Travel Group.

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Eshan Mehra – Asia-Pacific sales director

Eshan Mehra has worked for a range of companies in the Asia-Pacific region including Giftxoxo, Marico, DBS Bank and T-Series, covering marketing, management trainee and business development roles.

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Susan Fox –  Finance manager

Susan Fox manages all accounting functions. Before joining Tnooz she held financial roles ranging from financial analysis in a large manufacturing environment to budget planning with small business startups. In 2004 her focus shifted towards the travel industry and she joined Tnooz at its launch in 2009.

 

 

James Cooke – Web development and support

Founder of UK-based LoopWhole web design, James Cooke designs and maintains websites for small to medium enterprises around the world. He previously held web positions at Hoseasons and Spring.

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