CARLSON WAGONLIT TRAVEL APPOINTS DOUG ZIEMER PRESIDENT, CARLSON WAGONLIT TRAVEL--AMERICAS.MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 1996--Carlson Wagonlit Travel, one of the world's two largest travel agencies, today announced that Douglas C. Ziemer has been named president, Carlson Wagonlit Carlson Travel Network Carlson Travel Network can trace its origin back to a travel agency that was founded by Ward Forster in the United States in 1888 and named Ask Mr. Foster. Travel-Americas. In his new role, Ziemer will be responsible for Carlson Wagonlit Travel's wholly-owned business travel operations in the U.S., Canada, Central and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Ziemer will report to Travis Tanner The code name for the Xeon version of the Pentium III chip. See Xeon. , president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Carlson Travel Group and co-president and CEO of Carlson Wagonlit Travel's worldwide operations. "The opportunities in the business travel arena are exciting, to say the least," said Ziemer. "I'm looking forward to expanding the Carlson Wagonlit Travel business travel brand into new markets and introducing new consultative services that will add even more value to our customers' bottom line." "The global expansion of our operations is fueled by people whose talent adds value for our company and our customers," said Tanner. "Of those people I put Doug Ziemer at the top of the list." Marilyn Carlson Nelson, vice-chair, Carlson Companies Carlson Companies (sometimes referred to as Carlson) is a privately held international corporation in the marketing, service, travel, and hospitality industries. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the United States, as of 2005 Carlson Companies owned 5,300 travel , noted, "We're pleased to have someone of Doug's capabilities and experience at the helm of this important region of our new global organization. The appointment of Doug to this position will mean a seamless transition in the workplace and in the marketplace." Ziemer, formerly executive vice president, Administration, has served on the company's executive committee, and has been responsible for its government and military division, in addition to the company's largest single account, General Electric. In addition, he has played a major role in Carlson Wagonlit's re-engineering effort (Project Magellan), as well as directed the Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , Training, and Industry Relations divisions of Carlson Travel Group. From 1989-1993, Ziemer was with the Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Company in Orlando, Fla. He served as vice president and general manager of the Walt Disney Travel Company, and vice president, Human Resources for Walt Disney Attraction Sales and Walt Disney World Noun 1. Walt Disney World - a large amusement park established in 1971 to the southwest of Orlando Orlando - a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World Resorts. Ziemer originally joined Carlson Companies in 1978, serving for ten years in several management positions including vice president, Human Resources, Carlson Travel Group. Prior to that he was an executive with the Operations and Human Resources divisions of Dayton-Hudson Corporation. With the appointment of Ziemer to the new post, Tanner will continue to oversee group-level functions and will more intensely focus on strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. and the global re-engineering of the Carlson Wagonlit Travel organization in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe. Carlson Companies' franchise and leisure operations will continue to report separately to Michael Batt, announced recently as president of the company's Associate and Leisure Group. Note to Editors: Minneapolis and Paris-based Carlson Wagonlit Travel (pronounced Carlson Vah-gon-LEE Travel) is one of the world's largest travel agencies, backed by a network of $13.3 billion in annual sales with more than 4,100 locations in 125 countries. Related brands are: Carlson Travel Network (leisure and franchised); Wagonlit Travel (leisure and group); A.T. Mays in the United Kingdom; and Viajes Ecuador in Spain. Carlson Wagonlit Travel company information can be found on the World Wide Web, located at: http://info.carlsonwagonlit.com. Consumer web sites are http://www.travel.carlson.com (for leisure travel) and http://carlsonwagonlit.com (for business travel). CONTACT: Carlson Wagonlit Travel Barbara Hemberger, 612/449-2267 |
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