Cheapflights Ltd., the leading UK and US internet travel media company, is pleased to announce that Chris Martin has joined the Company as Chief Technology Officer with effect from 29th January 2007.
Based in London, Chris will report directly to Chris Cuddy, Cheapflights' Group Managing Director. Chris brings to Cheapflights over twenty years of experience in leading consumer-focused technology teams. He is ideally suited to lead the next stage of Cheapflights’ technology and international growth.
Most recently, Chris was CTO of eBuyer.com, a leading UK ecommerce web site, where he was responsible for all technical aspects of the business.
Prior to eBuyer, Chris led Production and Development for AskJeeves.com in Europe, a leading internet search site. Over a five year period, Chris implemented the technologies and systems to support the Company's operations in the UK and in several European countries.
Chris was CTO for Orchestream plc, a network bandwidth management innovator, before which he spent eight years at IBM in a variety of software technology roles. Chris earned his Bachelor’s of Science degree in Computer Science from Brunel University.
Commenting, Cheapflights' CEO David Soskin said:
"We are fortunate to have built a highly experienced senior management team on both sides of the Atlantic to drive our business forward into our second decade. With an anticipated European website launch this year - and with our continuing emphasis on product improvement - Chris's experience will be vital to executing our strategy. I am delighted to welcome him to Cheapflights."
Notes to Editors
Cheapflights www.cheapflights.co.uk
Cheapflights pioneered flight price search and comparison in 1996. The Cheapflights flight price comparison model publishes over a million fares daily from hundreds of sources. This empowers price sensitive consumers to get an overview of flights prices, find the best deals and the companies that offer them. Once a deal is found, the Cheapflights user can click through to a price provider's site or in many cases to the provider's call-centre. It is estimated that last year circa £1 Billion sales were achieved in the UK alone by our advertisers through deals published on our site.
With over 5.25 million unique users globally a month, Cheapflights is a leader in flights deals information and continues to develop its unique and highly successful product.
