Manny Fontenla-Novoa (born 13 May 1954) is a Spanish-British businessman, the former chief executive of
Thomas Cook AG
Thomas Cook AG was an Anglo-German, global travel group. The group had its headquarters in Rochdale, and sold products such as package holidays and flights through its 3 in-house airlines. On 19 June 2007, the group merged with MyTravel Group ...
, who then merged with
MyTravel Group
MyTravel Group plc was a British, global travel group headquartered in Rochdale, England. It was founded in 1972 as Airtours Group. The group included two in-house airlines, MyTravel Airways, MyTravel Airways UK and MyTravel Airways Scandinavi ...
to form
Thomas Cook Group
Thomas Cook Group plc was a global travel group, headquartered in the United Kingdom and listed on the London Stock Exchange from its formation on 19 June 2007 by the merger of Thomas Cook AG — successor to Thomas Cook & Son — and ...
from 2003
until his resignation in August 2011. He has been president at Logitravel group since October 2018.
Personal life
Born in Galicia on 13 May 1954,
he moved to the United Kingdom at the age of 11.
Career
Fontenla-Novoa started his career with Thomas Cook in the printing department in 1972 and held a variety of roles until he joined
International Leisure Group in 1988. After International Leisure Group collapsed, Fontenla-Novoa co-founded the tour operator Sunworld in 1991. He rejoined Thomas Cook after its acquisition of Sunworld in 1996, and was its chief executive from 2003 to 2011.
Fontenla-Novoa was also a director of
Iberostar, a Spanish hotel chain.
References
1954 births
Living people
Spanish businesspeople
Spanish emigrants to the United Kingdom
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