Swisscom Hospitality, the division of the Swiss telecommunications operator focused on serving the hotel and conference industries worldwide, has appointed Alfonso Tasso as its new CEO. He succeeds Leo Brand, who has led the company for the last 6 years. Alfonso’s mission is to further strengthen Swisscom Hospitality’s presence in its core markets and focus on the continued delivery of Swiss-quality products and services.
Alfonso Tasso is an industry veteran; he joined Swisscom Hospitality a decade ago and helped bring it to its current leadership position in the market, most recently as Executive VP for EMEA. “I am delighted to take over the leadership of the company at a point where an increasing number of key clients place their trust in us, across many regions of the world”, said Alfonso Tasso. “I look forward to working closely with these clients to ensure we continue to deliver a world-class offering to delight their guests, and drive operational efficiencies in their businesses.”
Commenting on the appointment, Jürgen Galler, president of the Swisscom Hospitality Services board stated “Swisscom Hospitality is uniquely placed to serve the needs of the international hospitality industry; it is an important component of Swisscom Group’s strategy. Alfonso’s contribution to the company made him the logical choice to take Swisscom Hospitality into the next phase of its development.”
Alfonso Tasso is a Swiss-educated Italian, an Economics graduate from CambridgeUniversity and holds a Masters from Sciences Po in Paris. Before joining Swisscom he helped launch the TV service of the Associated Press and then led a pan-European Telco venture with the Comcast Corporation.
About Swisscom Hospitality Services
Swisscom Hospitality Services, a division of Switzerland’s leading Telecom operator Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd, supplies the global hotel industry with integrated technology solutions. The company advises hotel chains and groups on the rapidly evolving digitization of their communication services and work with them towards optimizing their IT Total Cost of Ownership. The product portfolio includes industry-leading High-speed Internet Access (Connect), hotel TV (Watch), Voice over IP (Talk), tablet and touch screen based solutions (Touch), screen sharing and content streaming solutions (Share), content and screen management systems (Publish) and a comprehensive service management suite for all hotel IT needs (Care). Swisscom works with 2,000+ partner hotels across North America, EMEA and Asia-Pacific.
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