Markus Orth

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Markus Orth

Markus Orth (born April 4, 1964 in Bonn ) is a German manager and was CEO of L'TUR Tourismus AG from 2008 to June 2016 . Then he founded a digital consulting agency in Wiesbaden. Orth has been managing director of the travel agency franchise for leisure and corporate travel Lufthansa City Center since March 1, 2019 .

Life

Markus Orth graduated from high school at Rhein Sieg Gymnasium in St. Augustin and then studied business administration at the Universities of Cologne and Friborg in Switzerland.

After graduating with a degree in business administration in 1991, Orth started at Lufthansa in Cologne. There he took on management tasks in controlling, sales and marketing until 1999. From 1999 to 2002 he held the position of Managing Director of Lufthansa E-Commerce GmbH in Frankfurt.

In 2002 Markus Orth moved from Lufthansa to L'TUR Tourismus AG . There he was initially a board member in the field of direct sales and corporate development. After L'TUR company founder Karlheinz Kögel withdrew from day-to-day business and switched to the supervisory board, Orth, who has held this post since September 1, 2008, was chosen for the new CEO. Since the restructuring of the L'TUR board of directors, stationary sales have also been part of Markus Orth's area of ​​responsibility.

At the University of Applied Sciences in Worms , Markus Orth is on the advisory board of the tourism and transport department and has been on the advisory board of Ergo Reiseversicherung since March 2010 . In the Travel Industry Club Markus Orth is also a member, of the called into being in November 2010, Advisory Council. Since December 2019 he has been a member of the board of the German Travel Association (DRV) and in this function represents the interests of the travel industry in Germany.

Markus Orth is married and has five children. In his private life he is involved in the Lions Club Wiesbaden-Kochbrunnen and is a passionate museum visitor.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Farewell to L'TUR" (Kress, November 16, 2016)
  2. ↑ "LCC: Markus Orth is the new managing director" (Touristik Aktuell from January 16, 2019)
  3. ↑ "Markus Orth starts as Managing Director at Lufthansa City Center" (LCC.de, accessed April 25, 2019)
  4. ^ PR Newswire on behalf of marchFIRST
  5. ^ "Lufthansa founds subsidiary for e-commerce" (computerbild.de, February 22, 1999)
  6. ↑ "Markus Orth is coming, founder is leaving" (Manager Magazin, July 30, 2008)
  7. ^ "Markus Orth new boss" (FAZ, 2008)
  8. ^ "After work with Markus Orth" (Die Welt, September 25, 2011)
  9. ^ "L'Tur makes sales a matter for the boss" (WiWo January 17, 2013)
  10. ↑ Members of the Markus Orth Advisory Board ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fh-worms.de
  11. ↑ Supervisory Board and Advisory Board of ERV
  12. ↑ Members of the Advisory Council ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.travelindustryclub.de
  13. ↑ "New DRV board elected" (reisevor9, December 11, 2019)
  14. ^ Lions Club Kochbrunnen
  15. ^ "After work with Markus Orth: Art has to sell too" (die Welt, September 25, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Orth, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manager
DATE OF BIRTH April 4th 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn