Leonid Marmer
General Director Amadeus Russia / Head of Retail, Russia and Eastern Europe
Moscow, February 20, 2018 – Amadeus, the world's leading supplier of innovative technology solutions for the global travel and airline industries, announced that Leonid Marmer has been appointed as Head of Retail for Russia and Eastern Europe.
In this new post, Leonid will be responsible for driving Amadeus Travel Channels business throughout 11 countries, including Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia and Israel, and will take the formal responsibility for ACO Russia as General Director. His goals in the new post include improving the efficiency of agency distribution, collaborating with industry partners and the development of the strategic advantages of Amadeus in the region.
Leonid graduated from the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Technology in Kaunas (Lithuania), specializing in Systems Engineering. He has many years of experience in information technology, marketing, aviation and tourism. He held various leadership positions in many regions of Russia and abroad. He was the head of TAL Aviation company in Moscow for six years, representing the interests of the 11 largest international travel companies and airlines in Russia and CIS, including American Airlines, AirEuropa, Bangkok Airways, Qantas, Germania and others.
In his previous role, during the last four years he was the head of “Intourist”, the oldest travel company in Russia, part of the largest international travel group Thomas Cook.
His responsibilities included the inbound tourism and corporate services segments. Under his leadership, the company retained its leading positions as the largest tour operators, working with international travellers, and strengthened its brand in the domestic and international markets.
Leonid is a recognized industry leader and a speaker at the largest professional conferences in Russia and abroad.
