Messe Berlin ITB Convention

Ignacio Martos was appointed CEO of Opodo in December 2006 and is based in Opodo’s London office.

Opodo is one of Europe’s leading online travel agencies, operating in nine markets across the continent. In 2008 Opodo had EUR 1.4 billion in gross sales and more than doubled 2007 net profits.

Before joining Opodo, Martos started Rumbo in 2000 and spent the next seven years as CEO at the online travel agency, which is a market leader in Spain and Latin America. Under his stewardship Rumbo fast became one of the Spanish online travel industry’s big success stories and reached profitability in 2004.

Martos studied law at the University of Seville and gained an MBA at IESE Business School also in Spain. He started his professional career in the textile Industry and in 1988 he entered into the tourism industry with Barceló, one of the leading tourism companies in Spain, where he was deputy Managing Director to 2000, when joined Rumbo.

[ ITB Future Day - Digital Lifestyle and Online Travel
Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 12.45 - 13.45, Hall 7.1 b, Auditorium London]