Bezurk.com Appoints Quenten Smith Regional Sales Director for Asia Pacific
Seasoned search and display media sales executive to further strengthen Bezurk’s relationships with travel advertisers
Singapore. March 3rd, 2006 – Bezurk. (www.bezurk.com), the comprehensive Asia Pacific travel search site, today announced the addition of another internet industry heavy weight to it’s executive team by appointing Quenten Smith as Sales Director for Asia Pacific. Smith will be responsible for developing and deepening relationships with Bezurk’s travel industry partners.
A seasoned executive with over six years of online search and display media sales experience, Quenten was formerly with Looksmart and Overture in Australia where he helped develop the whole sponsored search industry in Australia & New Zealand. Most recently Quenten has been working at Yahoo! South East Asia where he has been in charge of travel industry partner development across the region.
Quenten will leverage his travel relationships and his search media experience to develop Bezurk’s advertising network. Bezurk.com being a media orientated travel search engine is committed to serving travel advertisers with revenue driving opportunities using either cost per click (CPC) campaigns or display media based on CPM
We’re thrilled that we have attracted a candidate of Quenten’s calibre, who has worked for some of the biggest players in the search space said Craig Hewett, CEO, Bezurk.com.
“It’s an honor for me to accept this position and I’m looking forward to working closely with leading travel companies to help drive incremental bookings through their online channels,” said Quenten. “Any travel marketer who has had a taste of the power of search marketing using generic search advertising networks like Google or Overture is going to love the travel specific search marketing opportunities offered by Bezurk. I look forward to helping Bezurk create the next generation of travel marketing solutions.”
About Bezurk
Bezurk.com is a comparison-shopping web site that helps travelers from the Asia-Pacific region search for flights, hotels, rental cars, packages and tours across a multitude of travel websites. Bezurk searches suppliers like the airlines and hotel chains directly but also includes hotel aggregators and online travel agents. Searching is done in real-time so that results show only the latest pricing and availability. Bezurk links travelers directly through to our partners websites to book. Bezurk which is headquartered in Singapore was founded in 2005 by former executives from Expedia, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Priceline, Yahoo! and Zuji. For more information, please visit www.bezurk.com
