DGAP-Adhoc: Georg Hesse takes over as Chief Executive Officer at TOMORROW FOCUS AG (news with additional features)


TOMORROW FOCUS AG  / Key word(s): Change of Personnel

06.10.2015 19:13

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Ad hoc announcement

Georg Hesse takes over as Chief Executive Officer at TOMORROW FOCUS AG

Munich, Germany, 6 October 2015 - The Supervisory Board of TOMORROW FOCUS
AG today appointed Georg Hesse (42) to the position of CEO and Chairperson
of the Management Board. He will take up his new role at the company on or
before 1 February 2016.

As an experienced e-commerce and consumer brand expert, Georg Hesse will
lead TOMORROW FOCUS AG - along with its travel brands, especially
HolidayCheck and Zoover - towards its stated goal of becoming one of
Europe's leading online travel companies.

In his current position as Director at the German branch of Amazon EU Sàrl,
Georg Hesse is responsible for the Home Living, Home Appliances, Major
Appliances and Toys division. He has held a number of management positions
with Amazon which he joined in 1999.

Georg Hesse holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Henley
Management College in London and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Media
Marketing.

In the view of the Supervisory Board, his background in e-commerce,
consumer expertise and experience of establishing new business areas make
him the ideal choice, allowing TOMORROW FOCUS AG to pursue its strategy of
realignment towards digital travel operations with renewed vigour.

Georg Hesse will take over from Toon Bouten, who left the company at the
beginning of July as previously announced.


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Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News:

About TOMORROW FOCUS AG
TOMORROW FOCUS AG (ISIN DE005495329) is based in Munich, Germany, and is
one of the country's leading digital travel companies. With a total
workforce of around 400, the TOMORROW FOCUS Group comprises HOLIDAYCHECK AG
(which operates hotel review and travel booking portals by the same name,
as well as the car rental portal MIETWAGENCHECK) and WEBASSETS B.V. (which
operates the ZOOVER hotel review portals and the METEOVISTA/WEERONLINE
weather portals).
The Group portfolio also includes JAMEDA GmbH (which operates the biggest
German physician rating portal JAMEDA.de) and ORGANIZE.ME GmbH (which
operates an app-based document organisation and reminder system). TOMORROW
FOCUS AG is currently negotiating the sale of these two subsidiaries.

Media and Investor Relations contact: 
TOMORROW FOCUS AG
Armin Blohmann
Neumarkter Strasse 61
81673 München
Germany

phone +49 (0)89 9250 1256
fax      +49 (0)89 9250 2403
email a.blohmann@tomorrow-focus.de 
www.tomorrow-focus.de
http://twitter.com/tomorrowfocus
http://facebook.de/tomorrowfocus
http://youtube.com/tomorrowfocus

<br>+++++<br>Additional features:
Picture:  http://newsfeed2.equitystory.com/tomorrow-focus/400407.html
Subtitle: Georg Hesse, designierter CEO der TOMORROW FOCUS AG

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Language:     English
Company:      TOMORROW FOCUS AG
              Neumarkter Str. 61
              81673 München
              Germany
Phone:        +49 (0)89 9250-1256
Fax:          +49 (0)89 9250-2403
E-mail:       a.blohmann@tomorrow-focus.de
Internet:     www.tomorrow-focus.de
ISIN:         DE0005495329
WKN:          549532
Listed:       Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
              Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover,
              Munich, Stuttgart
 
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