Managed travel
veteran Pat Fragale has joined TakeTwo Travel Solutions as president of the startup
travel management company's North America operations. Fragale's resume includes
Valerie Wilson Travel where he served as EVP and was part of the executive team
that managed the company through the pandemic before it was acquired by Frosch.
He also served formerly as president of Protravel International and was
president and chief operations officer for Direct Travel. Prior to his travel
management company tenure, he held executive roles at a number of large hotel
brands.
Fragale joins CEO
Chris Thelen and managing director Julie Cope, who co-founded the company last
fall and have since expanded to the U.S. and Ireland, bringing in Paul Sexton as
general manager in Ireland through its acquisition of Eton Travel Group, and Laura Still as business development manager in
the U.S. The company bills itself as an “independent” TMC that understands the
personal nature of business travel and is ready to support unique needs of each
client.
Thelen commented in a
press statement on Fragale's "entrepreneurial spirit and great vision" as being
a "perfect fit for TakeTwo's culture, ethos and aspirations."