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AirPlus International Promotes Aaron Kelling to Executive Vice President

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AirPlus International Promotes Aaron Kelling to Executive Vice President

ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AirPlus International, a global provider of corporate travel payment solutions, announces the promotion of Aaron Kelling to Executive Vice President, Strategic Partnerships. This newly created position will foster continued growth in the US market through the further development of executive level relationships with key industry partners. Kelling will lead sales channel partnerships and look to develop new partner relationship initiatives. Formerly serving as AirPlus Vice President, Sales and Account Management for the Northern US and Canada, in his new role Kelling will now have responsibility for the entire US market.

“Since joining AirPlus, Aaron Kelling has been a primary contributor to the triple-digit sales growth in the US. His leadership skills, sales and innovative partnership initiatives have resulted in effective team management, increased sales and profitable relationships,” said Richard Crum, President of AirPlus International, Inc. “I am pleased to publicly recognize his impressive achievements for our company,” Crum continued.

With a background that includes over 20 years of travel industry experience, prior to joining AirPlus Kelling was with American Express as Director of Business Development as well as with Galileo International in various roles including Director of Global Strategic Sales. During his time with Galileo, Kelling was prominently featured in an article for Forbes magazine entitled, “Life of a Salesman.”

AirPlus International brings savings to over 32,000 customers worldwide through a suite of business travel payment solutions which include central bill accounts, corporate cards and online management tools. AirPlus is travel agency neutral, the leading issuer of UATP worldwide and the preferred partner and various airlines such as Air China, British Airways (NYSE:BAB), Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL), Luxair, Lufthansa German Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines, TAP Portugal and Singapore Airlines. For more information, please visit online at www.airplus.com, contribute to our blog at www.airpluscommunity.com, and follow us at www.twitter.com/AirPlus. Press may contact Rana Walker, Marketing and Communication Manager at +1 (703) 373-0947 or rwalker@airplus.com.