INTERNATIONAL. Leading travel services specialist Tourvest Retail & Catering has named Michael Raasch as Chief Growth Officer, effective 1 March.
Raasch has more than two decades of international leadership experience in roles across aviation, travel, digital commerce and technology-enabled solutions.
He is responsible for driving growth across Tourvest’s diversified portfolio, spanning airline food & beverage solutions, duty-free and airport retail, logistics, warehousing and expanding catering operations, “with a strong focus on innovation, data-led decision-making and scalable growth platforms”, said the company in a statement.
Most recently, he served as CEO and Co-Founder of Omnevo, where he built a multichannel ancillary revenue platform. That business scaled across global airline and airport clients, transitioned to a SaaS-based model, and completed a private equity exit. Before Omnevo, Raasch held senior leadership roles at Lufthansa Group, LSG Group, Virgin Atlantic, and AOE Group, where he led large-scale commercial, product and digital transformation initiatives.
Tourvest Retail & Catering CEO Clive Jones said, “Michael brings a rare combination of deep aviation, onboard catering and travel retail expertise, proven growth leadership and an entrepreneurial mindset.
“His experience in building and scaling technology-enabled platforms, combined with his understanding of the end-to-end traveller journey, makes him ideally suited to lead the next phase of growth across our portfolio. We are delighted to welcome him to Tourvest.”
Raasch is tasked with “unlocking value across Tourvest’s integrated travel ecosystem, leveraging data, technology and customer insight to drive sustainable growth, strengthen partner relationships and expand the group’s global footprint,” a statement said.
Michael Raasch added, “Tourvest’s breadth across travel retail, catering, logistics and technology is unique. The opportunity to build on a holistic understanding of travellers and translate that into scalable, data-driven growth is incredibly compelling. I’m excited to join the team and contribute to Tourvest’s next phase of development.” ✈
