Peter Rothwell becomes CEO of the Kuoni-Group

Peter Rothwell (48) will take up the position of CEO at Kuoni
starting 1 January 2009. With 26 years of experience Rothwell has a
proven track record in the tourist industry. Until the end of 2007 he
served as the Deputy Chief Executive of TUI Travel Ltd. and as a
Member of the Board of Directors at TUI AG.

After studying French and German at Oxford University, Peter Rothwell
began his career in the tourist industry in 1982 when he joined the
trainee programme at Thomson Holidays. After six years working in the
product, marketing and advertising departments, he moved to Jetset as
the Director for Europe. A year later he rejoined Thomson Holidays as
the General Manager for the Worldwide and City Breaks products, and
then he worked as the Marketing Director from 1989 to 1993, Sales
Director from 1993 and later as Purchasing Director.

In 1995 he took up the post of Managing Director at Airtours Holidays
and was later appointed to the Board of Airtours PLC as the Chief
Executive of the UK Leisure Group. In March 2001, Rothwell returned
to the Thomson Travel Group, initially as Chief Operating Officer in
the UK, Ireland and Scandinavia. Following a restructuring of the
Thomson Travel Group, in October 2002 Rothwell became the Chief
Executive of TUI Northern Europe, and from 2004 he was in addition
Managing Director of marketleader TUI UK. From 2006, as COO and board
director of TUI AG he was responsible for all touristic activities
with direct responsibility for UK and Northern Europe. As the Deputy
Chief Executive of TUI Travel PLC he played a leading role in
bringing about the merger of TUI and First Choice in 2007.

For Henning Boysen, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Kuoni,
Peter Rothwell is the very best among all the possible candidates
that had been considered for the CEO position at Kuoni: "We are very
pleased to have Peter Rothwell, a recognized professional in our
industry, commit himself to this top position at Kuoni; he knows
Kuoni and his broad international experience matches perfectly with
Kuonis market ambitions." For his part, Peter Rothwell says, "Kuoni
is well positioned as upmarket specialist. To further advance Kuoni
at the top of the market for premium and specialised travel for me is
as much a logical as a fascinating challenge that I shall accept with
great commitment".

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For analysts and investors:
Laurence Bienz
Head of Investor Relations
Kuoni Travel Holding Ltd.
Neue Hard 7
CH-8010 Zurich
Phone +41 44 277 4529
Fax +41 44 277 4031
Email laurence.bienz@kuoni.com