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Item 9B. Other Information
Not applicable.
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance of the Registrant
Information required by this item is incorporated by reference to Travelzoo’s Definitive Proxy Statement for
the 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of Travelzoo’s
fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the executive officers of Travelzoo as of
March 14, 2008.
Name Age Position
Ralph Bartel, Ph.D. ............... 42 President and Chief Executive Officer
C.J. Kettler . . . ................... 51 President, North America
Wayne Lee ...................... 36 Chief Financial Officer
Christopher Loughlin ............... 34 Executive Vice President, Europe
Raymond Ng..................... 46 Executive Vice President, Asia
Max Rayner . . ................... 47 Chief Information Officer
Jason Yap ....................... 38 Executive Vice President, Japan, India and Australia
Ralph Bartel, Ph.D., founded Travelzoo in 1998 and has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors since inception. Prior to his founding of Travelzoo, from 1996 to 1997,
Mr. Bartel was a Managing Assistant at Gruner + Jahr AG, the magazine division of Bertelsmann AG. Mr. Bartel
holds a Ph.D. in Communications from the University of Mainz, Germany, a Ph.D. in Economics from the
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of St. Gallen,
Switzerland, and a Master’s degree in Journalism from the University of Eichstaett, Germany.
C.J. Kettler has served as President, North America since November 2007. Ms. Kettler joined Travelzoo from
lifestyle media company LIME, where she was founder and CEO. From 2002 to 2004, Ms. Kettler served as
Managing Director of Solera Capital, a private equity firm with $250 million under management. She was Co-
President of Latina Magazine, one of Solera’s portfolio companies. From 1999 to 2001, she served as President,
Sales and Integrated Marketing, of Oxygen Media. From 1987 to 1999, she worked for Sunbow Entertainment, a top
ranked independent program supplier, where she served from 1994 to 1999 as President and CEO. Kettler began her
career with CBS. She has also held a number of senior positions focused on emerging media at McCann Erickson
and MTV Networks. Ms. Kettler holds a B.A. degree in Sociology from Smith College.
Wayne Lee, CPA, has served as Chief Financial Officer since September 2006. Since joining the Company in
2005, Mr. Lee has served as Director of Finance and most recently as Vice President of Finance. From 2003 to 2005,
Mr. Lee was Business Group Controller and North American Sales Controller of Novellus Systems, Inc. From 1998 to
2003, he was Assistant Controller of Allegis Corporation. Mr. Lee is a Certified Public Accountant who received his
B.S. in Business Administration from the Walter A. Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
Christopher Loughlin has served as Executive Vice President, Europe since May 2005 after serving as Vice
President of Business Development since 2001. From 1999 to 2001, he was Chief Operating Officer of Week-
ends.com. Mr. Loughlin holds a BSc(Hons) in Technology Management from Staffordshire University and an MBA
from Columbia University Graduate School of Business in New York City.
Raymond Ng has served as Executive Vice President, Asia since March 2007. From 1998 to 2006, Mr. Ng was
the head of North Asia Business Development at Yahoo! Inc. Mr. Ng graduated from Hong Kong Shue Yan
University with a Diploma of Journalism.
Max Rayner has served as Chief Information Officer since November 2007 and oversees Travelzoo’s global IT
function, including software development and information management. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Rayner served as
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