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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 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of Travelzoo’s
fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the executive officers of Travelzoo as of
March 1, 2009.
Name Age Position
Holger Bartel, Ph.D. .............. 42 Chief Executive Officer
Shirley Tafoya . .................. 45 President, North America and Senior Vice President
of Sales
Wayne Lee . . . .................. 37 Chief Financial Officer
Christopher Loughlin .............. 35 Executive Vice President, Europe
Max Rayner . . . .................. 48 Chief Information Officer
Jason Yap ...................... 39 Executive Vice President, Asia Pacific
Holger Bartel, Ph.D., has served as Chief Executive Officer since October 2008 after serving as Executive
Vice President from 2001 to 2007 and Vice President of Sales and Marketing from 1999 to 2001. From 1995 to
1998, Mr. Bartel was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company in Los Angeles. From 1992 to 1994,
Mr. Bartel was a research fellow at Harvard Business School. Mr. Bartel holds an MBA in Finance and Accounting
and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is the brother of Ralph Bartel.
Shirley Tafoya has served as Senior Vice President of Sales since 2001 and was appointed as President,
North America in July 2008. From 1999 to 2001, Ms. Tafoya was the Director of Western Sales at Walt Disney
Internet Group. From 1998 to 1999, Ms. Tafoya was a Sales Manager at IDG/International Data Group. Ms. Tafoya
holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Notre Dame de Namur University.
Wayne Lee, CPA, has served as Chief Financial Officer since September 2006 after serving as Director of
Finance and Vice President of Finance since 2005. 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.
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
Executive Vice President of Products and Services and CIO at SurfControl. From 2004 to 2005, Mr. Rayner was
Vice President, System Architecture at Salesforce.com. Mr. Rayner has a B.A. in Computer Science and Digital
Engineering from Dartmouth College and an MBA in Finance from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Jason Yap has served as Executive Vice President, Asia Pacific since March 2009 after serving as Executive
Vice President, Japan, Australia and Singapore for Travelzoo since May 2007. From 2001 to 2007, Mr. Yap held
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