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Thursday, March 28, 2024

APEXX Global appoints Simon Hughes to Head of Travel

 APEXX Global, (“APEXX”), the multi-award-winning global payments platform, is pleased to announce the appointment of Simon Hughes to the role of Head of Travel. Simon’s appointment will help to accelerate business’ growth strategy across the travel sector, in addition to maximising user experience for existing travel merchants.

Founded in 2016, APEXX combines acquirers, gateways, shopping carts and Alternative Payments Methods into a single API connection. Its platform is partner-agnostic, transparent and integrated to provide a ‘one-stop solution’ for merchants.

Simon has over 18 years’ experience at FTSE 100 listed travel company Tui Group, including 12 years leading a payments transformation programme across the business. In the role of Head of Payments and Global Product Owner for Payments as a Service at Tui, Simon helped to deliver a comprehensive payments solution, delivering significant cost savings and improving the overall customer experience.

In his new role as Head of Travel, Simon will build on the company’s strong travel credentials, supporting the business development team with the onboarding of merchants and guiding the implementation team with the delivery of APEXX’s payments solution

Peter Keenan, CEO and Co-founder of APEXX, said: “I’m delighted to welcome Simon to the role of Head of Travel. With almost two decades’ experience in the travel industry and proven experience in delivering payments innovation, Simon is the perfect fit for APEXX. There are chronic pain points across the payments process for many travel companies which APEXX is well placed to address – with Simon on board we are focused on reaching more travel companies to bring cost savings and efficiencies. APEXX is growing strongly; it’s fantastic to have Simon on the team as we continue to accelerate!”

Commenting on his new role, Simon Hughes said: “I’m delighted to be joining APEXX in the newly established role of Head of Travel. I’ve been following the work of APEXX and the founders closely over the years and have a lot of admiration for the company and the payments solution – that really is a game changer for merchants globally. I’m excited to join a team that is innovative, agile and forward thinking to bring frictionless payments to the travel industry.”

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