10 JUN 2019: Groupdesk announced that Janice Sousa has joined the company as co-founder and chief executive officer to refine and expand its growing client portfolio. Sousa is a seasoned executive with almost two decades of business growth expertise.  Prior to joining Groupdesk, Sshe held senior-level roles at multiple companies including Merit Travel, Me to We, and EF Educational Tours.

“I am very excited to welcome Janice to our team as co-founder and CEO,” said Groupdesk founder, Alex Handa. “Groupdesk is building a team to change the way group travel is booked and bringing it online. We are helping hundreds and soon thousands of agents digitize their work. We are inventing a new way to book group travel at scale. Janice is an experienced leader in Group Travel with a history of scaling teams and implementing software solutions. Group Travel will be fully digitized over the next 10 years and Janice will make Groupdesk the leader in that space.” ”

I am so excited to join the Groupdesk team,” added Sousa. “I have worked in the group and travel space for some time now and I’m looking forward to bringing a product that helps teams drive revenue, productivity and puts the power in our users’ hands and allow partners to focus on scaling their own businesses.”