Questex Names McMahon and Terrero Vice Presidents Within Travel Group

Questex Media Group, Inc., publisher of Travel Agent, Luxury Travel Advisor and Home-Based Travel Agent magazines and the Premier Hotels & Resorts directory, announced today it has named John McMahon Vice President/Group Publisher for all travel media properties and Ruthanne Terrero Vice President-Content/Editorial Director for the same group of travel media properties.

McMahon was most recently Group Publisher of Luxury Travel Advisor and Premier Hotels & Resorts. In his new capacity as Vice President/Group Publisher for all travel media properties in the Travel Agent and Luxury Groups, McMahon will have management oversight and responsibility for the group's sales strategy and operations as well as business development and major account initiatives.  

McMahon has more than 10 years of diverse management experience at the company and over 20 years in the travel industry.  He has been instrumental in leading new product development and launching initiatives on many of the most successful properties in the Questex Media travel and hotel industry groups.

Terrero was most recently Editorial Director of the Questex Travel Group. In her new role as Vice President-Content/Editorial Director for the Questex Travel Group, she will continue to oversee the existing properties in the Group, while leading the development and implementation of dynamic strategies to acquire, develop, manage and distribute content across all of Questex's multiplemedia channels and editorial platforms serving the global travel industry.

Terrero has been with the company for five years. Her travel media career spans 17 years; for the majority of that time she has held leadership positions.

Questex Media Group, Inc. is a global, diversified business-to-business integrated media and information provider, headquartered in Newton, MA. Questex serves multiple industries including technology, beauty, spa, travel, hospitality, leisure, home entertainment, industrial specialties and service industries through a range of well-established, market-leading publications, events, interactive media, research, information and integrated marketing services.

The company's businesses are managed through operating companies including Questex Media Group and five subsidiaries; InfoTrends, Inc., the world's leading strategic research and advisory services provider to the document management and communications industries; McLean Events International, Ltd., a world-leading producer of appointment-based events; Imaging Network, a leading business-to-business multimedia marketing company serving the office products channel; Five Star Alliance, the leading online luxury hotel booking service for the affluent traveler; and Oxford Publishing, Inc., publisher and tradeshow producer serving the beverage and food industries. The company's combined operations include more than 450 employees in offices throughout North America, South America, Asia and Europe.