Simon Benz is the new media spokesman for Helvetic Airways
As of October 1, 2021, Simon Benz has assumed responsibility for communications at Helvetic Airways. In his new role, the 46-year-old is responsible for the Swiss airline's internal and external communications and is the contact person for all media inquiries.
Simon Benz succeeds Mehdi Guenin, who left the company at the end of September (Werbewoche.ch reported). "We are delighted to have found an experienced professional for Helvetic in Simon. As a communications consultant and former tourism journalist, he has been familiar with aviation for over 14 years and also has a large network of journalists," says Tobias Pogorevc, CEO of Helvetic Airways.
Benz is taking on his new role as part of a collaboration between Helvetic Airways and PrimCom, an agency specializing in tourism and travel, for which he has worked as a consultant since the end of 2014. Previously, he worked for seven years for the tourism trade journal Travel Inside the last two years additionally as deputy editor-in-chief of the MICE magazine. MICEtip.
A native of Basel Land, he holds a master's degree in journalism, film studies and Japanese studies from the University of Zurich.
