Best-paid tourism chiefs: Top 15 European tourism earners

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1: Amadeus CEO Luis Maroto ($5.6m) is the best-paid travel industry CEO in Europe. (Amadeus)

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2: TUI boss Fritz Joussen ($5.3m) was ranked second for 2018. (TUI)

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3. Sebastien Bazin ($4.6m) is head of Accor Hotels. (Accor)

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4. Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr ($4.3m) is the second German in the top five. (Deutsche Lufthansa)

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5. Keith Barr ($3.8m) is head of IHG, the hotels group. (IHG)

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6. Willie Walsh, CEO International Airlines Group, also earned $3.8 million last year. (IAG)

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7: Alison Brittain, head of Brtain's Whitbread Group, was the best-paid female CEO with $2.9 million last year. (Whitbread Group)

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8. Michael O'Leary cut his salary by nearly a third but still earned $2.6 million last year. (Ryanair)

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9: Easyet CEO Johan Lundgren received $1.9 million in 2018. (Easyet )

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10. Nick Varney, CEO of the Merlin Entertainment Group, also earned $1.9 million last year. (imago images)

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11: Europcar CEO Caroline Parot ($1.8m) was the only other woman in the top 15 ranking. (Europcar)

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12: Gabriel Escarrer Jaume, CEO of Melia Hotels, earned $1.6 million in 2018. (Melia Hotels)

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13: Jozsef Varadi, CEO of Wizz Air, earned $1.4 million last year. (imago images)

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14: NH Hotel Group boss Ramon Aragones Marin earned $1.1 million in 2018. (NH Hotel Group)

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Berjamin Smith only became CEO of Air France - KLM last September. Otherwise he would have earned more than $1.1 million. (Air France - KLM )

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