OpenTable Gets New CEO in Executive Shuffle
Skift Take
It's really tough to judge a brand's performance in the midst of a pandemic, but OpenTable clearly deserved more focus given the fact that travel and dining are completely different businesses. Once again, travel and dining aren't always natural playmates.
Less than two years after Kayak CEO Steve Hafner took on the additional role of heading dining platform OpenTable, the company has appointed Debby Soo as OpenTable CEO.
Soo, who most recently was Kayak's chief commercial officer, serving in that role for the past three years, will still report to Hafner, who retains overall responsibility for the unit. The appointment took place this month without any fanfare.
Both OpenTable and Kayak are part of parent company Booking Holdings.
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