Sabre Taps Former CWT Exec for Newly Separated President Role
Photo Caption: Kurt Ekert, shown speaking when he was CEO and president of CWT. Source: CWT.
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Sabre's stock price is down 64 percent since the pandemic hit. To rebound, the travel tech company needs a better understanding of what its travel management customers need. Kurt Ekert can deliver that intel.
Travel technology company Sabre said Wednesday it will strip president and CEO Sean Menke's title of president and assign it to an external hire. Kurt Ekert, formerly president and CEO of business travel management company CWT (Carlson Worldwide Travel), will become Sabre's president on January 3, reporting to Menke.
Menke will focus on speeding up the execution company’s plans to tighten and strengthen its business.
“[Kurt Ekert] brings extensive global operating leadership and a de
