Priceline.com CEO Departs Part Way Through Turnaround Plan
Skift Take
Brett Keller, Priceline.com's new interim CEO, knows his way around headquarters, having worked there for 17 years. He takes over at a critical time for the Priceline.com brand, although Booking.com is by far the Priceline Group's most important cog.
Priceline.com is shaking things up at the top as the Priceline Group subsidiary announced that CEO Paul Hennessy will depart to become CEO of used-car seller Vroom, and current COO and CMO Brett Keller will become interim CEO.
The shift at CEO for Connecticut-based Priceline.com comes at an awkward time for the Priceline Group because Hennessy, who'd been on the job since 2015, was leading a turnaround plan for Priceline.com, which had launched a new and substantial marketing campaign early this year.
In addition, the Priceline Group has its own CEO search under way following the resignation in late April of Group CEO Darren Huston. He left the company following a revelation that he the married e
