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Sabre CEO Will Step Down by Year's End, Leave Board of Directors

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Photo Credit: Tom Klein, Sabre CEO, at a World Travel & Tourism summit in 2013. Klein will step down from his role by end of 2016.  Flickr / World Travel & Tourism Council

Skift Take

With the rapid changes now taking place on the distribution front, we'll likely see more leadership changes as players seek to better position themselves for new opportunities.

Sabre Corporation announced yesterday evening that its CEO and president Tom Klein will resign from its Board of Directors on December 31, 2016 and will play a role as acting CEO as the company seeks a replacement in the coming months. "By making this announcement now, the Board of Directors will have ample time to identify a successor as we work through a smooth transition to keep the company’s growth plans and our customer deliverables on course," Klein said in a statement. "Then I wil

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