Why This Top United Airlines Exec Jumped to a Tech Vendor
Skift Take
The story of why Tye Radcliffe, who had been the top distribution executive at United, recently took a role at Accelya suggests a broader tale about a shift in tech dynamism between airlines and vendors.
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Welcome to the second edition of the Travel Tech Briefing. I've been enjoying meeting several readers at Skift Global Forum this week.
More on what I heard from Forum attendees in future editions of this weekly briefing.
Today I wanted to talk about why a recent top travel executive switched companies during the Great Resignation.
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Tye Radcliffe, who had been United Airlines' top distribution executive, quietly hopped to a new role at airline software vendor Accelya.
Radcliffe joined Accelya in late June as vice president of product strategy. The move required
