Certares' O'Hara to Take Up World Travel & Tourism Council Chair

Certares Founder and Senior Managing Director Greg O'Hara will be the next chair of the World Travel & Tourism Council. He starts later this month, the organization announced on Friday.

O'Hara has served as vice chair since 2021 and has been a member of the organization 's executive committee since 2019. He will be taking over for the current chairman, Arnold Donald, former Carnival Corporation President and CEO.

Certares is a private equity firm that owns Internova Travel Group and has active investments in G Adventures, Brightline, American Express Business Travel Group, LATAM Airlines and other companies in the travel industry.

O'Hara is the chairman of American Express Global Business Travel and serves on the board of directors of TripAdvisor. Prior to founding Certares, he served as the chief investment officer of JP Morgan Chases's Special Investments Group.

O'Hara recently shared his views on the future of travel at Skift Global Forum in New York City.

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