Travel Industry CEO Interviews

Conversations with travel’s top leaders at hotels, airlines, travel tech companies, tourism boards, and more.

Hotels

Radisson CEO on Keeping a Brand Strategy Tight and Focused

Radisson is choosing quality over quantity when it comes to growing its brands. The hotel group CEO Federico González sees the importance of focusing on strategic geographical expansions while tuning to changing customer demands and sustainability basics for hotels.

Radisson CEO on Keeping a Brand Strategy Tight and Focused

Airlines

SAS CEO: European Airlines Desperately Need Consolidation

For now, SAS is focused on getting out of bankruptcy in clean financial shape, and hopes to be part of whatever larger European airline landscape emerges in coming years.

SAS CEO: European Airlines Desperately Need Consolidation

Skift Meetings

C2 Looks to the Future With Anick Beaulieu at the Helm

Newly appointed C2 CEO Anick Beaulieu is pushing boundaries to re-inject the spark that was once in the business community.  She plans to be the voice amplifying everything C2 does, beyond its Montreal flagship business event.

C2 Looks to the Future With Anick Beaulieu at the Helm

Tour Operators

GetYourGuide CEO on Reimagining Search for Experiences

Personalization of search is developing at lighting speed. Watch GetYourGuide co-founder Johannes Reck unpack what searching for experiences could look like over the next couple years with Skift’s Sean O’Neill from Skift's Megatrends event in New York.

GetYourGuide CEO on Reimagining Search for Experiences

Hotels

Marriott CEO Calls on U.S. to End the Visa Delays Damaging Tourism

Good for Marriott CEO Anthony Capuano for showing leadership on this urgent issue, which affects the whole U.S. travel industry, not just hotels.

Marriott CEO Calls on U.S. to End the Visa Delays Damaging Tourism

Hotels

Marriott CEO Anthony Capuano Is Optimistic About 2023

Marriott CEO Anthony Capuano tells Skift’s Sean ONeill what makes him optimistic about the company’s 2023 performance. Listen to the full conversation.

Marriott CEO Anthony Capuano Is Optimistic About 2023

Hotels

Hilton CEO on Building Vs. Buying

Listen to Chris Nassetta, CEO of Hilton, in conversation with Skift's Rafat Ali.

Hilton CEO on Building Vs. Buying

Rental Cars

Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr Believes EV, AI and Blended Travel Are All Tailwinds for His Business

It is indeed fascinating to hear how many operational tech changes are coming into the car rental business, much as it has been a late digital adopter compared to other sectors of travel.

Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr Believes EV, AI and Blended Travel Are All Tailwinds for His Business

Online Travel

Expedia’s CEO on the Great Opportunities in Travel

Listen to Peter Kern, CEO and vice chairman of Expedia Group, in conversation with Skift's Rafat Ali.

Expedia’s CEO on the Great Opportunities in Travel

Hotels

IHG Hotels CEO on Scale and Strategy

Listen to the full conversation between IHG CEO Keith Barr and Skift's Sean O'Neill.

IHG Hotels CEO on Scale and Strategy