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Travel Industry CEO Interviews

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

Hotels

Hyatt CEO Mark Hoplamazian Links Empathy With Hotel Growth — Full Video

Hyatt's Mark Hoplamazian said fostering human connections will drive the group's growth. But he said the hotel company has learned from digital innovation, such as how his team applies software development techniques to create brands. Fascinating.

Sean O'Neill | 7 months ago

Hyatt CEO Mark Hoplamazian Links Empathy With Hotel Growth — Full Video

Online Travel

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi: ‘Super Apps,’ AI and Uber Teens — Full Video

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi thinks Uber's next phase of growth will come from scaling and product innovation. Hint: Uber Teens and Uber Freight?

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 7 months ago

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi: ‘Super Apps,’ AI and Uber Teens — Full Video

Hotels

Hilton CEO Christopher Nassetta Seeks ‘Even Playing Field’ for Hotel Fees — Full Video

Hilton President and CEO Chris Nassetta said a lot on the Skift Global Forum stage. Most notably, he advocated for U.S. lawmakers to compel third-party distributors to display resort fee and other junk fees upfront on a consumer's first search.

Sean O'Neill | 7 months ago

Hilton CEO Christopher Nassetta Seeks ‘Even Playing Field’ for Hotel Fees — Full Video

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky: Cleaning Fees, NYC, and AI — Full Video

Brian Chesky has big plans for Airbnb, with a vision that essentially reimagines the platform in its next generation. And he plans to be around for at least a couple more decades to see it all through.

Justin Dawes | 7 months ago

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky: Cleaning Fees, NYC, and AI — Full Video

Online Travel

Expedia CEO Peter Kern Explains Breakup With Hopper and AI Plans – Full Video

Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern didn't just delve into the past during his appearance at Skift Global Forum — he touched on its AI-powered future as well as its international expansion plans.

Rashaad Jorden | 7 months ago

Expedia CEO Peter Kern Explains Breakup With Hopper and AI Plans – Full Video

Skift Meetings

CEO of Visit Milwaukee: What It’s Like to Take the National Stage

Not only is Peggy Williams-Smith, President and CEO of VISIT Milwaukee, the first native Milwaukeean to hold this position, but she is also the first woman.

8 months ago
CEO of Visit Milwaukee: What It’s Like to Take the National Stage

Skift Meetings

Maritz CEO on Unleashing Human Potential

The importance of company culture continues to grow, even more so when you are in the process of integrating multiple entities with their own cultures into one brand.

8 months ago
Maritz CEO on Unleashing Human Potential

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.

Sherry Sun | 1 year ago

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.

Rafat Ali | 1 year ago

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.

1 year ago
C2 Looks to the Future With Anick Beaulieu at the Helm