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Articles tagged “ceo pay”

Airlines

Explaining This Summer’s Airline Chaos and Other Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, the causes of airlines' chaotic summer are revealed, the list of the highest-paid online travel agency CEOs is unveiled, and travel companies are turning to TikTok to recruit new staff.

Explaining This Summer’s Airline Chaos and Other Top Stories This Week

Online Travel

The Highest Paid Online Travel Agency CEOs

There is a degree of irrationality in CEO pay on many levels, including the companies' relative performance. The pay disclosures also expose the wide disparity in employee pay at Booking versus Airbnb.

The Highest Paid Online Travel Agency CEOs

Airlines

The Highest Paid U.S. Airline CEOs and Other Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, how much were major U.S. airline CEOs paid in 2021 is revealed, events executives explain how labor shortages are hitting their industry hard, and travel disruptions in the United Kingdom are threatening the country's economic recovery.

The Highest Paid U.S. Airline CEOs and Other Top Stories This Week

Online Travel

Chelsea Clinton and Other Expedia Directors Stir Shareholder Dissension

Whether it is executive compensation or the company's stock performance, there is clearly unease among Expedia Group shareholders.

Chelsea Clinton and Other Expedia Directors Stir Shareholder Dissension

Airlines

The Highest Paid U.S. Airline CEOs

It's little surprise that the CEO of most America's most financially sound big airline, Ed Bastian of Delta, was also the highest paid. But how does he stack up to his peers?

The Highest Paid U.S. Airline CEOs

News Blog

American Express Global Business Travel To Debut on Tuesday — Interesting Factoids

It's a holiday weekend in the U.S. so what better time to break up the monotony of barbecues and beach, and burrow into a Securities and Exchange Commission filing about the pending SPAC debut Tuesday of American Express Global Business Travel. Among the takeaways: The merger of Apollo Strategic Growth Capital and Amex GBT will…

Online Travel

Tripadvisor’s New CEO to Get $500,000 Signing Bonus in First Paycheck

Given the challenges that Tripadvisor faces to better monetize its assets and to craft a new strategy, the company needed to woo a new CEO with a decent compensation package, which it did.

Tripadvisor’s New CEO to Get $500,000 Signing Bonus in First Paycheck

News Blog

Expedia CEO’s Total Compensation Pegged at $296 Million for 2021

Expedia Group Vice Chairman and CEO Peter Kern's 2021 total compensation was $296 million. That includes $157 million in stock awards and $137 million in option awards. His salary was around $850,000. The stock and option awards represent the fair value at the grant date, and won't necessarily be the actual value when the awards…

Online Travel

Booking Holdings to Repay $110 Million in Pandemic Aid After Dutch Criticism About Bonuses

Booking Holdings was obviously not going to rescind the executive bonuses, and needs decent relations with both the Dutch government and its employees in the Netherlands, where Booking.com is headquartered. The company did the right thing, albeit under pressure.

Booking Holdings to Repay $110 Million in Pandemic Aid After Dutch Criticism About Bonuses

Online Travel

Booking Holdings Admits to Having Critical Failures Even Before the Pandemic

Booking Holdings hired a new marketing chief in 2019 because it knew that its brand marketing in the U.S. was falling short, particularly against household name Expedia. Booking is pivoting to address shortcomings, realizing finally you can't keep kicking the can down the road with basically the same strategy.

Booking Holdings Admits to Having Critical Failures Even Before the Pandemic