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Airlines
U.S. airline CEOs make a lot of money. But they have tough jobs, and their businesses are making money. Maybe they deserve it.
Brian Sumers, Skift | 5 years ago
Business Travel
European travel CEOs are paid well by most standards — but not compared with their peers across the pond.
Patrick Whyte, Skift | 6 years ago
Online Travel
TripAdvisor CEO Stephen Kaufer is ordinarily far from being the most-compensated CEO in online travel. This year represented an unusual payout for him. But Skift's annual survey reveals that most online travel CEOs are often more handsomely compensated than what the top bosses in other industries receive, on average.
Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago
Does the average traveler care whether a U.S. airline CEO made $7 million or $13 million last year? It's highly doubtful. Passengers want to fly a well-run, on-time airline with friendly customer service. How much money the CEO makes is probably immaterial to most customers.
Brian Sumers, Skift | 6 years ago
You want your CEO to be very motivated for shareholders and employees — and for his or her personal gain. Mark Okerstrom clearly is such a guy.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 7 years ago
Cruises
Passengers may not care much what executives at cruise companies earn, but it's instructive to realize what goals those CEOs are driven to reach.
Hannah Sampson , Skift | 7 years ago
Hotels
Chief executive pay at Europe's biggest publicly traded travel companies appears to have converged in 2016 with few bumper deals compared with previous years. It could just be a coincidence or might have something to do with the deteriorating economic climate and geopolitical issues.
Patrick Whyte, Skift | 7 years ago
Executive pay at Amadeus, Sabre, and Travelport is about the same, even though company performance has recently varied. It's unclear how much of that discrepancy can be chalked up to differing norms and taxes in the countries where the firms are based.
Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago
People like to complain about CEO compensation, but these men — and they are all men — may deserve what they earn. Running a big airline is not easy, and not everyone can do it. Executives who reach the top don't get there by chance.
Skift, Brian Sumers | 7 years ago
Money talks and Gillian Tans was well-compensated for leading Booking.com, the largest accommodations provider on the planet, to a banner year.
