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Articles tagged “ceos”

Travel Technology

Sabre Taps Former CWT Exec for Newly Separated President Role

Sabre's stock price is down 64 percent since the pandemic hit. To rebound, the travel tech company needs a better understanding of what its travel management customers need. Kurt Ekert can deliver that intel.

Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago

Sabre Taps Former CWT Exec for Newly Separated President Role

Business Travel

Travel CEOs Cast Doubt on Business Travel’s Full Return and 9 Other Top Travel Stories This Week

In Skift’s top stories this week, numerous travel CEOs express pessimism about a full recovery of corporate travel, a Bill Gates-owned firm becomes the majority stakeholder in Four Seasons Hotels, and Las Vegas emerges as the U.S.' most popular business travel destination.

Rashaad Jorden , Skift | 3 years ago

Travel CEOs Cast Doubt on Business Travel’s Full Return and 9 Other Top Travel Stories This Week

Airlines

Airline CEOs Go Live and In-Person to Juice the Recovery

The pandemic has forced airline CEOs to be more accessible. Coming off the worst year in aviation's modern history, being front and center with workers and customers takes on a new urgency for CEOs looking to resuscitate business.

Ruthy Muñoz , Skift | 3 years ago

Airline CEOs Go Live and In-Person to Juice the Recovery

Airlines

Air Canada CEO to Retire As Flying Restrictions Take a Toll

This is a critical juncture for Calin Rovinescu to leave embattled Air Canada. On the other hand, with a substantial golden parachute in the offing, can you blame him?

Allison Lampert, Reuters | 4 years ago

Air Canada CEO to Retire As Flying Restrictions Take a Toll

Airlines

British Airways CEO Alex Cruz Replaced by Aer Lingus Boss Sean Doyle

This is more about the new boss bringing in the team he wants rather than laying blame on Cruz for the current state of the airline.

Sarah Young, Reuters | 4 years ago

British Airways CEO Alex Cruz Replaced by Aer Lingus Boss Sean Doyle

Online Travel

Expedia Grabs $3.2 Billion in Private Equity Financing and Appoints Peter Kern CEO

Barry Diller followed a familiar pattern and appointed someone he's known for years and feels comfortable working with as CEO. Peter Kern will have no trouble working with Apollo and Silver Lake, and with making deep cuts because he is a private equity guy at heart.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Expedia Grabs $3.2 Billion in Private Equity Financing and Appoints Peter Kern CEO

Coronavirus

Travel CEO Video Messages: Best Practices for the Coronavirus Pandemic

Like any great speech, CEO videos about the coronavirus crisis need to be straightforward, authentic, and personal — and most important there needs to be substance to reinforce the message. Some brands have been able to deliver these crisis communications messages much better than others.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Travel CEO Video Messages: Best Practices for the Coronavirus Pandemic

Ground Transport

Amtrak Names Another Airline Exec as Top Boss to Replace Former Delta CEO Richard Anderson

Richard Anderson deserves kudos for having helped to revitalize Amtrak in his three years as CEO. The former Delta Air Lines top boss put the U.S. railway operator on track to its first-ever operating profit while also improving its safety record.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago

Amtrak Names Another Airline Exec as Top Boss to Replace Former Delta CEO Richard Anderson

Online Travel

Vacasa Seeks New CEO as Founder Eric Breon Steps Aside

Eric Breon grew Vacasa from a business run off his dining room table to North America’s largest full-service vacation rental management business. Few startups have the awareness to know when they need different leadership to get to an initial public offering, and Vacasa may be a rare exception.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago

Vacasa Seeks New CEO as Founder Eric Breon Steps Aside

Online Travel

Who Will Be Expedia’s New CEO?

Facing intense competition and a company in disarray, the Expedia Group board and senior executive Barry Diller have no time to dillydally. No one can forecast what the online travel market will look like in the next five years, but Diller et al need to find a couple of top executives who can quickly figure out Expedia's path forward.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Who Will Be Expedia’s New CEO?