The AI Architects of Travel Take the Stage at Skift Data + AI Summit

Skift Data + AI Summit convenes the operators, technologists, and capital allocators shaping travel’s intelligent enterprise. This first wave of confirmed speakers reflects where real investment, experimentation, and enterprise value creation are happening.

Enterprise-Scale AI in Action

David Thompson

Chief Information Technology Officer,

American Express Global Business Travel

Shilpa Ranganathan

Chief Product Officer,

Expedia Group

From modernizing legacy stacks to embedding AI across customer journeys, these leaders oversee platforms operating at a global scale. Expect insight into orchestration across data lakes, governance frameworks, personalization engines, and margin discipline in an AI-first environment. This is a transformation measured in basis points and booking flow impact.

Platform Innovation and Hospitality Infrastructure

Richard Valtr

CEO,

Mews

Jie Zheng

Technology Team Lead,

TUI Group

Hospitality and tour operations are moving toward unified commerce, API-first ecosystems, and intelligent automation across property and distribution layers. These executives bring perspective from SaaS-native models and multinational travel operations where data fluency drives operational leverage.

Capital, Advisory, and the Investment Lens

Gilad Berenstein

Founder,

Brook Bay Capital

Vivek Bhogaraju

Industry Advisor

AI in travel sits at the intersection of venture capital, enterprise procurement cycles, and evolving consumer behavior. This conversation extends beyond tooling toward defensibility, valuation, and the next platform inflection point.

Built for Decision-Makers Like You

Skift Data + AI Summit is designed for:

• Chief Product Officers
• Chief Data and Technology Officers
• Heads of AI and Machine Learning
• Digital transformation leaders
• Strategy and innovation executives

If you own roadmap, revenue, or infrastructure, this room is calibrated for you. The agenda centers on applied use cases, commercial outcomes, and scalable architecture across airlines, hotels, OTAs, corporate travel, and travel tech.

Expect practical frameworks, peer benchmarking, and candid discussion around ROI, vendor selection, talent strategy, and build-versus-buy decisions.

Seats are limited and senior-level by design. Join the leaders building travel’s data-driven future and secure your place at Skift Data + AI Summit, June 3 in New York City.