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Travelport CEO Gordon Wilson Will Exit Role

Andrew Sheivachman
Gordon Wilson - Travelport CEO and President talks at STF18 Skift Tech Forum

Photo Credit: Exiting Travelport CEO Gordon Wilson speaks at Skift Tech Forum 2018 in San Francisco, Calif. Skift

Skift Take

Gordon Wilson will leave Travelport after taking the company private. The company has a travel technology veteran lined up to take the reins, and Travelport needs all the help it can get to compete against Sabre and Amadeus.

Travelport, the third-place global distribution system provider, will enter the beginning of a new period of its history with the exit of longtime CEO Gordon Wilson. Former Sabre executive Greg Webb will become CEO effective August 1 while also assuming a spot on Travelport's board of directors. Travelport was brought private in a recent $4.4 billion deal spearheaded by notorious activist investor group Elliott Ma

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