Travel Industry CEO Interviews

Rocketrip CEO Dan Ruch makes a good point: Some corporations and travel management companies were once bitterly opposed to the idea of their employees booking a low cost carrier. In a similar way, road warriors are pushing their companies into the new world order.

Skift sat down with 17 online travel CEOs over three months to better understand what matters to them as they look at the future of travel booking. Understand the trends, buy the e-book.

Commune sits squarely inside the growing boutique and lifestyle sector, putting it in a prime position to discover and adapt to guests' changing expectations faster than large hotel corporations dipping into the segment with a newborn brand.

In the near future, travelers won't be all thumbs when trying to get things done on their mobile devices. Help is on the way.

Dohop is carefully picking its spots: Going all in on the B2B side of the business, targeting the Middle East, and working with low cost carriers on in-app flight bookings. All of that focus and contrarian thinking could work in its favor, although competing against much larger competitors could be as difficult as scaling an Icelandic glacier.

Designing the guest experience today requires thinking through the entire travel process, which includes providing guests with jealousy-inducing stories to share upon their return.

Hoplamazian looks at the guest experience from the inside out and is more focused on internal procedures and culture that empower employees than external technology or stunts that builds buzz.

Designing a guest experience for a two months stay is wildly different from a two-night stay and strikes a balance between facilitating a routine and a connection to new experiences in the city.

Skift sat down with 17 online travel CEOs over three months to better understand what matters to them as they look at the future of travel booking. Understand the trends, buy the e-book.

Apple Leisure Group is competing with cruise lines to attract the business of American travelers to Mexico and the Caribbean. Like cruise lines trying to win over first-time cruisers, Apple Leisure Group is attempting to get Americans who have never had a passport before to get off the couch and experience their first foreign vacations.