[UPDATE, Feb. 6: Marriott named Shannon Patterson SVP for global sales. She joined the company in 1996 and previously served as SVP for global growth and delivery. Also, Andy Kauffman returned to the company from the NFL to be chief commercial officer for the U.S….

Before starting The Company Dime with David Jonas in 2014, journalist Jay Campbell a decade earlier created travel business newsletter The Beat. In 2006, Jay co-founded Travel Procurement magazine and in 2010 helped integrate them with Business Travel News. He served as BTN's editorial director until 2013. Jay made his travel industry media debut in 1993 at the Air Travel Journal of Boston while earning his undergraduate degree in journalism at Boston University. He would be happy to connect on LinkedIn. He's here at CorporateTravel.social on Mastodon.