Amadeus named Decius Valmorbida president of its travel unit in August 2020. A native of Brazil, Valmorbida originally joined Amadeus in 2004 and has been a member of its executive committee since 2017. He spoke on Tuesday with The Company Dime during a live interview on the LinkedIn Audio platform. Among other topics, he responded…
Spotnana’s founding CEO, Sarosh Waghmar, announced Monday that he would step into the chief product officer role and share the chairmanship with executive chair Steve Singh, whom the company named CEO. It’s a “short-term” assignment, Singh said Tuesday during a live interview on LinkedIn in which he also discussed his “perfect trip” vision, AI and…
The Company Dime‘s Jay Campbell on June 28 interviewed Flight Centre Travel Group’s president of the Americas, Charlene Leiss, on a live show via LinkedIn Audio. They surfaced some potential conventional wisdom about a variety of topics. An edited transcript follows. So, Charlene, there’s a lot going on in the industry, but as often happens,…
Researchers again found virtual communication offers “limited” capacity to replace face-to-face meetings. But with support for predicted reductions of between 20 percent and 30 percent in business travel volume due to trends accelerated by the pandemic, they argued that understanding how businesspeople choose between travel and virtual “has become urgent.” Researchers at the University of…
Airline industry folks including a top consultant and tech provider saw American Airlines’ distribution strategy revealed Monday as progress. Corporate travel management company leaders? Not as much. “This AA announcement appears to remove current content, in the name of NDC, while also limiting other content, which brings confusion to the booking process,” according to a…
American Express Global Business Travel in September added Evan Konwiser to its C-suite, responsible for strategy and marketing. Konwiser on Monday brought his thought-provoking self to The Company Dime‘s new platform for audio events, LinkedIn, with commentary on a variety of topics. Some fresh food for thought came from audience members who asked about how…
The Company Dime on Monday hosted its first LinkedIn audio event, welcoming industry contacts to discuss whatever they’d like. Though much of it rehashed industry debates, some of the conversation was pointed and challenging. In a LinkedIn audio event, hosts can welcome participants to a virtual stage, bringing up the attendee’s avatar and opening their…
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