BTN revealed the 25 Most
Influential People in Business Travel in 2018 at the BTN Group's Business Travel
Trends & Forecast conference on Monday. BTN looks back at the major events
and trends affecting the managed travel industry and digs deep to find the
people who initiated the activities that impacted business travel the most in
the preceding 12 months. Full coverage, including the rationale behind each
choice, will be published in BTN's Dec. 17th issue. Here are the 25 Most
Influential in alphabetical order:
- Cvent founder & CEO Reggie Aggarwal
- Microsoft global director of travel, VenueSource
and payment Eric Bailey
- Delta CEO Ed Bastian
- AccorHotels Chairman and CEO Sebastien Bazin
- Lufthansa Group SVP sales hub airlines and chief
commercial officer Frankfurt Hub Heike Birlenbach
- Airbnb co-founder, head of community and CEO Brian
Chesky
- TripActions co-founder & CEO Ariel Cohen
- Farelogix president & CEO Jim Davidson
- Air France National Union of Airline Pilots president
Philippe Evain
- BCD Group founder John Fentener van Vlissingen
- American Express Digital Labs SVP Luke Gebb
- Hyatt Hotels Corp. president & CEO Mark
Hoplamazian
- International Air Transport Association New
Distribution Capability program director Yanik Hoyles
- EY global head of travel, meetings and events Karen
Hutchings
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints director
of support services Shawn Johnson
- Sabre president & CEO Sean Menke
- American Express Global Business Travel board chair
and Certares founder and CEO Greg O'Hara
- ATPCO president & CEO Rolf Purzer
- HRS CEO Tobias Ragge
- House Transportation & Infrastructure
Committee chair Bill Shuster
- Marriott International president & CEO Arne
Sorenson
- Festive Road managing partner Caroline Strachan
- U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence
Thomas
- Mezi VP of travel strategy and partnerships Johnny
Thorsen
- Former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
Check out our full coverage of their impacts and influence.
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