2017 marked a year of regulatory impacts both in the U.S.
and in Europe, from U.S. President Donald Trump's travel bans to the EU
Commission's final direction on the General Data Privacy Regulation. BTN's 2017
25 Most Influential, announced at BTN Group's Business Travel Trends
& Forecasts conference in New York today, recognized those individuals and
23 others. The influences include mergers, as well as dissolving partnerships, that
affected not only travel managers but also travelers. BTN also named one
individual for something that didn't
happen: Outgoing Amtrak CEO Charles "Wick" Moorman distinguished his
leadership tenure by avoiding the so-called Summer of Hell that New York
Governor Andrew Cuomo had predicted as the railroad repaired its track system
at Pennsylvania Station from mid-July through Labor Day.
BTN's annual list recognizes those who have made major
impacts on the industry, most of which are positive, though BTN's editorial
team also recognizes the negative effects of certain industry players.
The 25 Most Influential in alphabetical order:
- Member of European Parliament Jan Philipp
Albrecht
- Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian
- AccorHotels chairman & CEO Sebastien Bazin
- Groupize CEO Charles de Gaspe Beaubien
- Etouches president & CEO Oni Chukwu
- United passenger Dr. David Dao
- AirPlus International chairman & managing
director Patrick Diemer
- Uber co-founder & former CEO Travis Kalanick
- White House chief of staff and former Homeland
Security Secretary John Kelly
- London Mayor Sadiq Khan
- Norwegian Air Shuttle founder & CEO Bjorn
Kjos
- Etihad Airways chairman Mohamed Mubarak Fadhel
Al Mazrouei
- Amtrak president & CEO Charles
"Wick" Moorman
- Blockchain creator "Satoshi Nakamoto"
- Hilton president & CEO Christopher Nassetta
- Certify president Bob Neveu
- Travelfusion CEO Moshe Rafiah
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of
New York Judge Lorna Schofield
- Mezi CEO Swapnil Shinde
- Marriott International president & CEO Arne
Sorenson
- Lufthansa Group chairman & CEO Carsten Spohr
- American Airlines SVP of global sales &
distribution Alison Taylor
- U.S. President Donald Trump
- Amadeus SVP of travel channels Decius Valmorbida
- International Airlines Group CEO Willie Walsh
Full coverage of this year's 25 Most Influential
will appear later this month.
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