Former BCD Travel president and industry pioneer Danny Hood died over the past weekend, BCD announced.
Hood for decades has been a fixture in the corporate travel industry, working throughout the 1980s into the early 1990s as an executive at Corporate Travel International and subsequently American Express, following its acquisition of Corporate Travel International. He joined BCD, then World Travel BTI, in 1993 and served as president of the Americas until January 2006. He rejoined BCD as president of the Americas in 2008 for a two-year stint.
"The success and partnerships he helped forge during these formative years of our history laid the foundation for what we know today as BCD Travel," BCD said in a statement. "He left an indelible mark on our company and the many people who knew him, and he will be sorely missed."
Hood also helped found TRX and helped to pioneer the industry's first direct-connect technology and one of the first online booking engines. He continued to work as an industry consultant following his retirement at BCD and more recently was a board member and minority stakeholder in resell booking capture service CapTrav.
BTN named Hood to its Business Travel Hall of Fame in 2013.