KAYAK: History and Future of Travel Search
Founder of Travelocity, Former Chairman at Kayak.com and Former CIO at Sabre
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Why is this interview interesting?
- Founding story and value proposition of KAYAK
- How both airlines and hotels approached using metasearch in the early days
- How Booking Holdings is organized differently versus Expedia
- The potential risk a shift to voice-based search could pose on Google's position in Travel
- Core takeaways from founding KAYAK and Travelocity
KAYAK: History and Future of Travel Search(May 8, 2020)
Terry Jones
Founder of Travelocity, Former Chairman at Kayak.com and Former CIO at Sabre
Terry was part of the founding teams of Sabre, Travelocity, and Kayak.com, all multi-billion dollar travel companies. He started his career with 24 years at American Airlines in marketing and IT, capping his career as Chief Information Officer of its SABRE division from 1998-02. While at SABRE he led a team of six working on a project that became Travelocity.com. Terry served as CEO of Travelocity for seven years transforming it to a public company with $3bn sales. Travelocity was taken private in 2002 and Terry moved to become a founding member of Kayak.com. He served as Chairman of the company from its founding until it was sold to Priceline for $1.8 billion dollars in 2013. He is a venture capitalist with General Catalyst and Sierra Angels.
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