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At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top New York based CEO’ operating in the Tourism space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Sachin Narode
CEO, Founder of Xeni
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About Xeni: Operating System for Travel
Larry De Shon
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Avis Budget Group
Larry D. De Shon is chief executive officer and chief operating officer of Avis Budget Group, Inc., a leading global provider of vehicle rental services. Prior to this position, he served as president and chief operating officer. Mr. De Shon was previously president, International, Avis Budget Group. In this role, he was responsible for overseeing the Company’s Avis, Budget, Zipcar, Payless, Maggiore and Apex businesses in Europe, the Middle East, Africa (EMEA), Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Mr. De Shon joined Avis Budget Group in 2006 and has previously overseen the Company’s operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa as president, EMEA and operations in the United States as executive vice president, domestic operations. Before joining Avis Budget Group, Mr. De Shon was senior vice president of airport operations at United Airlines, Inc. As the head of United’s worldwide airport operations, he oversaw ground operations, logistics, safety, security, customer processing and service, product development and internal communications, leading an organization of 23,000 employees in 29 countries. He began his 28-year career with the airline carrier as a customer service representative and advanced to hold numerous positions of increasing responsibility during his tenure. He received bachelor degrees in both communications and sociology from the University of Missouri, Kansas City.
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About Avis, Avis, Avis Budget Group: Avis Budget Group offers professionals and individuals with vehicle rental and sharing services.
Nelson Nigel
Founder and CEO of Kidmoto Technologies LLC
Nelson Nigel is a serial immigrant entrepreneur. His family emigrated from Guyana to Corona, Queens NYC when he was young. In 2016 He founded Kidmoto Technologies, The Kidmoto app connects parents to a network of professionally trained drivers who provide secured child car seats for safe airport transportation.
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About Kidmoto Technologies LLC: Mobile app connecting families with young children seeking car seat taxi transportation with drivers providing installed child seats.
Mark Halberstein
Founder & CEO of SIMPLENIGHT
Mark Halberstein has over a decade of experience in the travel and hospitality industries. Specializing in destination experiences, Mark built and ran a global concierge business which catered to groups and corporate customers as well as celebrity clientele. Mark is also an IATA accredited travel agent. Prior to founding SIMPLENIGHT®, Mark held positions at JPMorgan Investment Bank, Allied Partners and MKG. Mark graduated with a degree in Business Administration from the University of Florida and went on to receive his MBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Miami.
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About SIMPLENIGHT: SIMPLENIGHT is a B2B platform enabling brands to build and launch best-in-class booking products.
Julia Takeda
CEO / Founder of Fly Louie
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About Fly Louie: Fly Louie delivers unique growth and savings programs to private plane charter operators by leveraging the power of its growing Alliance.
David Prior
Co-Founder and CEO of PRIOR
David Prior is the co-founder and CEO of PRIOR. He is a former contributing editor at Condé Nast.
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About PRIOR: A luxury travel company & media brand with editorial, trips and events for curious travelers.
Nohar Singh
CEO of Travelspan
Mr. Nohar Singh is the President and CEO of TravelSpan, he is a proud husband and father of two beautiful kids, residing in Queens, New York – See more at: http://www.crunchbase.com/user/143511#sthash.LfDQPZkh.dpuf
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About Travelspan: Specializing in Airline Tickets and Vacation Packages
PJ Mastracchio
Founder & CEO of AtYourGate
PJ Mastracchio is the Founder and CEO of AtYourGate.
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About AtYourGate: AtYourGate is a mobile app making air travel more enjoyable with in-airport pre and post-security delivery.
Samantha Diamond
CEO of CultureConnect
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About CultureConnect: SaaS platform for creating and publishing mobile & digital experiences for museums & cultural organizations.
Michelle Himden
CEO of Cityami
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About Cityami: Leveraging technology for better service, Cityami is the new wave of short term rental management
Israel Arellano
Founder and CEO of Bringit Technologies
Israel Arellano is the Co-Founder and CEO at Bringit Technologies.
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About Bringit Technologies: BringIt is an on-demand luggage concierge that allow travelers to get to or from the airport without their heavy luggage slowing them down.
S. Philip Kennard
Co-Founder and CEO of Futurestay
S. Philip Kennard is the Co-Founder and CEO at Futurestay.
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About Futurestay: Futurestay is a smart way for vacation rentals to connect to channels, guests, payments, and their own website and brand.
Yigit Yigiter
Co-Founder & CEO of TimeLooper
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About TimeLooper: TimeLooper revolutionizes museum and heritage site experiences through extended reality
Greg Buzulencia
CEO & Co-Founder of ViaHero
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About ViaHero: ViaHero allows travelers to choose locals to plan their personalized trip.
Matan Magril
Founder & CEO of FoodieTrip
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About FoodieTrip: FoodieTrip is an online marketplace for people to list, discover, and book once in a lifetime culinary adventures.
Mita Carriman
CEO of Adventurely
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About Adventurely, Sunsetting: Meetup app for digital nomads, solo travelers & local adventure seekers to share experiences
Aziz Musa
Founder, CEO of Flickup
Founder, CEO of Flickup.
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About Flickup: Flickup is a mobile app that connects nearby Flickup users to take pictures of one another and send them instantly.
David Obstfeld
CEO of Ticket Wiper
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About Ticket Wiper: Ticket Wiper makes it easy to dispute your parking tickets issued in New York City.
Chris Smith
CEO & CTO of Vizalytics Technology
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About Vizalytics Technology: Vizalytics creates location-specific business intelligence from open and private data for enterprise, government, and institutional clients.
Pierre Gervois
CEO & Publisher of China Elite Focus Magazines LLC
Born in Paris (1969), Pierre Gervois is Engineer, M. phil, and graduated from the prestigious Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). He was appointed Foreign Expert by the Chinese Ministry of Industry (CCPIT) in 1998, and worked in Beijing to advise Chinese CEO’s on the best business practices. 1999 he has been appointed Chief of Staff of Mr Laurent Fabius, former French Prime Minister and worked in Rouen on local development projects. In 2000, he was appointed Head of the Chinese affairs at the ACFCI (French National Federa- tion of Chambers of Commerce, Industry & tourism), and has been involved in many bilateral negociations with the Chinese Government. In 2004, he left the French administration to join China Associates SAS, a French consulting group as the CEO. Under his direction, China Associates SAS became one of the best renown French consulting company specialised in the Chinese market. In 2008, he founded China Elite Focus Limited in Hong Kong and launched several travel publications in Chinese Mandarin. In 2013, he relocated to New York City to open the new U.S. office (China Elite Focus Magazines LLC). Guest lecturer in several Universities and Business schools as well as international speaker about wealthy Chinese outbound tourists, Pierre Gervois is the author of the book “ How U.S. Retail, Travel and Hospitality Industries Can Attract Affluent Chinese Tourists” (Published in the United States in 2012).
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About China Elite Focus Magazines LLC: China Elite Focus Magazines LLC is a digital publishing company specialized into luxury travel publications focused on the United States.
Pierre Gervois
CEO & Publisher of China Elite Focus Magazines LLC
Born in Paris (1969), Pierre Gervois is Engineer, M. phil, and graduated from the prestigious Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). He was appointed Foreign Expert by the Chinese Ministry of Industry (CCPIT) in 1998, and worked in Beijing to advise Chinese CEO’s on the best business practices. 1999 he has been appointed Chief of Staff of Mr Laurent Fabius, former French Prime Minister and worked in Rouen on local development projects. In 2000, he was appointed Head of the Chinese affairs at the ACFCI (French National Federa- tion of Chambers of Commerce, Industry & tourism), and has been involved in many bilateral negociations with the Chinese Government. In 2004, he left the French administration to join China Associates SAS, a French consulting group as the CEO. Under his direction, China Associates SAS became one of the best renown French consulting company specialised in the Chinese market. In 2008, he founded China Elite Focus Limited in Hong Kong and launched several travel publications in Chinese Mandarin. In 2013, he relocated to New York City to open the new U.S. office (China Elite Focus Magazines LLC). Guest lecturer in several Universities and Business schools as well as international speaker about wealthy Chinese outbound tourists, Pierre Gervois is the author of the book “ How U.S. Retail, Travel and Hospitality Industries Can Attract Affluent Chinese Tourists” (Published in the United States in 2012).
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About China Elite Focus Magazines LLC: China Elite Focus Magazines LLC is a digital publishing company specialized into luxury travel publications focused on the United States.
