Sabre Corporation has recently announced that Chinmai Sharma has joined the company as the Global Head – Lodging, Ground, and Sea for Sabre Travel Solutions. In his new role, Sharma will be responsible for leading the lodging, ground, and sea segment within Sabre’s global distribution business, an area of significant focus and expected growth for the company. To support this growth objective, Sabre is making enhancements to its Content Services for Lodging platform, focusing on the dynamic consumption and distribution of lodging content supported by intelligent retailing solutions such as Lodging AI.
Sharma brings with him over two decades of global travel and hospitality experience and has been recognized as one of the “Top 20 Extraordinary Minds within Sales, Marketing, and Technology” by HSMAI Europe. He has worked with leading companies such as Expedia, Wyndham Hotel Group, Starwood Capital Group, and Taj Group of Hotels, and was most recently the President – Americas for RateGain, a leading provider of SaaS solutions for travel and hospitality. During his time at RateGain, Sharma played a crucial role in their growth strategy, which led to a successful IPO.
Sharma is actively involved with the boards of non-profit hospitality associations like HSMAI and HEDNA and is a mentor at the start-up incubator at NYU Jonathan M Tisch Center of Hospitality Innovation Hub. His educational background includes a B.A. with Mathematics and a joint MBA from ESSEC Business School, Paris, and Cornell Hotel School (MMH), New York.
Sabre Corporation’s appointment of Chinmai Sharma signifies the company’s commitment to driving growth in the lodging, ground, and sea segment within its global distribution business. With Sharma’s extensive industry experience and leadership qualities, Sabre aims to further strengthen its position in the travel and hospitality industry. TradeArabia News Service.