Business Travel News, a Northstar Travel Group brand, announced this week its annual list of the 25 Most Influential People in Business Travel. BTN finalized its list by tracking the trends and events that impact business travel. A team of editors then identified the individuals they believe have exerted pressure on the market, influenced traveler behavior and changed the way travel managers do their jobs. The winners, presented in alphabetical order, are as follows.
- Ritesh Agarwal, founder, Oyo Rooms
- Suzanne Boyan, travel operations manager, ZS Associates
- Steve Brackney, senior vice president and chief administrative officer, Enterprise Group
- Enrique Cueto Plaza, CEO, Latam Airlines Group
- Makan Delrahim, assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice
- Marcus Eklund, managing director, FCM Travel Solutions
- Naresh Goyal, founder and chairman, Jet Airways
- Dave Harvey, vice president of southwest business, Southwest Airlines
- Suzanne Horner, CEO, Gray Dawes Travel; chair of the Business Travel Association
- Igor Kwiatkowski, executive manager, sales and distribution, Qantas Airways
- Carrie Lam, chief executive, Hong Kong
- Jeff Lobl, managing director global distribution and omni-channel strategy, Delta Air Lines
- Kathryn Marinello, CEO, Hertz
- Dennis Muilenburg, CEO, Boeing
- Andrew Nocella, executive vice president and chief compliance officer, United Airlines
- Karl Racine, attorney general, District of Columbia
- Moshe Rafiah, CEO, Travelfusion
- Robert D. Sack, Debra A. Livingston and Denny Chin, three-judge panel, 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
- Paul Singer, investor, Elliott Management
- John Snyder, CEO, BCD Travel
- Greta Thunberg, environmental activist
- Donald Trump, President of the United States
- Willie Walsh, CEO, IAG
- Josh Wood, global head of business travel partnerships, Booking.com
- Feng Zhenglin, director, Civil Aviation Administration of China
Full coverage of BTN's 2019 25 Most Influential People in Business Travel, including rationale behind each choice, will be published in the brand's Dec. 16 issue and simultaneously on businesstravelnews.com.
