Travelport has named the ex-vice chairman of Sabre Greg Webb as CEO, succeeding Gordon Wilson on August 1 as he steps down after 28 years with the company and having been its president and CEO since 201l. Webb will also join the board of directors at Travelport.
The new Travelport chief was most recently SVP and general manager of Oracle Hospitality where he was responsible for strategy, enablement, development, sales, service and support.
Before joining Oracle, Webb was vice chairman at Sabre. During his 20-year tenure at the company he served in various executive positions across product development and marketing, and then led Sabre’s largest business unit, Sabre Travel Network.
Greg Webb says he’s joining Travelport at an “exciting and transformative time”.
Webb said he looked forward to joining the company at an “exciting and transformative time” and to work with the leadership team and employees “to continue to deliver innovative solutions and offer our customers great products and great service.”
Commenting on the changing of guards Gordon Wilson said after 28 years “it is time for me to hand over to someone else to run this business and the recent change in ownership of Travelport is the right occasion for this to happen.
“I firmly believe that Travelport’s new investors, Siris Capital and Evergreen Coast Capital, will be good for the company,” adding that the team under Webb would “take the company to its next level of growth and success.”
John Swainson, executive chairman of Travelport and Siris executive partner, added: “Gordon has been great to work with throughout the process leading to Siris’ decision to invest in the company and the transition of its leadership. He has made an enormous contribution to Travelport over the years and we wish him well with his next endeavours.
He also welcomed Webb to the company, saying that his “industry knowledge, customer-focused experience and understanding of how to best monetise technology platforms will provide Travelport with strong leadership in this new era.”
Travelport was acquired in May by affiliates of Siris Capital Group, LLC and Evergreen Coast Capital Corp, the private equity affiliate of Elliott Management Corporation, which took the UK-based travel technology company private in the US$4.4 billion cash deal.
