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Contact Tom Botts:
Phone: +1-212-845-9893 x888
E-mail Tom Botts
Mr. Tom Botts is a senior sales and marketing executive
with extensive expertise in e-commerce, revenue management
and technology across the airline, hotel and online intermediary
industries.
Tom has over 15 years of experience in the travel industry
and was most recently Vice President - Global Travel Industry
Sales and Strategy with Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide.
In this role, Tom led a sales and marketing team responsible
for $2B in revenue generation across multiple channels including
online, Global Distribution Systems (GDS) and wholesale relationships.
While at Starwood, Tom also led the negotiation and implementation
of Starwood’s third-party merchant model distribution
strategies which have been subsequently adopted by the industry
as a best practice.
Prior to joining Starwood, Tom was responsible for the Air
product at Hotwire.com, now a subsidiary of Expedia, Inc.,
where during his tenure, Hotwire.com’s annual revenues
grew to over $100M. Tom also led a cross-functional product
team encompassing technology, business, and marketing which
designed and implemented over fifty product enhancements.
Tom began his career with Delta Air Lines where he held roles
of increasing responsibility in customer service, technology,
revenue management and e-commerce. During Tom’s early
career with Delta, he pioneered the use of bar-coded boarding
passes which have since been embraced by much of the airline
industry.
Tom holds a BS in Logistics and Marketing from the University
of Missouri.
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