GORDON LOCKE, Vice President, Airline Marketing and Strategy, Sabre Airline Solutions/Sabre Travel Network

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GORDON LOCKE, Vice President, Airline Marketing and Strategy, Sabre Airline Solutions/Sabre Travel Network

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Gordon Locke is the Vice-President of Airline Marketing for The Travel Industry Group at Sabre. He is responsible for global airline marketing & airline segment strategy for Sabre Airline Solutions / Sabre Travel Network, including portfolio positioning for solutions to help airlines better market, sell, serve and operate. The portfolio includes products and services for multi-channel distribution, customer sales, service, commercial planning and operational excellence.

Gordon has 23 years of diversified sales, marketing, ecommerce and business development experience within the travel and transportation industry. Prior to joining Sabre Holdings, he was Senior Vice President of Marketing for Hawaiian Airlines; Vice President, Global Marketing for Rosenbluth International (now American Express Business Travel); Chief Marketing Officer for T-Direct.com; and, held roles with Grand Heritage Hotels International and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company.

He remains in the forefront of customer community practices, marketing strategy, forward thinking on travel distribution evolution and ecommerce. During his career, Gordon has served on a multitude of advisory boards and has worked with the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on community reinvestment initiatives, is active in environmental sustainability initiatives, the Human Rights Campaign, and with many travel trade organizations. He has his marketing degree from the Walker School of Business at Appalachian State University.