CEO Spotlight - Kurt Ekert of Sabre

A year into taking up the CEO role at Sabre, the metrics are going in the right direction for Kurt Ekert. Revenue is up alongside EBITDA in the first quarter, and all the business units are reporting gains.

But more than that, as Sabre continues to execute on its growth strategy Ekert sees significant opportunity for further growth across hotel and air distribution as well as Sabre's payments and IT solutions business units.

In a broad ranging interview with PhocusWire, Ekert discussed the current mood of the distribution landscape, advances in new distribution capability and how penetration might grow in 2024 and the move to "offer and order" sales.

He also talks about Sabre's partnership with Google and the importance of the move to the cloud and modular technology.

Finally, he touches on artificial intelligence and, more specifically, generative AI and how Sabre is using the technology now as well as its potential going forward.

Watch or listen to the full interview with PhocusWire senior reporter Linda Fox.