Northstar Travel Group, parent company of PhocusWire,
Phocuswright, Travel Weekly, Business Travel News, Meetings & Conventions
and many other leading brands, is announcing changes to its leadership.
Jason Young is joining the company as CEO. Tom Kemp, who has been
chairman and CEO since 2009, will remain as chairman, and Bob Sullivan has been
promoted to chief commercial officer.
Young was most recently
president of Chicory, a contextual commerce media company serving the
consumer-packaged goods industry.
Prior to that, he
spent 20 years at Ziff-Davis Media, the last three as CEO. In addition, Young
founded Smart Device Media, a mobile advertising network, which was acquired by
Crisp Mobile where he served as CEO. Following its purchase by Quotient
Technology, Young became its chief media and marketing officer.
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“I am honored to join the team at Northstar. At a time of
significant evolution in the media and digital ecosystem, Northstar’s market
leading brands and unparalleled content/data footprint provide essential
benefits to the audience and for its travel marketing partners,” says Young.
“I look forward to working with this amazing team and driving the
next stage of strategic growth.”
Adds Kemp, “We are thrilled to have Jason join Northstar as our
new CEO to lead the company in our next strategic transformation as a content,
marketing services, event and data company. I have known Jason for over 20
years as a visionary leader integrating data and technology into solutions for
media companies and their clients.”
Sullivan will retain his title as president of
Northstar’s Travel Group and says, “I am excited about the passion, experience
and skills Jason brings into the business and am eager to work with him to
unlock even more value for our customers and partners. I could not be more
excited about the opportunity ahead for Northstar.”
Northstar Travel Group is owned by funds managed
by EagleTree Capital. The firm’s co-managing partner Anup Bagaria and senior partner
Michael Struble said in a statement, “We would like to thank Tom for his
leadership of Northstar over the last fourteen years, and we are excited to
bring in a visionary talent in Jason Young to lead the next transformation of
Northstar Travel Group serving our communities, our partners and our clients.”