Nikhil Gupta

Director of Hotels and Car Hire
Skyscanner

Nikhil Gupta is the Director of Hotels and Car Rental at Skyscanner. Based in Edinburgh, Skyscanner is the biggest global online travel marketplace in the world. It’s a place where people are inspired to plan and book direct from millions of travel options at the best prices. Skyscanner was recently acquired by CTrip. Nik is responsible for the overall performance of Skyscanner’s hotel and car rental business.

Prior to Skyscanner Nik was the owner and Board member of BDL Hotels, UK’s largest hotel development and management company with over 60 Hotels in its portfolio. In this role, Nik was responsible for all commercial activity of the company - overseeing distribution, sales, marketing, reservation centres and revenue management. As a hotel owner and franchisee of both InterContinental Hotel and Wyndham Hotels, Nik was appointed Vice Chairman of IHG Owners Global Distribution & Revenue Committee, Chairman of IHG’s UK Marketing Forum and Chairman of Wyndham Hotels UK Marketing Group.

Nik has also worked with IHG in Sri Lanka, Oberoi Hotels in India and Fairmont in USA.

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The Digital Traveler: Getting to Know Your Customer

Saturday, August 5th, 2017

16:45 Hotelier Panel: Driving Direct Bookings Through Online Platforms

Hotels are investing in new talent and technologies in order to drive direct bookings from their web and mobile property. Our panel of hoteliers from the world’s largest brands share what their companies are doing to win the booking, including:
• Strategies for incentive programs and exclusive, member-only rates to generate direct bookings
• Improving the way we use data to cultivate customer loyalty
• Understanding trends in the hotel booking war