Steve Barrett

Steve has over twenty years experience in the travel and GDS technology industries.

Steve began his travel industry career at TWA, where he held various positions within the Reservations, Distribution, and Sales & Marketing departments. In 1991, he joined Worldspan Services Limited at its formation, working across many areas of business development.

In 1996, Steve was appointed as UK Country Manager where he lead Worldspan’s largest business unit outside of the United States. Steve successfully ran the UK business for over two years, winning significant new business. In this role he was particular successful in expanding the companies UK regional footprint.

Promoted to Director for Southern Europe and Distributors in 1998, Steve was responsible for Worldspan’s direct businesses in the Southern European region and managed Worldspan’s distributors in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. His responsibilities included sales & marketing, and commercial operations. During this time, Steve gained wide-ranging experience and insight into the Pan European and Middle Eastern travel technology industry. In 2003, he was appointed to the position of Director EMEA.

As Director EMEA, Steve ran the marketing, sales, and account development operations in 17 countries. Working with large national and multi national travel companies in EMEA helped further develop his unique insight into the demands, requirements and the complexity of the European GDS travel technology marketplace.

Steve holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Kingston University, London and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Chartered Management Institute.