Executive Team
Through the experienced leadership of our corporate travel executive team, Travelocity Business provides knowledgeable solutions for every corporate travel need.
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Yannis Karmis President Travelocity Business |
Appointed as president of Travelocity Business in October 2009, Yannis Karmis brings a unique perspective to his role as leader of one of the fastest growing travel management companies in North America. Mr. Karmis spent the past two years living and working in Latin America, managing customer service activities for airline, hotel, and agency-focused businesses in the Sabre Holdings family. His range of experience serves Travelocity Business and its clients well as the agency helps corporations drive the most value for their travel spend in a rapidly evolving global economy.
Prior to Travelocity Business, Mr. Karmis spent 12 years working in various positions at Sabre Holdings and Sabre Travel Network. Most recently, he served as vice president of global customer support for Sabre Travel Network in Montevideo, Uruguay. As general manager of Sabre Uruguay, Mr. Karmis led the expansion of Sabre’s second-largest office to more than 800 employees. The global customer support facility in Montevideo supports numerous Sabre brands, including Sabre Travel Network’s 55,000 travel agency customer locations in 45 countries, Sabre Airline Solutions, GetThere, SynXis, Travelocity Business, and Nexion.
Mr. Karmis was vice president of customer solutions and technical sales for Sabre Travel Network from 2006 to 2007, responsible for travel agency product sales and business development. In this role, he oversaw a significant increase in product adoption among North American corporate and leisure agencies, as well as the expansion of Sabre’s relationships with prominent online travel agencies.
Mr. Karmis earned a master's degree in business administration from the Neeley School at Texas Christian University, and a bachelor's degree from Virginia Tech. He also completed the Certified Travel Counselor (CTC) Program offered by the Travel Institute.
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Joel Bailey Vice President Global Operations |
Joel Bailey is responsible for managing TBiz's end-to-end service offering, including the global call centers and fulfillment technology. His key focus is delivering traveler services and consulting with customers to find new ways to leverage technology to increase efficiencies and reduce costs. Bailey manages implementations and ongoing configuration that support customers through the entire lifecycle to help maximize the value from TBiz's online technology and self-service tools.
Prior to TBiz, Bailey had a 14-year career with Sabre and held various Product Marketing and Business Development positions. Most notably, he was involved in the creation of "Turbo Sabre," the company's first Windows desktop platform for travel agents, and Sabre Business Travel Solutions, Sabre's pioneer introduction of an integrated corporate booking tool/reporting solution. Bailey has also worked in Product Marketing at IBM and was involved in the company's efforts to upgrade its office platform to a graphical user environment with the introduction of OS/2. He holds a B.B.A. from Southern Methodist University and currently resides in Dallas.
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Blake Goodwin Vice President Product Marketing and Development |
Bringing a wealth of airline and GDS experience, Blake Goodwin joined the Travelocity Business team with more than 17 years of service at Sabre Holdings. As VP of Product Marketing and Development, Goodwin is responsible for fulfillment products and services. Goodwin has assumed increasing levels of responsibilities within Sabre Travel Network in Operations, Vendor Management, Product Development and Product Marketing.
Most recently, he served as a Principle in the Point-of-Sale Product Marketing team, where he developed and led the global strategy for platform migrations, led merchandizing tools strategy in Point-of-Sale Marketing and acted as the liaison for joint ventures in support of joint Product Marketing initiatives. Before joining the Travel Network Marketing Organization, Goodwin served as manager for global maintenance and hardware helpdesk support, which entailed managing agreements for more than $40 million in vendor contract spend. Goodwin's customer-focus and attention to detail have helped him succeed at managing global operations and hardware support.
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