Sabre appoints skilled journey know-how govt Derek Sharp to steer rising Lodging, Ground and Media enterprise

SOUTHLAKE, Texas, Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sabre (NASDAQ: SABR) in the present day introduced the appointment of Derek Sharp as Senior Vice President, Lodging, Ground and Media, the place he’ll lead one of many firm’s key development initiatives. His appointment comes as Sabre broadens the journey choices out there by its market and invests in higher connectivity for companies, suppliers and different companions.

He succeeds Chinmai Sharma, who’s leaving Sabre after main the Lodging, Ground and Media enterprise by an necessary interval of development. Sharp will construct on that momentum by deepening provider relationships, strengthening buyer engagement, increasing content material high quality and selection, and making it simpler for journey patrons to buy, evaluate and promote throughout a broader vary of journey choices.

Sabre’s hotel-related income elevated 11% yr over yr within the second quarter, reflecting continued progress in increasing the corporate’s lodging content material, capabilities and buyer adoption. Sabre additionally sees extra potential in synergistic platform choices of media and information, the place scale, business insights and know-how may also help journey patrons and suppliers make extra knowledgeable choices.

“Lodging, ground transportation and media represent important areas of opportunity for Sabre as we continue to evolve our ever-expanding marketplace and create more value for customers,” stated Andy Finkelstein, Chief Commercial Officer of Travel Marketplace at Sabre. “Derek brings deep experience across travel, technology and professional services, with a strong record of leading commercial and operational teams. His customer focus, global experience and track record of delivering results will help accelerate this business in its next phase.”

Sharp has greater than three a long time of management expertise throughout journey, transportation, IT providers {and professional} providers. He has held senior roles with organizations together with EDS/HP, CWT and Travelport, and has led industrial and operational groups throughout the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific. His background consists of reshaping enterprise fashions, enhancing profitability, enhancing buyer choices and constructing strategic partnerships.

“I’m excited to join Sabre at such an important moment for the travel industry,” stated Sharp. “As an Agentic AI leader, Sabre has a significant opportunity to help agencies and suppliers access richer options and create more connected shopping experiences across lodging, ground, media and data. I look forward to working with the team to build on that momentum.”

Sharp joins Sabre September 8 and can report back to Finkelstein. 

About Sabre

Powering the agentic revolution in journey. Sabre is an AI-native know-how chief, backed by one of many world’s largest journey information clouds. With AI at its core and working at unparalleled scale, Sabre transforms insights into innovation, empowering airways, hoteliers, companies and different companions to retail, distribute and fulfill journey worldwide. Sabre is constructed on an open, modular, cloud-native structure and serves because the spine for each established leaders and daring, new disruptors, guiding them to the following age of journey retailing by clever, linked, and personalised experiences. For extra data go to www.sabre.com.  

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