Wendy Olson Killion Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Rome2Rio in Richmond, Australia
Rome2Rio, the global trip planner, owned by the Omio Group, which helps millions of travelers plan trips from anywhere to anywhere in the world, announces the appointment of Wendy Olson Killion as its new Chief Executive Officer. With nearly 25 years of experience in online marketing, sales, product, and technology and an extensive travel industry background, Olson Killion is excellently suited to position Rome2Rio as the world's trusted travel planning platform and scale the company globally.
Previously, Olson Killion led Expedia Group Media Solutions, the travel advertising platform of Expedia Group, where she was responsible for leading the business, which included product, analytics, engineering, strategy, operations, marketing, and commercial partner-facing teams. She also ran her own consultancy firm and has served on various industry boards.
Olson Killion follows Yesh Munnangi, who successfully led Rome2Rio, which was acquired by the Omio Group in 2019, for the previous five years. Munnangi carefully navigated the COVID-19 pandemic and retained all employees during that period. Afterward, he fueled the scale-up recovery and tripled its revenue: Today, Rome2Rio, gathers data from over 12.000 transportation providers worldwide. More than 50 million monthly visits make Rome2Rio a vital resource for travelers worldwide to compare the cheapest, quickest, and most convenient travel options in one spot.
Rome2Rio is a global trip-planning platform to quickly research, compare, and coordinate transport options in 240+ countries and territories worldwide, by just entering two addresses, towns, landmarks, attractions, or cities anywhere in the world; Rome2Rio shows you the possible ways to travel. Rome2Rio was founded in Melbourne, Australia in 2010 and was acquired by the Omio Group, the Berlin-based travel booking platform, in 2019.