Bryan Batista Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Skyscanner Ltd in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Skyscanner, a global leader in travel, announces that Bryan Batista has been appointed CEO, taking over the role from John Mangelaars. Batista is currently the Chief Operating Officer and will become CEO on the 1st June 2025.
Skyscanner connects over 160m users1 in 180 countries and 37 languages to more than 1200 flight, hotel and car hire partners every month. Rail and package travel options are also now available in select markets2, giving even more choice to travellers who are planning their next trip.
In the last year, Skyscanner experienced record performances across its travel products, with double digit growth in flights, car hire and accommodation and broke into high growth markets, including India where it expects to double its audience.
Bryan joined Skyscanner in January 2024 as Chief Operating Officer. He previously held leadership positions at Tesla and at Booking.com as CEO of Rentalcars.com and SVP of their Trips business unit. Since joining, Bryan has been instrumental in building and implementing the company's long-term strategic vision across the company, which sees Skyscanner search 100 billion prices every day to help travellers plan and book their trip with ease and confidence.
1 Jan-March 2025 users flight, hotel and car (average)
2 Rail is available in UK, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, US, South Korea and Spain on desktop and mobile web, for users accessing from selected markets. Package is currently available on UK and Ireland POSA only.
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