Terry Jones is the founder and former
CEO
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
of
Travelocity, chairman of
Kayak.com,
CIO
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Organizations
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* Central Intelligence Office, the national intelligence agency of the former Republic of Vietnam
* Central Intellige ...
of
Sabre Inc.
Sabre Corporation is a travel technology company based in Southlake, Texas. It is the largest global distribution systems provider for air bookings in North America. American Airlines founded the company in 1960, and it was spun off in 2000.
I ...
, and motivational speaker.
A graduate of
Denison University in
Granville, Ohio, Jones entered the travel industry in 1971 as a travel agent with Vega Travel in Chicago. He later served as vice president of Travel Advisors for five years, a company specializing in
business travel to Eastern Europe and the USSR, with offices in Chicago and Moscow. Jones has served on boards for Earthlink, Overture Services Corp (until sold to Yahoo!), Entrust, Inc, La Quinta Corporation (until sold to Blackstone) and Vendare Media until the board size was reduced.
He lectures worldwide about innovation and building digital relationships in business and holds several patents. He serves on the board of directors of
Luxury Link
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,
Rearden Commerce and
Smart Destinations
Smart or SMART may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Smart'' (Hey! Say! JUMP album), 2014
* Smart (Hotels.com), former mascot of Hotels.com
* ''Smart'' (Sleeper album), 1995 debut album by Sleeper
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. He is chairman of the board of
Kayak.com, and is a special venture partner with General Catalyst Partners.
Jones is also a consultant, in his company Essential Ideas.
In an April 2021 interview with Kent German, a Senior Managing Editor for CNET, Terry suggests COVID vaccination should not be kept private and likens vaccination status to that of someone having a disability stating, "If someone finds out my vaccination status, I'm not sure that's a bad thing."
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American chief executives of travel and tourism industry companies
Living people
Denison University alumni
Chief information officers
Year of birth missing (living people)