Neha joined Booking.com (Amsterdam) as Managing Director, Attractions in Dec'21. Prior to joining the Booking.com family, she was with Expedia Group (Seattle, Geneva) for 7.5 years leading several entrepreneurial concepts and turning them into successful multi-million dollar businesses for the company. Some notable highlights include:
Insurance (Seattle, 2014-16): Developed and scaled the travel insurance business of Expedia, thus turning it into a viable vertical with noteworthy mention in earnings reports soon after.
Accommodations (Seattle, 2016-2018): Created and launched Expedia Powered Technology, a bundle of data, tech. and marketing capabilities similar to BookingSuite, to be more strategic partners with largest hotel chains and change the conversation from commissions to total partnership value. As part of the lodging strategy team, also led conceptualization, discovery, set-up/spin-off of several incubation initiatives and businesses (Eg. Meetings & Events, Ownership Groups, Connectivity Vendor Marketplace) within Expedia.
Multi-Sourcing Marketplace - Accommodations, Packages (Geneva, 2019-2021): Super-charged Multi-Sourcing Marketplace business, concept similar to Booking.Basic for Lodging and Packages, into growth (delivering 2x in Non-Covid revenue, flat revenue despite Covid) by redefining the business strategy, signing strategic deals and doubling down on US growth.
Prior to Expedia, she has a background in finance at Microsoft and Product/Tech. at SAP thus rounding up her general management experience.
When she is not working, she loves travelling and embarking on hiking, wakeboarding, swimming and snowboarding adventures.