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CEO

Katie Briscoe

Katie Briscoe is CEO of MMGY Global, a $100 million integrated travel marketing firm operating around the world. Katie leads international strategy and agency operations across five continents and hundreds of travel clients while shaping policy for over 550 team members in 14 global offices. She also leads an international management team that focuses on innovative work, business development, finance, human resources as well as mergers and acquisitions. 

Katie’s leadership experience with influential travel companies includes Club Med, Marriott International, Namibia Tourism, SIXT Rental Car, Travel Michigan and Wyndham Hotel Group. She currently sits on the board of the U.S. Travel Association and is a member of the World Travel & Tourism Council. Katie has been appointed to the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Board and was the recipient of HSMAI’s 2017 Chair’s Leadership Award. 

In 2021, Katie was selected as  the 2021 recipient of CBIZ’s Women Transforming Business Award, recognizing her as one of the country’s great visionaries and transformative female leaders. In 2022, she was named to the select group of “Woman Who Mean Business” by The Kansas City Business Journal.

Katie is a frequent speaker at travel conferences, including Destinations International, Eye for Travel, The IMPACT Sustainability Travel and Tourism Conference, Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition, Luxury Travel Advisor's Ultra Summit and US Travel Association’s CEO Roundtable. She has been featured by  The New York Times, Shape Magazine, AFAR and Skift, and she contributes to travel industry think tanks around the world including the Women In Travel Symposium (WITS) and The Travel Outlook Forum.

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