Former BCD Americas President, On-line Reserving Pioneer Danny Hood Dies

Former BCD Journey president and trade pioneer Danny Hood died over the previous weekend, BCD introduced.

Hood for many years has been a fixture within the company journey trade, working all through the Nineteen Eighties into the early Nineties as an govt at Company Journey Worldwide and subsequently American Categorical, following its acquisition of Company Journey Worldwide. He joined BCD, then World Journey BTI, in 1993 and served as president of the Americas till January 2006. He rejoined BCD as president of the Americas in 2008 for a two-year stint.

“The success and partnerships he helped forge throughout these early life of our historical past laid the muse for what we all know at this time as BCD Journey,” BCD stated in an announcement. “He left an indelible mark on our firm and the many individuals who knew him, and he can be sorely missed.”

Hood additionally helped discovered TRX and helped to pioneer the trade’s first direct-connect expertise and one of many first on-line reserving engines. He continued to work as an trade advisor following his retirement at BCD and extra lately was a board member and minority stakeholder in resell reserving seize service CapTrav. 

BTN named Hood to its Business Travel Hall of Fame in 2013.