Mrs. Chicke Fitzgerald
Chief Executive Officer, SOLUTIONZ GROUP INTERNATIONAL INC
Member of the Leisure & Lodging Council
Council Member Biography
Chicke Fitzgerald is the Chief Executive Officer of the Solutionz Group, a consulting company specializing in travel industry which she formed in 1995. Ms. Fitzgerald is available through GLG for phone consultations, M&A due diligence, research projects and as an expert witness. Ms. Fitzgerald has over 30 years of experience in electronic distribution and marketing, specializing in the travel, transportation, mapping, mobile, navigation, search and telecommunications industries. She is also a pioneer in social media and social commerce. She specializes in strategic planning, joint venture partnerships, multi-channel distribution, marketing plan development and execution, business startup support, outsourcing and business process re-engineering. She has published a three book series on travel distribution. She has held executive positions at Sabre and Worldspan and has been a consultant to AX, AAA, Travelport, Amadeus, Panasonic, Motorola, Intel and Carlson Companies. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2006 - 2009
- Founder and Chief Executive Officer, LeisureLogix, LLC
- 1995 - Unspecified
- Chief Executive Officer, SOLUTIONZ GROUP INTERNATIONAL INC
- 1994 - 1995
- Sr. Director, SITA Telecommunications/Equant
- 1992 - 1994
- Senior Director, Worldspan
- 1982 - 1992
- Sr. Director, SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION
GLG NewsSM Analyses by Chicke Fitzgerald(?)
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Google's entry into travel - Extending the obsession with the air traveler
July 12, 2010
Facts about Google's acquisition of ITA | www.google.com
Last week, Google announced its acquisition of ITA, a Boston-based technology firm devoted to the development of technology to assist with the search and purchase of airline tickets. They reported a price tag of $700 million in cash.I originally wrote about this transaction on April 23rd, in an article titled Travel Game Changer - What does Google's potential acquisition of ITA mean?
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Dare to Differentiate - Travel, Mapping and Content Industry Challenge
July 9, 2010
Stop the Obsession with the Air Traveler | distribution-solutionz.blogspot.com
The more competition you face, the greater the need to highlight the differentiation -- the unique advantage of your product or service -- in order to succeed in the marketplace.Successful companies in all industries have long engaged in head-to-head competition in search of sustained, profitable growth. They have fought for competitive advantage, battled over market share, and struggled to balance differentiation with both risk and available resources for development.
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Travel Game Changer - What does Google's potential acquisition of ITA mean?
April 23, 2010
Earlier this week, Bloomberg released a story "Google Said to Be in Talks to Buy Travel Company ITA". They report that venture funded ITA may be seeking as much as $1b. Who is ITA Software and why are they appealing to Google?Whether this rumor is indeed true, what would this mean for the GDS & OTA industries?How would this acquisition impact Google? Would it create new opportunity for Yahoo and Bing if Google's travel advertisers decide to boycot their new direct competitor?
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GDS - Private to Public and Back - eCommerce Pioneers continue their evolution
April 23, 2010
Amadeus IT Group SA (Amadeus) is one of the world’s leading IT solutions providers for the travel and tourism industry, offering transaction processing capabilities to travel service providers and travel agencies. On Tuesday of this week Amadeus announced plans to launch their IPO April 29th on the Madrid Stock Exchange. They will seek to raise 910 million euros ($1.23 billion) to pay off debt. Amadeus competes head to head with Travelport and Sabre, both privately held.
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The Future of the GDS as privately held companies
February 11, 2010
Travelport Defers U.K. IPO, Cancels Debt Tender Offer (Update1) | www.businessweek.com
Travelport cancelled its IPO and debt tender offer this week, citing "volatile equity market conditions". Travelport started the share sale on Feb. 1 with a marketing process to sell between 383 million and 528 million shares at a price of 210 pence to 290 pence apiece. The IPO would have been the biggest in the U.K. since 2007, giving the company a so-called enterprise value of 8.8 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
GLG Study Groups with Chicke Fitzgerald(?)
GLG Live Meetings with Chicke Fitzgerald(?)
Chicke Fitzgerald has not participated in any GLG Live Meetings.
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