jane lewis

Commercial expertise for aspiring organisations

About

Your outsourced Commercial Consultancy ...

Jane Lewis is a senior global commercial executive specialising in the hospitality, travel, and related technology sector.

With over 25 years experience and unparalleled expertise in developing and implementing successful commercial strategies, Jane has held leadership positions and built high-performing teams in some of the world’s most respected blue-chip organisations including American Express, Orbitz Worldwide, Travelport, Thomas Cook and ITT Sheraton. She has also sat on the boards and provided advisory to travel tech start-ups, established companies, and non-profit associations. After a long and fulfilling career, Jane now runs her own consultancy practice, providing bespoke services to senior leaders and their teams, investors and executive boards on industry related topics, trends and everything Commercial!

Jane holds a Bachelor in Hospitality and Tourism Management from British Columbia Institute of Technology in Vancouver and studied marketing at the University of Wales in the United Kingdom.

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Testimonials

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I had the pleasure of working with Jane when I was responsible for the Hotel business group at Amadeus. Jane provided Amadeus with consulting services and helped us define our various strategies for the distribution side of the business. I found Jane to be thoroughly professional with deep and broad subject matter expertise. She worked extremely well with the teams and drove the collaborative efforts to help us align and execute on the business goals and objectives. Jane is an outstanding travel services/hospitality industry professional and provides an exceptional level of value to any organization.

J. Edwards, EVP, Global Head of Hotel Group, Amadeus

Jane is totally transparent, very clear in what she wanted, and took time to explain the important details which are key to knowing in order to deliver a successful hiring assignment. Jane has a very positive approach to everything she does which makes her a great person to partner with.

I. Brooks, Partner & Co-founder, Gail Kenny Recruitment

Jane's work experience speaks for its self In terms of her skills, we worked together between 2005 and 2008 and Jane proved herself to be a dedicated and highly professional manager with well-developed team management and communication skills. She had comprehensive understanding and experience of the hotel sector, which helped to make her both a perceptive negotiator and an innovator in distribution in this space. Given these attributes, it is no surprise to me that she has continued to progress to increasingly senior positions in a successful career.

B. Conway, Global Head Commercial Supplier Relations, Travelport

I have known Jane for many years and have always found her to be extraordinarily focused on delivering her best in every situation. She is an expert in distribution and builds a strong relationship with business partners. She has always been a leader in her industry and is an asset to any organization, board, or company to which she contributes. I highly recommend Jane.

C. Helsel, President HEDNA

Jane was a key member of my management team as we worked to develop a new comprehensive hospitality strategy for Travelport. Jane did an excellent job in directing the efforts of the Land & Sea business in EMEA and APAC, and was an engaged leader with her team. She is extremely customer focused, and has a thorough knowledge of the complexities of the hotel, rental car and leisure distribution channels. Jane is an effective manager, and consistently set high standards for her team to perform to, providing direction and support as needed. She was willing to do whatever it took to get the job done. I thoroughly enjoyed my time working with Jane, and would highly recommend her.

F. Lugli, SVP Commercial, Travelport

Jane is highly collaborative, encouraging others to share their views in order to ensure all involved participate fully. She is a strong team leader and adept at getting the very best out of geographically located teams. Jane is an innovative thinker, able to see the big picture whilst maintaining a focus on the tactical execution.

J. Ryan, VP Hotel Services, Orbitz Worldwide