She will be based in New York, overseeing marketing, customer experience and revenue growth
Lisa Checchio, former chief marketing officer at Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, is the new chief commercial officer of Miami-based EBG, an e-commerce provider specializing in travel and entertainment.
By Vishnu Rageev RJan 31, 2025
Lisa Checchio is the new chief commercial officer of Miami-based EBG, an e-commerce provider specializing in travel and entertainment. She joins from Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, where she was executive vice president and chief marketing officer.
In the new role, Checchio will oversee marketing, customer experience, revenue growth, and related functions, including creative services, loyalty and CRM, corporate sales, client services, data analytics and communications, EBG said in a statement.
She will report to Founder and CEO Brett Reizen and be based in EBG’s New York office.
“Lisa’s proven track record in building brands and customer experiences will drive growth at EBG as we execute our strategic vision,” said Reizen. “Ahead of our 25-year anniversary, her expertise will help us chart future success and strengthen EBG’s leadership in the industry.”
Checchio brings 25 years of experience in travel, hospitality, and sports, having led revenue and commercial strategy at Wyndham. She also led Wyndham Rewards. Prior to Wyndham, she spent 11 years at JetBlue, overseeing brand strategy, marketing, and partnerships.
In May, Wyndham named Amit Sripathi chief development officer, succeeding Chip Ohlsson, who left in June. Previously SVP of strategic and corporate development, Sripathi now leads North American franchise sales.
Anjula Pandya is now vice president of business development at Dellisart LLC, a hotel ownership, management, and development company. In this role, she will oversee client relations, management partnerships, and brand development across North America.
Pandya has led market expansion, revenue growth, and strategic partnerships over a 20-year career, Dellisart said in a statement.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Anjula to the Dellisart team,” said Douglas Artusio, Dellisart’s chairman and CEO. “Her proven ability to grow brands, strengthen client relationships, and lead with vision and empathy aligns perfectly with our mission to deliver exceptional service and results for our partners.”
Pandya’s experience includes roles at IHG and Atica Global, where she contributed to sales strategy, membership development, and owner engagement.
Dellisart provides hotel management and a la carte services: Hotel Sales Max offers remote sales support; Hotel Rev Max optimizes rates, channel management, and revenue strategy; and Hotel Digital Max enhances digital reach through SEO, email campaigns, social media, and online ads.
Pandya expressed excitement about joining Dellisart Hospitality and supporting its growth and client success.
“I look forward to building lasting partnerships and delivering the performance and service owners and operators deserve,” she said.
In a separate development, Maya Hotels appointed Amber Maccari as director of commercial performance to lead revenue, sales, marketing, pricing and distribution strategies.
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THE HOSPITALITY WOMEN’S Innovation Council recently joined as the 34th member of the Women in Hospitality Leadership Alliance to support women and underserved communities across the industry. The council will encourage women to take part in the messaging, programs and initiatives shared by all WHLA groups.
WHLA was founded in 2021 as a consortium of organizations working to advance women in hospitality.
“The alliance is the flagship organization promoting women across the hotel industry, and the council is thrilled to join their ranks as the latest group helping to build bridges across the hospitality tech landscape,” said Georgine Muntz, Visual Matrix’s CEO. “Through collaboration and ongoing contact, the council has helped create a groundswell of support for women’s growth and development across hospitality tech, and alongside the alliance, we plan to continue escalating the conversation until our industry is as innovative and efficient as we all know it can be.”
HWIC, formed in 2023 with support from Visual Matrix, addresses hotel challenges and promotes collaboration across tech roles and stakeholders, the duo said in a statement. The council includes executives from hotel companies, technology developers, AHLA’s ForWard members and others.
Rachel Humphrey, WHLA’s founder and chair, said they have actively participated in the rapid development of the Women’s Innovation Council.
“We are excited to formally welcome them to the alliance, help amplify their efforts, and foster collaboration among all the organizations,” she said. “Together, we are stronger, and the entire hotel industry benefits.”
WHLA and CJ Media Solutions will offer quarterly media training for participating organizations, led by media and PR professionals across interviews, videos, podcasts, and panels. In August, WHLA launched an interactive speaker directory featuring over 700 senior-level women experts.
GENDER EQUALITY REMAINS a distant goal, with full parity projected to take approximately 134 years to achieve worldwide, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s latest report. Despite increased female workforce participation, women hold only 32 percent of senior leadership roles globally.
White men continue to hold the highest-paying jobs in the U.S., while women occupy just 10 percent of top corporate roles like CEO, COO, and CFO, the report said. The share of women directors in S&P 500 companies reached a record 34 percent last year, but progress in U.S. board representation slowed. In S&P 100 companies, C-suite women fell to 11.8 percent in 2023 from 12.2 percent in 2022.
Women are buying homes at more than twice the rate of men, yet employed women in the U.S. earned just 83 cents for every dollar men made last year, JPMorgan Chase said, citing unadjusted Payscale data.
The report found that the U.S. gender pay gap widens with age. Among workers aged 16 to 24, women earn about 8 percent less than men. The gap expands to 16 percent for prime-age workers. The pay gap widens further to 22 percent for women aged 55 to 64 and 27 percent for those 65 and older.
Despite some progress, the global gender gap across 146 countries remains largely unchanged in 2024, with 68.5 percent closed, factoring in economic and political participation, education, and health, the report said.
Closing the global gender gap by 2030 will require $360 billion in annual investment, JPMorgan Chase said, citing U.N. estimates.
The report noted that the persistent gender pay gap highlights systemic inequalities and the need for ongoing efforts toward pay equity. At the current pace, global gender equality won’t be achieved until the 22nd century, meaning a girl born today would wait until her 97th birthday, surpassing life expectancy in every country, to see full parity.
However, some trends are positive, with prime-age female labor force participation rising to 65.7 percent, surpassing pre-pandemic levels, and women in the U.S. job market reaching a record high.
JPMorgan Chase also noted that women are making “significant strides” in homeownership, with single women buying homes at more than twice the rate of single men despite facing higher mortgage rejection rates.
In September, Belvera Partner found that women make up only 15.6 percent of leaders in the B2B travel technology sector, based on an analysis of top CEOs and industry figures.
Mary Beth Cutshall is the new chief growth officer at Vision Hospitality Group. In this role, she will oversee the expansion of the company’s U.S. hotel portfolio.
“With 35 years of hospitality experience across sales, marketing, acquisitions, and business growth, Mary Beth is the perfect candidate to lead Vision’s growth into new markets and segments with new partners,” said Patel. “She has worked at all levels of the industry—from property-level sales to C-suite positions with major hotel management companies—providing her with invaluable industry insights and meaningful relationships with brands, owners, operators, and virtually every other hotel stakeholder. Mary Beth shares Vision’s purpose-driven mentality, and we have no doubt she will help us achieve our expansion goals.”
Most recently, Cutshall was managing partner and founder of Amara Capital Group, a hospitality and multifamily real estate consultancy and investment firm operating in the U.S. and Europe, Vision said in a statement. Before that, she held multiple corporate roles at Hospitality Ventures Management Group, rising to executive vice president and chief development officer. In that role, she led expansion efforts, overseeing acquisitions, new development and third-party management relationships.
Cutshall said she was immediately drawn to Vision’s values and goals.
“Having known or worked with many of the team members in the past, this was an obvious choice for me,” she said. “As I develop and foster new strategic partnerships to help Vision achieve its growth objectives, I also look forward to mentoring the next generation of talent as they take their next career steps.”
Additionally, Cutshall was corporate director of business development at Hotel Equities, Inc. and held sales and marketing roles at Hotel Investors Trust and Marriott International. A founding member and vice chair of the Castell Project board, she now serves on Marriott’s Women Serving Women council and AHLA’s ForWARD: Advancing Women in Hospitality.
In January, AHLA named Mitch Patel its 2025 board chairman and Anu Saxena, Hilton Supply Management president and global head, chair of the AHLA Foundation Board of Trustees.
Who Is Marissa Mayer, Hilton’s New 2025 Board Member?
MARISSA MAYER, FORMER Yahoo! president and CEO, has been nominated to Hilton Worldwide Holdings' board. If elected, she will succeed longtime director Judith McHale, who plans to retire at this year’s annual meeting in May.
She is currently CEO of Sunshine Products, a startup she co-founded in 2018 that develops consumer apps for automating daily tasks, Hilton said in a statement.
“Hilton’s board of directors has long benefitted from a seasoned team with the right background and experiences to help continue driving the company forward,” said Jon Gray, Hilton’s chairman of the board of directors. “We look forward to welcoming Marissa Mayer given her extensive consumer and technology expertise in a time when new technologies are presenting a wide array of opportunities for companies to grow.”
Gray said Marissa’s track record as a technology innovator, entrepreneur and Fortune 500 CEO makes her well-suited to support Hilton in its next chapter of growth.
Before Yahoo, Mayer, a software engineer by training, was a top Google executive leading Google Search and Google Maps, the statement said. She led Yahoo! from 2012 to 2017, overseeing acquisitions and a corporate downsizing before stepping down after Verizon's acquisition of its core internet business. She also serves on the boards of AT&T, Walmart and Nextdoor Holdings.
McHale, 77, is a former Discovery Communications CEO and served as under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs from 2009 to 2011 under President Obama, the statement said. A Hilton board member since 2013, she has chaired its compensation committee since 2018.
Gray called McHale an exemplary board member during her nearly 12 years with Hilton.
“She has been a steady voice and strong leader on the Audit and Compensation committees, and we are grateful for her many contributions,” Gray said.
Hilton, with more than 8,400 properties in 140 countries, reported $505 million in fourth-quarter 2024 net income and $1.54 billion for the year, with systemwide comparable RevPAR up 3.5 percent on higher occupancy and ADR.