Gianni Marostica

Gianni Marostica

Board Member, Hyatt; Chair at Travalyst Inc; Managing Director, Google Inc., Mentor, MIT Sandbox Innovation, Director US National Council, Atlantic Salmon Federation

MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program•Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Experience38+ Years
LevelStaff

Executive Overview

A dynamic and results-oriented executive with over 30 years of global leadership experience in P&L management, Business Development, execution, strategic partnerships, and commercial strategy within the travel and technology sectors. Gianni’s travel experience has been in the Airline, Hotelier and OTA sectors. He has led two software companies in both decision support, search, and mission critical software. Gianni worked at Google for 13.5 years, as the head of Global Business Development, responsible for all Travel and Local products including Flight Search, Hotel search, Things to do and Dining (restaurants and food ordering) Prior to Google, Gianni served as Chief Commercial Officer at ITA Software, a privately held startup in Cambridge, MA, offering pricing and shopping solutions to the industry. Gianni also served as President, Airline Passenger Solutions at Sabre Holdings Corp, providing mission critical and decision support software solutions to suppliers and intermediaries. He also served as the Managing Partner for Worldwide Consulting. His international assignments have been in Montreal, Paris, and Rome where he participated in or led the turnaround efforts for the privatization of three companies. He graduated with an MBA from the John Molson School of Business at Concordia in Montreal, Canada where he was born. Gianni currently serves on the board of a non-profit, a biotech startup and is involved in mentoring students in various university programs.

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • HyattCurrent
    Apr 2026–Present· 6 mos
    • Board MemberCurrent
      Apr 2026–Present
  • 2026–Present· 9 mos
    • Mentor, Professional DevelopmentCurrent
      2026–Present
  • 2025–Present· 1 yr 9 mos
    • US National CouncilCurrent
      2025–Present
  • TravalystCurrent
    2025–Present· 1 yr 9 mos
    • ChairmanCurrent
      2025–Present
    • Chair
      2025–Present
  • G$MS Inc.Current
    Dec 2024–Present· 1 yr 10 mos
    • Chief Executive OfficerCurrent
      Dec 2024–Present
  • Oct 2024–Present· 2 yrs
    • US National CouncilCurrent
      Oct 2024–Present
  • Jul 2014–Present· 12 yrs 3 mos
    • Board MemberCurrent
      Jul 2014–Present
  • Apr 2011–Oct 2024· 13 yrs 6 mos
    • Managing Director, Global Business Development at Google
      Apr 2011–Oct 2024
  • 2006–Mar 2011· 5 yrs 2 mos
    • Chief Commercial Officer
      2006–Mar 2011
  • Aug 1999–Aug 2006· 7 yrs
    • President, Airline Passenger Solutions
      Sep 2001–Aug 2006
    • Managing Director, Worldwide Consulting
      Aug 1999–Aug 2002
  • 1998–Jul 1999· 1 yr 6 mos
    • EVP Marketing, & Network Planning
      1998–Jul 1999
  • Jul 1995–1998· 2 yrs 6 mos
    • SVP Revenue Management & Distribution
      Jul 1995–1998
  • 1988–1995· 7 yrs
    • Director, Commercial Strategy
      1988–1995

Education

MBA

International Business and Transportation

Concordia University, John Molson School of Business

BComm

Finance & Marketing

Concordia University

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Product ManagementProduct DevelopmentMarketingMarketing StrategyProduct MarketingE-commerceManagementSales ManagementMobile DevicesSalesNegotiationContract NegotiationOnline AdvertisingAirlinesStrategic PartnershipsPricingInternational SalesBusiness StrategyStart-upsBusiness Development