Wyndham World Wide

Geoff Ballotti

President and Chief Executive Officer
Wyndham Exchange & Rentals

 

Geoff Ballotti is President and Chief Executive Officer of Wyndham Exchange & Rentals, a subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation and the global leader in vacation exchange and European rentals with exclusive access for specified periods to more than 73,000 vacation properties around the world.

As head of Wyndham Exchange & Rentals, Ballotti oversees a network of renowned accommodation brands around the world and over 8,000 associates in approximately 60 offices located in 33 countries worldwide. The company serves more than 3.8 million leisure travelers around the world.

Prior to his appointment to Wyndham Exchange & Rentals in March of 2008, Ballotti was most recently president of the North America division of Starwood Hotels and Resorts where he led a portfolio of 450 hotels with 65,000 associates and system-wide revenues in excess of $10 billion. During his 19 years with Starwood, he served in various roles including real estate development, call center and travel distribution management, marketing, sales, and regional multi-brand hotel operations. Ballotti also brings international and global experience to Wyndham Exchange and Rentals, having led operations for Starwood in Europe. He speaks both French and Italian.

Among his achievements, Ballotti drove a number of initiatives to improve sales and marketing capabilities with a focus on significantly improving Starwood’s sales culture and operational accountability. He helped raise the profile of revenue management, gain leadership in the emerging CRM and online marketing areas and launch a highly successful and innovative Six Sigma program focused on best practice process improvement. All of these initiatives helped drive industry-leading top and bottom line performance for Starwood.

Before entering the hospitality industry, Ballotti earned his BA from the University at Colby College and his MBA from Harvard, and worked for the Bank of New England in corporate and commercial real estate finance.

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