Dave Harvey on corporate travel
From Southwest Airlines & Sabre Talk Business Travel Recovery | Southwest Business · · SouthwestAirlines
“At Southwest Business, we’re continuing to extend our mission of making it easier for businesses to do business with us and providing channel of choice.”
On , Dave Harvey, Vice President & Chief Sales Officer at Southwest Airlines, spoke about corporate travel during Southwest Airlines & Sabre Talk Business Travel Recovery | Southwest Business on SouthwestAirlines.
About Dave Harvey
Dave Harvey, Vice President & Chief Sales Officer at Southwest Airlines, has been involved in discussions about the recovery of business travel and the expansion of Southwest's distribution channels. In April 2021, Harvey spoke with Erika Moore of Sabre, describing the sentiment toward travel recovery as "cautiously optimistic" and noting that leisure travel was strong while corporate travel was beginning to pick up. He stated that Southwest Business was focused on making it easier for businesses to do business with the airline and providing "channel of choice." In a separate November 2020 conversation with Amadeus President Decius Valmorbida, Harvey discussed the first anniversary of Southwest Business, a unit launched in August 2019 to improve the airline's service to corporate customers. He said that customers had requested Southwest content through Amadeus, and that the integration between the two companies' teams had enabled a rapid launch. Harvey also noted that the COVID-19 pandemic had been "tremendously challenging" for the industry, but expressed optimism about a rebound, stating that he expected a "Roaring 20s" recovery over the following 18 to 24 months.