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Mr. Gancos

James Gancos

Chief Executive Officer & Founder, The Guestbook

James Gancos is a seasoned hotel executive and innovator in the revenue management, distribution, and loyalty disciplines. He has been moderator, panelist, and presenter at countless industry events, including the Direct Booking Summit, Revenue Strategy Summit, Eye for Travel, Independent Lodging Congress, and Revenue Optimization Conference.

Mr. Gancos is currently CEO & Founder of The Guestbook - an holistic direct booking conversion, loyalty, and distribution platform for over 600 hotels that utilizes cash rewards to drive meaningful business results. Mr. Gancos and his team at The Guestbook recently launched a sister service, Gopher, that works for any hotel. Gopher is a Chrome extension that pops up on major OTAs with a link to the respective hotel's own booking engine with a “guaranteed better deal” through a combination of rate and cash rewards.

Prior to founding The Guestbook, Mr. Gancos held General Manager positions at the W Los Angeles, W Istanbul, and Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas as well as Hotel Manager positions at the Sheraton Seattle and Sheraton Kauai Resort in Hawaii.  In addition, he served as North America Director of Operations for Starwood for three years working directly for the divisional President on all aspects of division management.  He has served on the board of the Hotel Association of Los Angeles and represented hotels for multiple corporate IT, revenue management, and loyalty projects.

Prior to Starwood, Mr. Gancos worked as a Senior Consultant for Ernst & Young specializing in business process reengineering and IT-enablement projects for fortune 500 companies across multiple industries. 

Mr. Gancos graduated Cum Laude from Duke University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School.  

Please visit http://www.theguestbook.com for more information.

Mr. Gancos can be contacted at 323-538-0002 or [email protected]