Gino EngelsCo Founder

United Kingdom - ND

Gino Engels co-founded OTA Insight in 2012. The company has since grown from a small disrupter challenging an established marketplace, to a business supporting over 55,000 hotels and accommodation providers in 168 countries.

As Chief Customer Officer, Gino is working with the hospitality industry’s most progressive innovators as well as established global and local players to deliver a suite of industry-leading technology solutions. He leads the delivery and continued development of OTA Insight’s product portfolio and is driven by the company’s mission to help the hospitality industry visualize and leverage its data.
Gino’s main objective is to bring affordable revenue tools to market which enable hotels and accommodation providers around the world to implement a profitable revenue, distribution and marketing strategy.

Gino regularly contributes his expert knowledge on the hospitality sector to articles and publications on current trending topics and also frequently speaks at industry events in the US, APAC and across Europe.
He was recently awarded the HSMAI TOP 25 Americas Extraordinary Minds in 2018 and HSMAI Top 20 Europe Extraordinary Minds in 2017. The awards recognize leaders in sales, marketing, and revenue optimization of hospitality, travel, and tourism organizations for their accomplishments in the preceding 18 months.

OTA Insight now operates from offices in London, Ghent, Dallas, New York, Singapore, Sydney, Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo and in 2017, after 5 years of explosive growth the firm raised a $20M growth equity round led by Eight Roads and F-Prime Capital, the venture arm of financial behemoth Fidelity Investments.
In 2018, 2019 and 2020 OTA Insight was honoured by The Sunday Times Tech Fast Track as one of Britain’s fastest-growing private technology companies.

Before co-founding OTA Insight, Gino had a successful career with roles at some of the world’s largest corporations where he worked with leading global retailers to develop profitable retail strategies.