PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Jerne Announces Appointment of Industry Veteran as Chief Commercial Officer
9 July 2024 – Jerne (https://www.jerne.com/), the world’s leading platform connecting 8,500 travel curators and 325 experience providers, announces the appointment of industry veteran, Jeff Sirota, as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).
“As the leading engine for individuals empowering social media influence in travel, we needed a CCO with industry knowledge and relationships who also demands to do things differently,” said Tim Morgan, CEO, Jerne. “Jeff more than fits the bill on both fronts.”
Sirota comes to Jerne with 20 years of industry experience, having previously served as Vice President of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, in addition to recently holding senior positions at J.MAK Hospitality and Protravel International, among others. Sirota co-founded The 1000, a $3 billion club introduced to recognize and amplify the world’s most influential travel advisors. (The 1000 was acquired by Jerne in early 2024.)
“Jeff’s enviable career in the global travel industry is a true testament to his deep relationships and depth of knowledge,” said Morgan. “We are thrilled to welcome Jeff to our team of innovators.”
In his position as CCO, Sirota will oversee Jerne’s commercial partnerships with hotels, cruise lines, tour operators, restaurants, spas, and activity providers around the world. His primary focus is ensuring their success in using Jerne’s proprietary matching technology to build and manage their relationships, content creation and influence, and return-on-investment with Jerne’s global network of travel curators, including travel advisors, influencers, content creators, bloggers, journalists, and more.
“As digital channels increasingly dominate travel distribution, the importance of maintaining a human touchpoint remains key,” said Sirota. “I’m excited to join the Jerne team as they’ve had the foresight to recognize the potential of individual curators and I look forward to us further amplifying their impact on travel purchasing decisions into the future.”
Sirota is based in Miami, Florida, and can be reached at jeff.sirota@jerne.com.
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ABOUT JERNE
Jerne is the world’s leading platform connecting 8,500 influential travel curators and 325 experience providers – hotels, cruise lines, tour operators, restaurants, spas, and every experiential product in between – forming a new channel for travel distribution. Jerne is also notably the Official Creator Economy Partner of Forbes Travel Guide.
For experience providers, Jerne’s end-to-end curator management platform simplifies travel curator sourcing, verification, agreement administration, content management, affiliate booking attribution, commission incentive reconciliation, earned media analytics, ROI reporting, and re-marketing via MyJerne – unlocking the full power of the travel curator distribution channel with Jerne’s proprietary inspiration engine. For travel curators, Jerne’s hundreds of experience provider partnerships open access to thousands of hosted experience opportunities with hotels, restaurants, spas, cruises, tours, and other travel and hospitality experiences that they can share with their followers and earn commission on attributable bookings.
Jerne was co-founded in 2021 by Tim Morgan and Ryan McElroy who have a combined 39 years of travel industry experience, both having worked with or served on advisory boards of some of the world’s leading travel companies. Formerly overseeing Canada & EMEA for Virtuoso, Morgan also co-founded The 1000 (acquired by Jerne), a $3 billion club for the world’s most influential travel advisors. McElroy also co-founded Travel Agency Tribes, a provider of B2B2C travel marketing technologies used by thousands of travel companies and consumers every day. https://www.jerne.com/
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