David Litman Explained

David Litman was born in New York in 1957. He lived in the UK from 1967-1975. He attended Sussex House School from 1968-1971 and City of London School from 1971-1975. He is a graduate of Cornell University (1979) and Cornell Law School (1982).[1]

In 1991 David Litman, along with Bob Diener, founded Hotel Reservations Network (HRN), which later became Hotels.com in 2001.[2] He was voted as the best performing lodging industry CEO of 2002.[3] Litman sold the company to IAC in 2003.[4]

In 2009 Litman and Bob Diener launched Getaroom.com, a hotel booking site.[5] Litman currently co-chairs the Texas Business for Clean Air with Garrett Boone, founder of Dallas-based the Container Store.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cynthia . Tkachuck . Profiles: David Litman '82 . Cornell Law Forum . Summer–Fall 2006 .
  2. Web site: The Definitive oral history of online travel. Schaal. Dennis. 2016. Skift. 15 June 2016.
  3. News: Lodging Industry's Top Performing CEO of 2002. 2009-07-08.
  4. Web site: USA Interactive and Hotels.com Announce Merger Agreement IAC . iac.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130330095631/http://www.iac.com/media-room/press-releases/usa-interactive-and-hotelscom-announce-merger-agreement . 2013-03-30.
  5. News: Katherine Cromer . Brock . Founders of hotels.com start new venture . Dallas Business Journal . 2009-07-08 .
  6. News: Margaret . Allen . Green business group says its work not done . Dallas Business Journal . 2007-03-02 .

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