Global Industry Strategist

The hospitality industry
is being rewritten
by AI.

I've spent 20 years making sure the right people are in the room when it happens.

Speaker. Strategist. Author of The Hospitality Blueprint.

20+
Years in travel & hospitality technology
T100
AHLA Global Technology Recognition
4×
Dreamforce keynote speaker
About

Predict the future
by creating it.

My work sits at the intersection of technology, strategy, and the guest experience, a space that's moving faster than most organizations can track.

For 20+ years I've helped hotels, airlines, and technology companies translate market complexity into action. Today, that means helping leaders understand what agentic AI actually changes, and what it doesn't, before their competitors figure it out.

I don't do vague. I don't do filler. I do the work.


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Experience
Nov 2024 to Present
Global Industry Strategist
Salesforce
Feb 2022 to Present
Industry Advisor
Salesforce · Travel & Hospitality
Aug 2020 to Feb 2022
Head of Hospitality
Salesforce
Prior
Senior Roles
Duetto · Sabre · Oracle Hospitality
What I bring

Three things that matter.

01
Strategic Clarity

I see the full board. My value isn't just knowing the industry. It's knowing which moves matter and in what order. I help organizations identify what's signal and what's noise before it costs them.

02
Intellectual Honesty

I ask the questions people avoid. My work is grounded in what's true, not what's comfortable. That's what makes the analysis useful and the content worth reading.

03
Execution

Strategy without execution is noise. I've built GTM infrastructure, shaped product roadmaps, and run global programs across Salesforce, Oracle, Sabre, and Duetto. I know how to get things done inside complex organizations.

Recognition & Affiliations
AHLA

Global Technology T100

Advisory Board

Independent Lodging Congress

Author

The Hospitality Blueprint · Substack

Stages

Dreamforce · HITEC · Forward Together · Phocuswire

About Jacqueline

Futurist.
Strategist.
Architect.

I've spent two decades at the intersection of hospitality and technology, not as an observer, but as someone who's been inside the deals, the deployments, and the strategic decisions that shape how this industry moves.


Jacqueline Nunley
The longer version

My career has been defined by one consistent conviction: technology only matters if it changes behavior. That belief has taken me from Oracle Hospitality to Sabre to Duetto to Salesforce, each move a deliberate step toward the intersection where enterprise technology meets real operational change.

At Salesforce, I serve as Global Industry Strategist for Travel & Hospitality, a role that puts me at the center of how the world's leading CRM company is building its position in an industry being fundamentally reshaped by AI. I partner across product, alliances, marketing, and sales to make sure our industry GTM is coherent, regional teams share best practices, and the right insights reach the right people at the right time.

I also write The Hospitality Blueprint, a Substack publication where I examine what AI, distribution, and shifting consumer expectations actually mean for the hotels, airlines, and technology companies navigating all of it. The goal is never to be first to publish. The goal is to be right.

My speaking is built on the same foundation. I inspire with frameworks. Audiences leave with language they can use and a mental model they'll actually apply.

I'm based in Austin, TX. Frequently in London, Dubai, Singapore, Madrid, and Munich.

Recognition
AHLA
Global Technology T100
ILC
Advisory Board Member
Independent Lodging Congress
Substack
Author, The Hospitality Blueprint
Stages
Dreamforce · HITEC · Forward Together · Phocuswire · HSMAI


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Career

Where I've been.

Nov 2024
Present

Global Industry Strategist

Salesforce · Travel & Hospitality

Global point of contact for the execution of industry strategy, partnering across product, alliances, marketing, sales, and enablement. Facilitator and adviser across regional GTM teams, channeling field intelligence to executive leadership and ensuring global best practices are shared rather than siloed.

Feb 2022
Present

Industry Advisor

Salesforce · Travel & Hospitality

Highly trusted public-facing subject matter expert. Coaching internal leaders, sellers, and solution engineers; refining partner and product strategy; driving global GTM content and activations. Focused on up-leveling industry knowledge across the organization and playing a key role in partner and product strategy.

Aug 2020
Feb 2022

Head of Hospitality

Salesforce

Customer-facing travel and hospitality strategy resource. Built GTM content, provided account deal support, and served as industry SME for customers navigating digital transformation.

Prior

Senior Roles in Hospitality Technology

Duetto · Sabre · Oracle Hospitality

20+ years across revenue management, distribution, and enterprise technology, building industry fluency from the inside of the systems that run global hospitality.

Speaking

I speak to
practitioners,
not audiences.

My talks are built for people who run things. I inspire with frameworks. Audiences leave with language they can use and a mental model they'll actually apply.


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Why it works
01
I speak to practitioners, not audiences.

I inspire with frameworks. My talks give audiences both. They leave with language they can use and a mental model they'll actually apply.

02
I live in the intersection.

20+ years across Oracle, Sabre, Duetto, and Salesforce means I understand the full technology stack and the business context around it. I'm not a futurist guessing. I'm an operator who's been inside the deals, the deployments, and the decisions.

03
I match the room.

Whether it's a C-suite roundtable or a 2,000-person mainstage, I calibrate. The message is the same. The delivery matches who's in the chairs.

Core Topics
Agentic AI & the Future of Hospitality

What agentic AI actually changes, and what it doesn't, for hotels, airlines, and the technology companies serving them.

Brand Equity in the Age of AI Agents

How hotels risk commoditization when AI agents optimize away the value that brand used to own, and what to do about it.

Distribution, Loyalty & the Next Decade

The intersection of data, loyalty infrastructure, and AI-driven personalization and where the revenue models of tomorrow are being built today.

Engagements

Where I've spoken.

2025
Forward Together Conference
What Got You Here Won't Get You There. But AI Might. · New Hampshire
Upcoming
2025
Salesforce Dreamforce
Airline Executive Roundtable · Convening global airline leaders on the future of airlines and AI
Keynote
2025
Salesforce UKI: AI Center: Keynote
The Future of Travel & Hospitality · London
Keynote
2025
Slalom Panel
The Future of Loyalty
2024
HITEC Charlotte
Data and AI in Hospitality
2023
Independent Lodging Congress
Speaker & Advisory Board Member
Advisory
2023
HITEC Toronto
Leveraging AI to Simplify Travel for Guests and Employees
2023
Dreamforce
Hospitality Executive Forum
2023
Salesforce Connections
Revolutionize T&H Experiences with Data and AI
2023
HSMAI Curate
Data and AI in Travel and Hospitality
2022
HITEC Orlando
The Connected Tech Ecosystem
2022
Independent Lodging Congress · Los Angeles
The Future of Loyalty
2021
Dreamforce
Building Digital Experiences into Travel & Hospitality
2020
Dreamforce
How Service and Insights Drive Loyalty
2019
Dreamforce
Travel and Hospitality Keynote Speaker
Keynote
As seen at
Salesforce
HITEC
HSMAI
Phocuswire
Skift
ILC
Slalom
HTNG
Thought Leadership

I write at the edge
of what's coming —
not after it's obvious.

The Hospitality Blueprint is my ongoing examination of what AI, distribution, and shifting consumer expectations actually mean for the hotels, airlines, and technology companies navigating all of it.

Contact

Let's talk.

I'm selectively available for speaking engagements, strategic advisory work, and conversations worth having.

If you're thinking about what agentic AI means for your business in travel and hospitality. Let's talk.

Based in
Austin, TX · London · Dubai · Singapore · Madrid · Munich