Black & Wright

Susan Black

Susan Black Also a Senior Advisor at NYC-based Bentley Associates Investment Bank, Susan serves on several corporate advisory boards, and was elected to ATME’s 2009 Executive Committee (Association of Travel Marketing Executives) and US Travel Association’s 2009 eCommerce Committee (formerly Travel Industry Association of America).

She recently served as CMO of CheapCaribbean.com, a top ranked website dedicated to Caribbean and Mexico vacations. Her previous posts include Executive Vice President, Marketing for $2 billion Liberty Travel/GOGO Worldwide Vacations; Founder, TravelCom Conference & Expo; Founder of the Travel Industry’s Executive Women’s Forum; Chairman of eTravelWorld; GM and Publisher of Thomas Publishing’s Travel Group; and Associate Publisher of Corporate Travel Magazine.

Specialties

  • Identifying and Implementing Strategic Partnerships
  • Travel Industry M&A Advisor
  • Strategic Evaluations
  • Social Media Strategic Plan and Measurement
  • Marketing Plan Creation
  • Business Start-up Strategy
  • Interim Senior Management
  • Business Development
  • Co-op Marketing Planning and Negotiation
  • Product Development/Implementation
  • Competitive Situation Assessment
  • Sales and Marketing Training
  • Moderator and Speaker

Mims Wright

Mims Wright

Also a Senior Advisor at affiliate NYC-based Bentley Associates Investment Bank, Mims works closely with leading online travel brands, traditional travel distributors, suppliers and publishers, and travel industry start-ups.

At Bentley Associates, Wright works closely with former Libra team on travel industry mergers & acquisitions and strategic advisory services. With Co-Founder, Susan Black, Wright leads a Black & Wright practice that since 2001 has helped improve performance for travel companies world-wide. These success stories have ranged from maximizing revenue to new business models, identifying new alliances & ventures, travel technology and preparation for transactions. Clients have included companies in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, South Africa and the Middle East.

Black & Wright work with a team of successful former executives and technology experts to handle just about any challenge anywhere.

Previously, Wright was Principal at Chimney Rock Capital Partners, EVP Ecommerce at TravelCLICK, and Co-Founder, CEO of Bidtripper.com.

Specialties

  • Identifying and Implementing Strategic Partnerships
  • Ecommerce and Technology Planning and Execution
  • Travel Industry M&A Advisor
  • Insider Industry Intelligence and Data
  • Strategic Evaluations
  • Business Start-up Strategy
  • Interim Senior Management
  • Business Development
  • Competitive Situation Assessment