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Expedia Group: Leadership Change
Xavi Amatriain appointed as Expedia Group's first Chief AI and Data Officer in December 2025, formerly VP of AI and Compute Enablement at Google (Gemini, Google Search)
Source: VentureBeat
The leadership read
Leadership transitions often precede broader the sector bench-strengthening over the next two quarters.
Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 107.4 (Hot), down 1.8 month-on-month — shows EMEA signal flow easing (-6.4pts).
Expedia Group: 3 signals in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow; 3 tracked across 44 days.
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