Abhijit Patel

Vice President, Commercial Strategy
Choice Hotels International

2026 Phocuswright Conference speaker

Abhijit Patel Vice President, Commercial Strategy
Abhijit Patel is a commercial and technology executive with over 20 years of experience building revenue-generating platforms, commercial capabilities, and growth strategies across hospitality. As Vice President at Choice Hotels, he leads enterprise commercial strategy and innovation for a $10B+ revenue portfolio. His work focuses on leveraging technology, data, AI, and product innovation to optimize commercial performance, strengthen channel economics, and create scalable growth platforms for hotel owners and franchisees.

Sessions

Thursday, November 19, 2026
10:35 AM – 11:00 AM EST

Executive Panel: Rebuilding the Stack While the Business Keeps Running

Travel companies know their technology stacks need to evolve, but transformation rarely happens on a blank slate. Legacy systems still power critical operations while new platforms, modular architectures and AI capabilities are layered in around them. This session examines the choices behind modernization: what to replace versus integrate, how to prepare teams for new ways of working, where AI is ready for core operations and how to build a more flexible technology foundation without disrupting the business.

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