Brian Mogler to Lead Altour as Gabe Rizzi Steps Aside

By Sophie Lindqvist

Internova Travel Group said Gabe Rizzi will step down as president of Altour, the group’s corporate travel arm, after 10 years with the organization. Brian Mogler will take over as president, while Rizzi will move into a senior adviser role.

Who is taking over Altour?

Mogler will lead Altour’s travel management company (TMC) business. Internova did not specify an effective date, reporting lines or commercial terms. For travel sellers, that leaves a practical question unanswered: whether Altour will preserve current supplier contracts, booking channels and access to inventory under its new president.

J.D. O’Hara, CEO of Internova, said: “Gabe has made an extraordinary impact on Altour over the past decade. His leadership and commitment to our people have helped shape the business we are today. I fully support his decision and am grateful we’ll continue to benefit from his experience and perspective.”

Rizzi said: “We’ve built something truly special, and I know Altour’s best days are still ahead. This wasn’t an easy decision, but it’s the right time for me to spend more time with my family.”

Rizzi joined Internova in 2016. Moving into an advisory role reduces his operating responsibility but keeps his experience inside the organization.

That arrangement can preserve commercial continuity, although Internova has not promised that supplier terms or account ownership will remain unchanged. For sellers, the immediate change is who runs Altour, not how it sells travel.

What did Rizzi change?

Internova credits Rizzi with consolidating its corporate travel businesses under the Altour brand, strengthening the international network, and combining business travel with meetings and events (M&E) into one global organization. For suppliers, one global brand can concentrate demand and simplify how they reach Altour’s clients.

A stronger international network can widen the routes through which Altour reaches corporate clients. Combining travel with M&E can increase bookings within the same client relationship. These are commercial mechanisms, not evidence of booked revenue or market-share gains.

Rizzi also championed sustainability and artificial intelligence (AI) across the business. The announcement names no projects, savings, adoption rates or supplier requirements, so sellers cannot quantify whether either agenda changes technology spending, booking workflows or partner selection. The consolidation may widen Altour’s reach, but the announcement does not prove that it has won revenue or market share.

Why does Mogler’s supplier background matter?\n

Mogler brings more than 35 years of travel-industry experience and expertise in global corporate travel. He most recently served as executive vice president and chief partnership officer at CWT, where he sat on the executive leadership team and oversaw global supplier relationships, strategic partnerships and the company’s global partner network.

That remit puts supplier relationships at the center of his succession. Mogler could reinforce Altour’s existing global distribution model, renegotiate commercial terms or prioritize different partner categories. The announcement announces no such change, and it provides no bookings or revenue baseline against which to judge his first actions.

O’Hara said: “Mogler brings exceptional experience, strong industry relationships and a deep understanding of global corporate travel. He’s the right leader to build on what Gabe and the team have created and take Altour into its next chapter.”

Mogler previously spent 12 years at American Express in senior leadership roles covering business-travel operations, supplier-partner relations and travel consulting. He began his career at United Airlines, spending 12 years in sales and marketing leadership positions.

Mogler said: “I’m honored to join Altour at such an exciting time. Gabe and the team have built an impressive global business with a strong reputation for service and innovation. I look forward to working with our people, clients and partners to build on that foundation.”

His partnership experience is relevant. Sellers should treat continuity as a working assumption until he sets priorities.

What can sellers measure?

Internova disclosed no bookings, revenue, margin, client-retention or supplier-volume figures in the announcement. It also cited no filing or outside market estimate. Neither Rizzi’s decade in charge nor Mogler’s commercial record can therefore support a measured claim about revenue growth or market-share gains.

The company also announced no change to commission terms (the share of booking revenue retained by intermediaries), booking channels, supplier contracts or access to inventory. The succession nevertheless carries potential consequences: Mogler may maintain Altour’s partner network, prioritize different suppliers or reshape how the company distributes inventory. None is an announced plan.

If Altour’s claimed global scale produces more client volume, sellers could gain bookings through a single channel and more meetings and events business through the same client accounts. If consolidation only rearranges intermediaries, it may shift distribution without increasing underlying travel demand.

Rizzi’s sustainability and AI agenda could also shape future technology procurement and booking workflows, although the announcement supplies no measurable effect. The next useful signal will be Altour’s first disclosure of supplier priorities, commission arrangements or technology changes, because those details determine whether the succession affects seller revenue. Until then, sellers have an announced succession, not proof of commercial continuity.