Beth Marino

Beth Marino COO at Fox World Travel is a customer-centric travel industry executive with over two decades of experience. Her strategic senior leadership roles in operations and technology have equipped her with a unique industry perspective and an in-depth understanding of the traveler and associate experience.

In her current role as Chief Operating Officer, Beth’s responsibilities extend to overseeing Fox World Travels business lines that directly interact with travelers and are entrusted with curating exceptional experiences. This encompasses managing sales and operations for business, vacation, meetings, and incentives travel, as well as leading the client and supplier solutions teams and the customer experience team. Her visionary leadership has elevated Fox’s status as a frontrunner in the travel industry, consistently exceeding customer expectations and driving growth.

Beth’s unique journey has given her invaluable insights into both associate and customer needs in all areas of the business lines she is responsible for today. The first few years of Beth’s career began as front-line vacation travel advisor, and then business travel specialist before starting her path to leadership.

In 2005 Beth then became the director of business travel operations and over the course of the next eleven years was responsible for growing the business travel operations team, and responsible for service delivery, ultimately becoming the Vice President of Business Travel Operations.  During this 11-year time span Beth’s responsibilities grew beyond business travel operations to include client solutions, meetings and incentives, online technology, travel technology, and account management to key clients.

In addition, Beth led key projects and initiatives including the implementation of a new to industry business travel training and expanding the Fox service delivery to include 24/7/265 service to business travel clients. In 2016 Beth’s experience and passion for technology led her to take on the role of CIO where during this time she was responsible for providing vision and driving the development of future technology and innovation to meet business strategies  This led to Beth oversee the partnership and ideation that led to the award-winning proprietary waivers 3i technology.  In addition, Beth was responsible for the creation of Fox’s data analytics department and oversaw the implementation of critical business intelligence tools, and the cutting-edge 3i proprietary technology suite. In 2018, Beth was promoted to the COO role responsible for the success of Fox’s business lines. Over the last five years, Beth has navigated the business through the impact and challenges of covid and played a critical role in the creation and execution of Fox’s strategic plan.

Recognized as a prominent advocate for the travel industry, Beth actively serves on several advisory boards, including ASTA’s Corporate Advisory Council, The United Airlines Advisory Board, and The Beat Advisory Board. Furthermore, she volunteers for WINiT by GBTA, an organization dedicated to empowering women in the travel industry. Beth’s unwavering commitment and influential contributions to the field have not gone unnoticed. In 2019, she was deservedly named to Business Travel News’ prestigious list of Women You Should Know, in 2021, Beth was recognized as one of the top 50 Women in travel by WINiT by GBTA.  Most recently Beth was named as a 2024 Wisconsin Titan 100, recognizing top 100 C-level executives and Wisconsin’s most accomplished business leaders.

Beth is a wife of more than 20 years to her high school sweetheart Matt, and the mom to three amazing daughters. Her free time is often spent watching her daughters on soccer fields and tennis courts.

“Through the years, I have witnessed how travel has the remarkable ability to bridge cultures, ignite wanderlust and forge connections that transcend borders. With every trip, we pave the way for dreams to take flight and businesses to be more successful. It’s not merely a business we run, its a gateway to a world where experiences and connections shape the future and memories are created that last a lifetime.”