A New CTO, a Nasdaq Move and AI Agents: Hilton Makes Its Tech Pitch

October 27th, 2026 at 3:03 PM EDT Photo Credit: Hilton President and CEO Christopher Nassetta speaking at the Skift Global Forum in New York City on September 23, 2026. Skift Christopher Nassetta has a new way of describing Hilton: “people-led, tech-powered.” In the past month, the company has hired a chief technology officer from Uber, said it will move its stock listing to the Nasdaq, and told investors it is already plugged into “each and every one” of the AI agents emerging in travel. When Hilton announced the Nasdaq move last week, it said the switch would change nothing operationally. But on Tuesday’s third-quarter earnings call, Nassetta made clear how one of the world’s largest hotel companies now wants investors to see it. The Nasdaq is home to Apple, Microsoft and Nvidia, and a marketplace of “the world’s most innovative companies,” as Nassetta put it last week and again on Tuesday. ‘Giving Tech More Oxygen’ Earlier this month, Hilton appointed Jeff Moore as chief technology officer. Moore joined from Uber, where he led a global engineering organization of 2,500 people; before that, he was Luke Martin is Skift’s UK-based Jr. Hospitality Reporter, covering hotels, from major deals and brand launches to executive interviews and the broader trends shaping the sector.