The Highest Paid Travel CEOs in Europe in 2018

Amadeus' Luis Maroto came out on top of Skift's annual review of CEO pay at Europe's biggest public travel and hospitality companies.

The long-serving CEO's remuneration rose 5 percent over the previous year, totaling $5.6 million. Much of it — $3.4 million — was share-related with only around $1 million coming in the form of salary.

Although it is generally difficult to justify CEO pay, at least Maroto's is a reward for success. The company's market capitalization of just over $35 billion makes it the most valuable travel company on the list, and it has made a net profit of more than $1 billion in each of the last two years.