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Today’s show:

Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel joins Jason to discuss trends in the travel industry (31:20), healthy M&A environments (24:24), job disruption due to AI (37:22), and much more!

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(0:00) Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel joins Jason

(2:37) Booking Holdings' companies and their operations

(5:30) Shifts in the travel industry

(10:52) A look at the ascension of Airbnb

(15:25) The impact of alternative accommodations

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(18:21) AI's influence on user interfaces

(20:55) Uber's entry into travel and Uber’s everything app

(22:44) Competition in travel

(24:24) What makes for healthy M&A in the USA and thoughts on Lina Khan's strategy

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(29:44) Consequences of removing M&A from the table

(31:20) Trends in travel over the past two decades

(34:14) Advocating for a 32-hour work week in China and the four-day work week debate

(37:22) Job disruption due to AI and where will people shift to next

(41:01) DevSquad - Get an entire product team for the cost of one US developer plus 10% off at http://devsquad.com/twist

(42:19) Traits of generations X, Y, and Z in relation to entrepreneurship and capitalism

(45:34) Selecting company leaders and management techniques

(48:00) Recovering from COVID-19's impact on the travel industry

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