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The Future of Chat-Based Bookings and the Expansion of Uber in the Travel Industry
This chapter explores the early data on chat-based bookings, the profitability of the travel industry, Uber's expansion, and the concept of the everything app.
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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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Time stamps:
(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
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(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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