Articles tagged “glenn fogel”

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Booking Holdings Is Compensating Hosts and Partners for Payments Failure

The problem surfaced in late Summer — Booking.com's short-term rental hosts in Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America cited financial hardships because the company wasn't paying them for guest stays. A condo hotel that was listed on Booking.com. Source: Booking.com CEO Glenn Fogel told financial analysts last week during Booking Holdings' third quarter earnings call that…

Dennis Schaal | 3 weeks ago

Online Travel

Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel: eTraveli Acquisition, Prices — Full Video

Despite his frustration with the European Commission blocking Booking Holdings' deal with the eTraveli Group, Glenn Fogel maintains his company will still build out its flight business. Watch him address that and more during his recent appearance at Skift Global Forum.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 months ago

Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel: eTraveli Acquisition, Prices — Full Video

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Booking CEO Glenn Fogel Cites Generative AI’s Promise and Hurdles

Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel cited the "explosion of interest" in generative AI (artificial intelligence), but counseled that it would be prudent to be patient about delivering on its promises. Glenn Fogel, CEO of Booking Holdings, pictured here speaking at Skift Global Forum in September 2022 in New York, is keen on more tech investment.…

Dennis Schaal | 9 months ago

Online Travel

Lessons From Our Oral History of Short-Term Rentals

In an era today when investors place a high value on profitability, our oral history of short-term rentals includes regrets from those who were too risk-averse to grab an opportunity.

Dennis Schaal | 11 months ago

Lessons From Our Oral History of Short-Term Rentals

Online Travel

Booking’s ‘Critical’ Etraveli Group Acquisition Runs Into Regulatory Snag

Booking Holdings' hoped-for acquisition of Etraveli Group is not a make or break deal for Booking, but its failure to close would be a setback for its connected trip strategy.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Online Travel

Full Video: Booking Holdings CEO at Skift Global Forum 2022

Online travel giant Booking Holdings looks a lot like it did in 2019, only with a better ground game in vacation rentals and more product innovation.

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

Full Video: Booking Holdings CEO at Skift Global Forum 2022

Online Travel

Booking Holdings Takes Aim at Travelers’ Ongoing Anxieties

The emotional button that trip-planning pushes the most in the post-pandemic era is anxiety. Booking Holdings is looking to assuage trip worries with products and services it is ramping up.

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

Booking Holdings Takes Aim at Travelers’ Ongoing Anxieties

Online Travel

The Highest Paid Online Travel Agency CEOs

There is a degree of irrationality in CEO pay on many levels, including the companies' relative performance. The pay disclosures also expose the wide disparity in employee pay at Booking versus Airbnb.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

The Highest Paid Online Travel Agency CEOs

Online Travel

Booking Holdings CEO Expands on the ‘Connected Trip’ Vision

CEO Glenn Fogel has said before Booking Holdings must knit together "the connected trip" for customers, but not everyone has grasped the vision. Fogel seems right in saying that selling bundles of travel products is no longer enough in an era of Uber- and Amazon-style customer service.

Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago

Booking Holdings CEO Expands on the ‘Connected Trip’ Vision

Online Travel

Skift Global Forum Preview: Expedia CEO Sees Airbnb as ‘One-Dimensional’

Peter Kern is correct that Expedia Group currently offers broader travel services than do Airbnb and Booking Holdings, but whether Expedia can gain ground on its rivals and can execute on its strategy are entirely different questions.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 2 years ago

Skift Global Forum Preview: Expedia CEO Sees Airbnb as ‘One-Dimensional’