Booking.com CEO on AI and the Future of Travel

Grit by Kleiner Perkins

Aug 10, 202650:50Business

"Our mission is to make it easier for everybody to experience the world." From the dot-com crash to AI, Glenn Fogel has spent nearly three decades helping Booking Holdings evolve through every major technology shift whil...

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