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Video: Ivanka Trump on Why an Asset-Light Strategy Doesn’t Work for Trump Hotels


Skift Take

Asset-light works if you need cash to make shareholders happy for the short term, but it's a poor long-term strategy.

Ivanka Trump, executive vice president of development and acquisitions at the Trump Organization, spoke during the second day of the Skift Global Forum.

Above is a portion of her conversation with Senior Editor Greg Oates that was broadcast by CNBC, the exclusive broadcast partner of the Forum. As part of the partnership, CNBC’s Simon Hobbs reported live from the two-day conference for broadcast on Squawk Alley and Squawk on the Street.

See other activity at this year’s Global Forum by bookmarking our #skiftforum tag.

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