Video: Wyndham's CMO on the Unseen Power of Middle America

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Middle America isn't sexy, but it's an enormous part of the travel sector and one in which there are multiple opportunities to innovate.

https://youtu.be/qaNb3SuLPWk Josh Lesnick, chief marketing officer at Wyndham Hotel Group, spoke at the Skift Global Forum about the importance of middle America that travel brands ignore. Lesn

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