Video: Mastercard's CPO on How Cities Are Shaping the Travel Industry
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CPO Craig Vosburg of MasterCard talks about the trends that are shaping the future of cities.
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Craig Vosburg, Chief Product Officer of MasterCard, spoke at the Skift Global Forum about the role of cities in shaping the global travel industry.
This is part of a series of videos from the Skift Global Forum 2015. Over an eight-week period we'll release each of the three dozen-plus presentations from the event. To keep track of them all, bookmark Skift Global Forum.
Watch the video, above, for the full 15-minute presentation.
To learn more about the global cities defining the future, check out the Future Cities mini-site, created by Skift and MasterCard.
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