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.
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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