Video: IAC/Expedia Group Chairman at Skift Global Forum 2020
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Barry Diller resoundingly endorsed the future of travel when he said "if there's life, there's travel." Maybe that's why the recent $1 billion investment in MGM Resorts won't be the last for Diller in the sector.
IAC boss Barry Diller explains why investing a $1 billion in MGM Resorts made perfect sense in the middle of a pandemic, and shares his predictions for travel's return in a chat with Editor-in-Chief Tom Lowry during Skift Global Forum. The writeup of the session is here.
Watch the video of discussion in its entirety, below.
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