Full Video: Expedia CEO Peter Kern at Skift Global Forum 2021
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Look for Expedia's vacation rental unit, Vrbo, to keep gaining market share in geographies where it is already strong. But the brand hasn't always been nimble, and it may be missing out opportunities.
Expedia Group Vice Chairman and CEO Peter Kern spoke with Skift Executive Editor Dennis Schaal at Skift Global Forum 2021. The two discussed the theme “Powering Travel Beyond the Booking to Boost Recovery.”
You can watch a full video of their discussion as well as read a transcript of it, below.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/rxrrkdnHQ4gDennis Schaal: Hey everybody. Don't forget if you have questions for Peter ask them through the Skift live app and I will try to get to them. As Sean said earlier, they'll probably be better than my questions, that was a great line. So Peter, your first Skift Global Forum as CEO.
Peter Kern: So exciting. Everything I dreamed of.
Schaal: Well, it hasn't started yet, so we'll see.
Kern: Okay. Sorry.
Schaal: I'm used to seeing you on Zoom calls with a moose in the background in the backyard and this is definitely a change. So over the last year and a half, basically you've
