Full Video: Booking Holdings CEO at Skift Global Forum 2022
Photo Credit: Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel speaking at Skift Global Forum on September 20, 2022 in New York City. Neil van Niekerk / Skift Skift / Neil van Niekerk
Skift Take
Online travel giant Booking Holdings looks a lot like it did in 2019, only with a better ground game in vacation rentals and more product innovation.
Booking Holdings has made great strides in its vacation home and short-term rental business, CEO and President Glenn Fogel said at Skift Global Forum in New York City on September 20.
"We're spending a lot of time, energy, and effort building up our home business," Fogel said. "Almost a third of our business is now in the home area, which is really wonderful."
Fogel talked with Dennis Schaal, Skift Founding Editor and Executive Editor, about Booking.com's competition with Airbnb, his vision for the "connected trip", and new insurance-like products that take advantage of financial technology, or fintech. Watch the full video, or read a transcript of it, below.
https://youtu.be/AiriI-1ELAM Interview TranscriptDennis Schaal: Hello, New York, and all the people online. Glenn, thank you for being here, per usual.
Glenn Fogel: Well, thanks for having me. And these are very strange chairs.
Schaal: Glenn, our goal is to k
